Heavy Peace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20139364 |
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| Authors | Ralph Peters, Ralph S Peters (0000-0001-7784-9203, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.1923 |
| OpenAlex | W4249145724 |
| Language | EN |
Peace is expensive. When the peace is our own, no expense is too high. Peace is the cradle of our greatness. Although we Americans freed ourselves through war, we formed ourselves in peace. But when the peace is the peace of others, far from our shores and faint in its relevance, cost matters. Usually, the financial price is minor compared to other national expenditures. But the cost to our military establishment, already slimmed to fragility and poorly structured for missions short of war, can be exorbitant
Political science · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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