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This is a paperbound reprint of a 1998 book about which Book News wrote: Huntley, a former diplomat and author on international affairs, proposes what he calls a Pax Democratica , an intercontinental, integrated community of democracies, based on experiments such as the EU and NATO, forming a political and economic framework for global peace, prosperity, and the protection of civil and political rights. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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After a turbulent century characterized by vast bloodshed, but also by the spread of democratic government and humane values, the author suggests that the great democracies - led by Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the United States - should form an intercontinental community of democracies - a Pax Democratica according to the author. He argues that such a union will culminate centuries of evolution in world order: from empires to balance-of-power Realpolitik , more recently from cooperative international institutions to an era of supranational communities, composed of likeminded peoples and organized around democratic principles.
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