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The world since 1945 : a history of international relations /

Main Author: McWilliams, Wayne C.
Other Authors: Piotrowski, Harry.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009.
Edition:7th ed.
Subjects:
World politics > 1945-1989
World politics > 1989-
International relations
Military history, Modern > 20th century
Developing countries > Economic conditions
Table of Contents:
  • The end of World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age
  • The Cold War institutionalized
  • The Cold War in Asia: a change of venue
  • Confrontation and coexistence
  • Decolonization in Asia
  • Decolonization in Africa
  • The Middle East: the Arab-Israeli conflict
  • The communist world after Stalin
  • The war in Indochina
  • Detente and the end of bipolarity
  • Problems of economic development in the third world
  • Africa
  • Latin America
  • The People's Republic of China and Taiwan
  • The Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
  • Japan and South Korea as economic powers
  • The globalization of the economy
  • Russia: the legacy of Soviet Empire
  • The proliferating nuclear arms race
  • The emergence of political Islam
  • September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq
  • The trajectory of the world since 1945: a summary.

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