Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pax Americana [1] [2] [3] (Latin for ' American Peace ', modeled after Pax Romana and Pax Britannica), also called the "Long Peace", is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States [4] became the world's dominant economic, cultural, and military power.
The word "pax" together with the Latin name of an empire or nation is used to refer to a period of peace or at least stability, enforced by a hegemon, a so-called Pax imperia ("Imperial peace"). The following is a list of periods of regional peace, sorted by alphabetical order.
[1] [3] [4] First recognized in 1986, [5] [6] the period of "relative peace" has been compared to the relatively-long stability of the Roman Empire, the Pax Romana, [7] or the Pax Britannica, a century of relative peace that existed between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, during which the British ...
Pax Americana represents the relative peace in the Western world, resulting in part from the preponderance of power enjoyed by the United States of America starting around the middle of the 20th century. Although the term finds its primary utility in the late 20th century, it has been used in other times in the 20th century.
[44] [51] British MP Michael Meacher made similar allegations in 2003, stating that the document was "a blueprint for the creation of a global Pax Americana", which had been "drawn up for" key members of the Bush administration. [52] Academic Peter Dale Scott subsequently wrote
At the inauguration Monday, American history in its varied stripes was firmly planted. "We will not forget our country," President Donald Trump said. In summoning people to his vision for the future throughout a day of pageantry, Trump assembled a dizzying collage of American myths, tropes and ideals. His new “Golden Age” was brimming with ...
Pax Americana 6 June 1996 Croatia launches Operation Storm and recaptures most of the territory of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina, which leads to a mass exodus of Serbs from Croatia. Bosnian Serb forces commit the Srebrenica and Markale massacres.
Here is the full list of nominees for the 67th Grammy Awards. This year's list of top nominees include Beyoncé (11), Charli XCX (seven), Billie Eilish (seven), Kendrick Lamar (seven), Post Malone ...