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This chapter discusses historical and philosophical perspectives on the Western European history of peace and reconciliation and reports data from six Western European countries, France, Germany, Iceland, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
Starting with a positive definition of peace, in the first part, we give a short history from the Peace of Westphalia (1648) to current events. Probably because of the devastating consequences of the many armed conflicts that have been fought on European soil, ideas and programs aiming to promote peace and prevent wars have also been developed from an early period. It can be shown that much of current UN and EU legislation is influenced by European thinking about war and its prevention during the time span covered in this chapter.The second part of this chapter is concerned with the answers Western Europeans from six countries gave in the GIPGAP questionnaire.
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Fischer, E. et al. (2013). Western European Perspectives on Peace and Reconciliation. In: Malley-Morrison, K., Mercurio, A., Twose, G. (eds) International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation. Peace Psychology Book Series, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5933-0_33
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