The world transformed : 1945 to the present / Michael H. Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Michael H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--1945-1989.

History, Modern.

History, Modern--1989-.

Physical Description:

xiii, 495 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2004]

Summary:

Oxford University Press is pleased to be the new publisher of Michael H. Hunt's The World Transformed: 1945 to the Present. A second edition of The World Transformed will be available in Spring 2015. Through its lively and accessible narrative, The World Transformed provides students with an account of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that have shaped global events since 1945. The book's focus on three central and profoundly interconnected stories-the unfolding of the Cold War, the growth of the international economy, and the developing world's quest for political and economic independence-offers students a framework for understanding the past and making sense of the present. Attentive to overarching themes, individual historical figures, and diverse nations, Vie World Transformed will find an enthusiastic reception in courses on post-1945 world history, international relations, or global topics. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 Hopes and Fears Contend, 1945-1953 27

Chapter 1 The Cold War: Toward Soviet-American Confrontation 33

Origins of the Rivalry 33

From Cooperation to Conflict 34

U.S. Policy in Transition 36

Stalin's Pursuit of Territory and Security 43

Stalin and the Postwar Settlement 47

From Europe to the Periphery 49

Drawing the Line in Europe 49

The Nuclear Arms Race Accelerates 52

Opening a From in the Third World 54

Limited War in Korea 56

Superpower Societies in an Unquiet Time 59

Soviet Society under Stress 60

The U.S. Anti-Communist Consensus 68

Conclusion 72

Chapter 2 The International Economy: Out of the Ruins 77

Anglo-American Remedies for an Ailing System 78

Keynesian Economics and a Design for Prosperity 78

The Bretton Woods Agreements 81

The U.S. Rescue Operation 84

Occupation and Recovery in Japan 84

Recovery in Western Europe 88

The American Economic Powerhouse 94

Good Times Return 95

Disney and the U.S. Economic Edge 99

"Coca-Colonization" and the Mass Consumption Model 102

European Resistance to "Americanization" 103

Conclusion 107

Chapter 3 The Third World: First Tremors in Asia 111

The Appeal of Revolution and the Strong State 112

The Chinese Communist Triumph 113

Vietnam's Revolutionary Struggle 122

New States under Conservative Elites 129

India's Status-Quo Independence 130

The Collaborative Impulse in the Philippines 138

Conclusion 143

Part 2 The Cold War System Under Stress, 1953-1968 147

Chapter 4 The Cold War: A Tenuous Accommodation 153

The Beginnings of Coexistence 154

Khrushchev under Pressure 154

Crosscurrents in American Policy 163

Crisis Points 166

To the Nuclear Brink in Cuba 167

The Vietnam Quagmire 170

The Quake of '68 175

The American Epicenter 176

The Ground Shifts Abroad 182

Conclusion 188

Chapter 5 Abundance and Discontent in the Developed World 191

America at the Apogee 192

Triumphant ac Home and Abroad 192

Warning Signs of Economic Troubles 196

Recovery in Western Europe and Japan 199

The Old Worlds New Course 199

Fiat and Europe's Corporate Aristocracy 207

The Second Japanese Miracle 210

Voices of Discontent 218

The New Environmentalism 218

The Feminist Upsurge 222

Critics of Global Economic Inequalities 229

Conclusion 235

Chapter 6 Third-World Hopes at High Tide 239

Revolutionary Trajectories in East Asia 240

The Maoist Experiment in China 240

Vietnam's Fight for the South 247

The Caribbean Basin: Between Reaction and Revolution 251

Guatemala's "Ten Years of Spring" 253

Cuba and the Revolution That Survived 259

Decolonization in Sub-Saharan Africa 266

Ghana and Nkrumah's African Socialism 268

Colonial Legacies in Ghana and Beyond 273

Remaking the Middle East and North Africa 278

Economic Nationalism in Iran 281

A New Order for Egypt and the Region 285

Colonial Crisis in Algeria 290

Conclusion 294

Part 3 From Cold War to Globalization, 1968-1991 297

Chapter 7 The Cold War Comes to a Close 303

The Rise and Fall of Détente 304

The Nixon Policy Turnaround 304

The Brezhnev Era 307

Western Europe and Détente 312

The U. S. Retreat from Détente 314

The Gorbachev Initiatives 319

Glasnost, Perestroika, and a New Foreign Policy 319

The Demise of the Soviet System 322

Explaining the Cold War Outcome 327

The Role of Leaders 327

Impersonal Forces 329

Conclusion 333

Chapter 8 Global Markets: One System, Three Centers 337

The United States and the North American Bloc 339

The Erosion of U.S. Dominance 339

The Free Market Faith 344

The Rise of an East Asian Bloc 352

Japan Stays on Course 353

The Rise of the "Little Dragons" 354

Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics 357

Vietnam in Chinas Footsteps 364

Revived Bloc Building in Europe 367

Renewed Integration and the F.U 367

Social and Cultural Developments 369

Post-'89 and the Opening to the East 372

Conclusion 379

Chapter 9 Divergent Paths in the Third World 383

The Changing Face of Revolution 384

Cambodia's Genocidal Revolution 384

Religious Challenge in Iran 388

Revolutionary Aftershocks in the Middle East 393

Opposition to Settler Colonialism 395

South African Apartheid under Siege 396

Conflict over Palestine 403

Repression and Resistance in Guatemala 412

Dreams of Development in Disarray 416

Stalemated Economies 416

The Population Explosion 424

Women and Development 427

Conclusion 431.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-482) and index.

ISBN:

0312245831

OCLC:

54350531