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To be fair, Pax Romana worked the same way right?

• avenius 10y ago
  It did - while the inner parts of the empire were quite peaceful, there were still conflicts along the outer borders. Since there haven't been any wars on US soil for ages, calling it Pax Americana seems alright to me.
  • taejo 10y ago
    > there haven't been any wars on US soil for ages I think, to be meaningful, Pax Americana must refer to an "empire" larger than the territory of the United States. There hasn't been a war in Western Europe since 1945; the longest lasting war in South America was the Falklands War at 74 days.
    • slededit 10y ago
      You don't consider Columbia's conflict with the FARC a war?
      • taejo 10y ago
        I meant to write "non-civil" or "international" war. Oops. I definitely had that in mind.