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.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015699073 | 327.09045 M177W 2001 | 1 |