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 (500 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

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

List of Maps

Preface

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 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

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-882-1