Remaking the world : decolonization and the Cold War / Jessica M. Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Jessica M. (Jessica Miranda), 1977- author.

Series:

Studies in conflict, diplomacy, and peace

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decolonization--History--20th century.

Decolonization.

Cold War--History.

Cold War.

World politics--1945-1965.

World politics.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2023]

Summary:

"Between 1945 and 1965, more than fifty nations declared their independence from colonial rule. At the height of the Cold War, the global process of decolonization complicated US-Soviet relations, while Soviet and American interventionism transformed the decolonizing process. Remaking the World examines the connections between the Cold War and decolonization, which helped define the post-World War II global order. Drawing on new scholarship, this comprehensive study provides a chronological overview from World War I to the Soviet collapse and highlights key developments in the international system as decolonization unfolded in tandem with the Cold War. Through six carefully selected case studies-India, Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, Angola, and Iran-historian Jessica M. Chapman addresses the shifting of Soviet, American, Chinese, and Cuban policies, the centrality of modernization, the role of the United Nations, the often-outsized influence of regional actors like Israel and South Africa, and seminal post-Vietnam War shifts in the international system. Each of the case studies analyzes at least one geopolitical turning point, demonstrating that the Cold War and decolonization were mutually constitutive processes in which local, national, and regional developments altered the superpower competition. Chapman presents a picture of the complexities of international relations and the ways in which local communist and democratic movements differed from their Soviet and American ties, as did their visions for independence and success"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Decolonization and the Cold War : contesting the global order

India : the promises and perils of nonalignment

Egypt : the crush of Arab nationalism

The Congo : a moral defeat in the heart of Africa

Vietnam : Cold War crucible

Angola : a tangled web in southern Africa

Iran : a case of "occidentosis".

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on October 19, 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Chapman, Jessica M. 1977- Remaking the world

ISBN:

9780813197500

0813197503

9780813197494

081319749X

OCLC:

1376788364

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.