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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: McWilliams, Wayne C.,; Piotrowski, Harry,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (617 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps --; Preface to the Fifth Edition --; Introduction --; PART I THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR --; 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 --; 5 Decolonization in Asia --; 6 Decolonization in Africa --; 7 The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict --; PART 3 THE SHIFTING SANDS OF GLOBAL POWER --; 8 The Communist World After Stalin --; 9 The War in Indochina --; 10 Détente and the End of Bipolarity --; PART 4 THE THIRD WORLD --; 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 TRANSITION TO A NEW ERA --; 16 Political Islam and the Middle East --; 17 Japan, Korea, and East Asian Economic Development --; 18 The Globalization of the Economy --; 19 Gorbachev's Perestroika and Its Consequences --; 20 The Soviet Union's Retreat from Empire --; 21 The Nuclear Arms Race and Nuclear Disarmament --; 22 Epilogue: The End of the Postwar Age --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685850265; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685850265
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Harry Piotrowski, Wayne C. McWilliams.

The fifth edition of this widely acclaimed textbook continues to provide not only the background that students need in order to understand current international relations, but also up-to-date material on politics around the world. The World Since 1945 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.