The War Over Perpetual Peace

Introduction PART 1: KANT'S PERPETUAL PEACE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEXT, INTERPRETATIONS, AND PATTERNS The Textual Hooks of Interpretation PART 2: PEACE PROPOSALS ABOVE THE STATE LEVEL Reining in State Sovereignty: Interpretations From the Mid Nineteenth-Century to the End of WW1 State Sovereignty Curbed: Interpretations From the End of WW1 to the Mid 20th Century PART 3: PEACE PROPOSALS AT THE STATE LEVEL In Defense of State Sovereignty: Interpretations from the 1950s to the Early 1980s State Sovereignty Preserved I: A New Interpretation Takes Shape in the Early 1980s State Sovereignty Preserved II: Into the 1990s, the State-Centric Reading and Its Emphasis on the First Definitive Article Solidifies State Sovereignty Preserved III: Accent on the First Definitive Article Through the End of the 20th Century PART 4: SHIFTING HOPER, SHIFTING PATTERNS Pattern Formation as a Function of the Rise and Decline of Hopes for Peace Through International Organization From the Turmoil of International Anarchy to the Calm of the Liberal Peace Epilogue