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, , [2022]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (624 p.)

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.

Table of 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