A companion to international history 1900-2001 / edited by Gordon Martel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martel, Gordon.

Series:

Blackwell companions to history.

Blackwell companions to history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive overview of the most important international events, movements, and controversies of the 20th century.Written by distinguished scholars, each an authority in their field Explores influential, underlying themes such as imperialism, nationalism, internationalism, technological developments, and changes in diplomatic methods Addresses a broad range of topics, including diplomacy of wartime and peacemaking, the cold war era and the ""new world order"", the end of European empires, the rise of nationalism in the Third World, globalization, and terrori

Contents:

Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; Twentieth-Century International History: The Changing Face of Empire; Part I Undertones; 1 Imperialism; 2 Nationalism; 3 Internationalism; 4 A Shrinking World; 5 A Changing Diplomatic World; Part II The First World War and Its Consequences; 6 The Triple Alliance; 7 The Ententes, 1894-1914; 8 The July Crisis; 9 Wartime Promises and Postwar Europe; 10 Wartime Promises and the Postwar Empires; 11 Envisioning a New World Order; 12 The Versailles System; 13 The Legacy of the First World War

Part III The Coming of the Second World War14 Why International Finance Mattered: 1919-1939; 15 The Far Eastern Crisis and the Balance of Power, 1920-1941; 16 The Challenge to Empire in the Middle East and Asia; 17 Mussolini's War in Ethiopia; 18 The Challenge in Europe, 1935-1941; 19 Appeasement; 20 Stalin and the West; 21 The United States and the End of Isolation; Part IV From Grand Alliance to Cold War; 22 The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945; 23 A Bipolar World; 24 A Third World?; 25 Making the New Europe: European Integration since 1950

26 The Making of Modern Southeast Asia in the Age of Decolonization and the Cold War27 The Middle East, 1945-1991: The Making of a Mare's Nest; 28 The Sino-Soviet Alliance; Part V A New World Order?; 29 The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War; 30 War and Peace in the Global Community, 1989-2001; 31 Globalization; 32 Terrorism: September 11, 2001 and its Consequences; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-458) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611069131

9781281069139

1281069132

9781780340678

1780340672

9780470761298

0470761296

9781405177306

1405177306

9780470690925

0470690925

9780470766293

0470766298

OCLC:

214281272