Pax Americana

The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.

Japanese Meaning

第二次世界大戦終了後、アメリカの軍事的・経済的覇権により西洋世界における比較的平和な時代を指す概念

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Many historians argue that the Pax Americana shaped global institutions and economic systems after 1945.

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多くの歴史家は、1945年以降のアメリカの軍事的・経済的優位に支えられた西側世界の比較的平和な時代が、国際機関や経済体制を形作ったと主張している。

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The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States.

Earlier this month Boston's WBUR radio station titled a special on US imperial power with the Latin tag Pax Americana. Tom Wolfe has written that the America of today is “now the mightiest power on earth, as omnipotent as… Rome under Julius Caesar”.

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