Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the perpetual peace -- Pt. 1. Kant's perpetual peace : an introduction to the text, interpretations, and patterns -- Ch. 1. The textual hooks of interpretations -- Pt. 2. The articles of Perpetual peace : peace proposals above the state level -- Ch. 2. Pattern one, phase one : reining in state sovereignty -- Ch. 3. Pattern one, phase two : sovereignty curbed -- Pt. 3. The articles of perpetual peace : peace proposals at the state level -- Ch. 4. Pattern two, phase one : in defense of state sovereignty -- Ch. 5. Pattern two, phase two : state sovereignty preserved I -- Ch. 6. Pattern two, phase two : state sovereignty preserved II -- Ch. 7. Pattern two, phase two : state sovereignty preserved III -- Pt. 4. Shifting hopes, shifting patterns -- Ch. 8. Pattern formation as a function of the rise and decline of hopes for peace through international organization -- Ch. 9. From the turmoil of international anarchy to the calm of the liberal peace.

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