{"product_id":"towards-a-westphalia-for-the-middle-east-hardcover","title":"Towards a Westphalia for the Middle East - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Milton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Axworthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBrendan Simms\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was the original forever war, which went on interminably, fuelled by religious fanaticism, personal ambition, fear of hegemony, and communal suspicion. It dragged in all the neighbouring powers. It was punctuated by repeated failed ceasefires. It inflicted suffering beyond belief and generated waves of refugees. No, this is not Syria today, but the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), which turned Germany and much of central Europe into a disaster zone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Thirty Years' War is often cited as a parallel in discussions of the Middle East. The Peace of Westphalia, which ended the conflict in 1648, has featured strongly in such discussions, usually with the observation that recent events in some parts of the region have seen the collapse of ideas of state sovereignty--ideas that supposedly originated with the 1648 settlement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAxworthy, Milton and Simms argue that the Westphalian treaties, far from enshrining state sovereignty, in fact reconfigured and strengthened a structure for legal resolution of disputes, and provided for intervention by outside guarantor powers to uphold the peace settlement. This book argues that the history of Westphalia may hold the key to resolving the new long wars in the Middle East today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Milton is a postdoctoral research fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, working on early modern Europe. Michael Axworthy is Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter and author, inter alia, of \u003cem\u003eRevolutionary Iran. \u003c\/em\u003eBrendan Simms is Professor in the History of International Relations, University of Cambridge and author, inter alia, of \u003cem\u003eEurope: The Struggle for Supremacy, 1453 to the Present.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47520832651485,"sku":"9780190947897","price":73.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/dc2BBCmDow9780190947897.webp?v=1772248748","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/towards-a-westphalia-for-the-middle-east-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}