The United States of Europe

The first section of T.R. Reid's book, The United States of Europe, emphasizes on "the invention of peace." Reid describes how supposedly peace was created after the the conflicts among warious countries, evolved into a war, WWI. World War I was followed by a series of policies, treaties, agreements, etc. created to "supposedly" establish tranquility among conflicting countries. Yet, such events were also taken advantage of, as the U.S. did. In response to WWI, the U.S. rose into a world power, taking say on its behavior, and that of other countries. Even though being considered to be the most influential country in the world, the U.S. is slowly deteriorating, provoking the slow and steady rise o f the European Union, which is now going through similar planning for all European countries to unite under one government, similar to that of the U.S. and its states, but with different tactics. This "peace" invented has been the result of various atrocities as well as injustices from various nations.

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Question: How has the formation of "peace"(treaties, policies,etc) affected us? and do you think that the U.S. has lead an example of "peace?"