The World since 1945 : a history of international relations
by
 
McWilliams, Wayne C.

Title
The World since 1945 : a history of international relations

Author
McWilliams, Wayne C.

ISBN
9781555878993

Edition
5th ed.

Publication Information
Boulder, Co. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

Physical Description
xi, 628 p.: ill. ; 23 cm.

General Note
Rev. ed. of: The world since 1945 / Wayne C. McWillams. 4th ed. 1997.

Contents
Pt. 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 -- Pt. 2. Nationalism and the End of Colonialism -- 5. Decolonization in Asia -- 6. Decolonization in Africa -- 7. The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Pt. 3. The Shifting Sands of Global Power -- 8. The Communist World After Stalin -- 9. The War in Indochina -- 10. Detente and the End of Bipolarity -- Pt. 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 Subcontintent and Southeast Asia -- Pt. 5. Transition to a New Era -- 16. Political Islam and the Middle East -- 17. Japan, Korea, and East Asian Economic Development -- 18. The Globalization of the Economy -- 19. Gorbachev's Perestroika and Its Consequences.
 
20. The Soviet Union's Retreat from Empire -- 21. The Nuclear Arms Race and Nuclear Disarmament -- 24. Epilogue: The End of the Postwar Age.

Subject Term
World politics -- 1945-1989.
 
World politics -- 1989-
 
International relations.
 
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.

Geographic Term
Developing countries -- Economic conditions.

Added Author
McWilliams, Wayne C.
 
Piotrowski, Harry.
 
McWilliams, Wayne C. World since 1945.


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