Book review: “Peace and Antiterrorist Operations in Process of Maintenance of International Security in Years 1948–2004”, (ed.) Dariusz S. Kozerawski, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2006, pp. 250

After the Second World War European countries experienced a period of stability in terms of international situation. Governments of war-damaged states undertook reconstruction of devastated cities and national economies. Considerable war damage caused by War World II resulted in the onset of a period of counteracting possible international disputes. The establishment of the UN as well as NATO initiated the process of resolving conflicts in a diplomatic way and with the use of force of the UN.