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 Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: McWilliams, Wayne C.,; Piotrowski, Harry,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (500 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 -- List of Maps -- Preface -- 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 Africa: Political and Economic Disasters -- 12 Apartheid in South Africa -- 13 South America: Oscillation Between Military and Civilian Rule -- 14 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Central America -- 15 The People's Republic of China and the Four Tigers of Asia -- 16 The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia -- 17 Third World Debt: Africa and Latin America -- Part 5 The End of the Postwar Era -- Introduction -- 18 Islam, Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf War -- 19 The New Economic Superpowers: Japan and the European Union -- 20 The Soviet Empire: A Beleaguered Colossus -- 21 Gorbachev and the Consequences of Perestroika -- 22 Eastern Europe: The End of the Soviet Empire -- 23 The Nuclear Arms Race -- 24 Epilogue: The End of the Postwar Age -- Index -- About the Book