American Century - Pax Americana

Pax Americana

Pax Americana represents the relative liberal peace in the Western world, resulting from the preponderance of power enjoyed by the United States of America starting around the turn of the 20th century. Although the term finds its primary utility in the late 20th Century, it has been used in other times in the 20th century. Its modern connotations concern the peace established after the end of World War II in 1945.