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The World Since 1945 : A History of International Relations / Harry Piotrowski, Wayne C. McWilliams.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (624 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781685857455
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Origins of the Cold War -- Introduction -- 1. The End of World War II and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age -- 2. The Cold War Institutionalized -- 3. The Cold War in Asia: A Change of Venue -- 4. Confrontation and Coexistence -- Part 2. Nationalism and the End of Colonialism -- Introduction -- 5. Decolonization in Asia -- 6. Decolonization in Africa -- 7. The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Part 3. The Shifting Sands of Global Power -- Introduction -- 8. The Communist World After Stalin -- 9. The War in Indochina -- 10. Détente and the End of Bipolarity -- Part 4. The Third World -- Introduction -- 11. Problems of Economic Development in the Third World -- 12. Africa -- 13. Latin America -- 14. The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan -- 15. The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia -- Part 5. The Emergence of a New Landscape -- Introduction -- 16. Japan and South Korea as Economic Powers -- 17. The Globalization of the Economy -- 18. Russia: The Legacy of Soviet Empire -- 19. The Proliferating Nuclear Arms Race -- 20. The Emergence of Political Islam -- 21. September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- 22. The Trajectory of the World Since 1945: A Summary -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: Traces the major political, economic, and ideological patterns that have evolved in the global arena from the end of World War II to the present day.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Origins of the Cold War -- Introduction -- 1. The End of World War II and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age -- 2. The Cold War Institutionalized -- 3. The Cold War in Asia: A Change of Venue -- 4. Confrontation and Coexistence -- Part 2. Nationalism and the End of Colonialism -- Introduction -- 5. Decolonization in Asia -- 6. Decolonization in Africa -- 7. The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Part 3. The Shifting Sands of Global Power -- Introduction -- 8. The Communist World After Stalin -- 9. The War in Indochina -- 10. Détente and the End of Bipolarity -- Part 4. The Third World -- Introduction -- 11. Problems of Economic Development in the Third World -- 12. Africa -- 13. Latin America -- 14. The People’s Republic of China and Taiwan -- 15. The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia -- Part 5. The Emergence of a New Landscape -- Introduction -- 16. Japan and South Korea as Economic Powers -- 17. The Globalization of the Economy -- 18. Russia: The Legacy of Soviet Empire -- 19. The Proliferating Nuclear Arms Race -- 20. The Emergence of Political Islam -- 21. September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq -- 22. The Trajectory of the World Since 1945: A Summary -- Index -- About the Book

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Traces the major political, economic, and ideological patterns that have evolved in the global arena from the end of World War II to the present day.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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