This line of inquiry (that rebuilding after wars is quite different from other periods of time) is explored in G. John Ikenberry’s After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars. A quick and entertaining summary of the book—and how it has held up since its publication—was written by Ikenberry in 2018: Reflections on After Victory.
This line of inquiry (that rebuilding after wars is quite different from other periods of time) is explored in G. John Ikenberry’s After Victory: Institutions, Strategic Restraint, and the Rebuilding of Order After Major Wars. A quick and entertaining summary of the book—and how it has held up since its publication—was written by Ikenberry in 2018: Reflections on After Victory.
Thank you for those references!