Rebecca Berens Matzke, Deterrence through Strength: British Naval Power and Foreign Policy under Pax Britannica (University of Nebraska Press, 2011). Through the entirety of my professional life, I ...

The notion that the Royal Navy enforced a Pax Britannica during the nineteenth century, keeping the world in order, as it were, is long standing. But a few recent historians have argued, citing events ...

"Pax Britannica" is an ugly phrase for many people, redolent of empire, slavery and colonialism. In his newest book, British historian Niall Ferguson sees more. He tracks the rise and fall of ...

When Pax Britannica gave way to Pax Americana, the transition was peaceful. ... The book, “Safe Passage,” traces the international order’s transition from British to American hegemony.

PAX: War and Peace in Rome’s Golden Age. By Tom Holland. Basic Books. 480 pages. $32.50. “But what did the Romans ever do for us?” asks Tom Holland in “Pax: Peace and War in Rome’s ...