The World Since 1945 : A History of International Relations / Harry Piotrowski, Wayne C. McWilliams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWilliams, Wayne C., Author.

Piotrowski, Harry, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

Part 1. The Origins of the Cold War

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

5. Decolonization in Asia

6. Decolonization in Africa

7. The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Part 3. The Shifting Sands of Global Power

8. The Communist World After Stalin

9. The War in Indochina

10. Détente and the End of Bipolarity

Part 4. The Third World

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

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-745-0

OCLC:

1334343689