The making of peace : rulers, states, and the aftermath of war / edited by Williamson Murray, Jim Lacey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : concluding peace / Michael Howard -- Introduction : searching for peace / Williamson Murray -- The Peace of Nicias / Paul H. Rahe -- "A swift and sure peace": the Congress of Westphalia 1643-1648 / Derek Croxton and Geoffrey Parker -- The Peace of Paris, 1763 / Fred Anderson -- In search of military repose: the Congress of Vienna and the making of peace / Richard Hart Sinnreich -- War and peace in the post-Civil War South / James M. McPherson -- Vae victoribus: Bismarck's quest for peace in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 / Marcus Jones -- Versailles: the peace without a chance / Williamson Murray -- "Building buffers and filling vacuums": Great Britain and the Middle East, 1914-1922 / John Gooch -- Mission improbable, fear, culture, and interest: peace making, 1943-1949 / Colin Gray -- The economic making of peace / James Lacey -- Ending the Cold War / Frederick W. Kagan -- Conclusion : history and the making of peace / Richard Hart Sinnreich.