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| text = Without question, Pax Americana was the best and least hated of all grand paxes.  [...]  the U.S. defense umbrella has, since 1945, allowed most nations to spend far, far lower fractions of national income on warriors than at any time in history, allowing them to divert more to education and development.  Look up the stats and be amazed!  And Steven Pinker's proof that violence has plummeted under the era of Pax Americana.
| cite = [[David Brin]], "{{Link |Pondering Pax Americana and the government shut-down}}"
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