The World since 1945 : a history of international relations

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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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The authors argue for the appropriateness of viewing the era after World War II as a separate historical epoch because of seven major consequences of the war. Specifically these were the end of Europe as the center of international power, the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union to superpower status, the emergence of the Cold War, the beginnings of the nuclear age, the rise of nationalism and independence movements in Asia and Africa, and a renewed effort to use international organizations to secure peace. Some of the topics treated include the origins and development of the Cold War in Europe and Asia, the development of Arab and Israeli nationalism, the Sino-Soviet split of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, Third World debt, South African apartheid, the rise of militant Islam, Japan's emergence as an economic power, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the collapse of the Eastern Bloc. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR