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International Relations Since 1945
A Global History
John W. Young and John Kent
792 pages
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numerous text boxes
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246x189mm
978-0-19-878164-6
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Paperback
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11 December 2003
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- Up-to-date and comprehensive - deals with the whole period from 1945 to the present day and is organised both by region and subject.
- Will suit many post-war history modules as well as serving as background for International Relations modules.
- The text draws on the latest research to make students aware of the different controversies and debates.
- Careful attention is paid to the evolution of the global economy and the interplay between international and domestic developments, as well as to the growth of 'interdependence'.
- Particular attention is paid to the United States, especially in the 1990s when it became the world's only Superpower.
- Overviews are provided of each of the six chronological sections - these provide a concise and analytical framework.
- Includes learning aids such as boxed chronologies, biographies of key figures, crucial documents, maps and a bibliography.
International Relations Since 1945 is a one-volume authoritative historical analysis of international relations during the Cold War and its aftermath. It both describes and interprets events since 1945 for an undergraduate audience. It explores how the Cold War impacted upon world politics as a whole, but also deals with such important regional problems as the Middle East, the development of European integration and the end of the European empires in Africa and Asia.
While focusing on political change, careful attention is paid to the evolution of the global economy and
the interplay between international and domestic developments, as well as to the growth of 'interdependence'. Particular attention is paid to the role of the United States, especially in the 1990s when it became the world's only Superpower.
The text covers the nature of the Cold War, the development of the Western and Eastern blocs, North-South, decolonization and Third World issues, international economic relations, armaments and nuclear strategy and globalization.
Readership: Undergraduate students studying International Relations or World History Since 1945.
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John W. Young, Chair of International History , University of Nottingham, and John Kent, Reader in International Relations, LSE Contributors:
John Kent
John Young
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Part I
Origins and Early Development of the Cold War 1945-53
1: Tensions in the Grand Alliance 1945-46
2: Two Worlds: East and West 1945-48
3: Empire, Cold War and Decolonisation 1945-53
4: The Cold War Intensifies: Containment Superseded 1948-53
Part II
The Cold War: Crisis and Change 1953-62
5: Soviet-America Relations: Avoiding Hot Water and the Search for Stability
6: Maintaining the Spheres of Influence
7: Fighting the Cold War: The Offensive Strategies
8: Collapsing Empires: The Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds 1953-63
Part III
The cold War of Peaceful CoExistence and the Rise of Multipolarity 1963-71
9: The Eastern and Western Blocs in the 1960s
10: The Vietnam War
11: Other Regional Conflicts
Part IV
The Détente Era 1971-80
12: An Era of Negotiations, 1971-73
13: Stagflation and the Trials of Détente
14: Détente in Decline, 1976-79
15: The Return to Confrontation, 1979-80
Part V
From Confrontation to Communist Collapse, 1981-89
16: Middle East Conflicts in the 1980s
17: Instability in Latin America
18: The Decline of the Cold War, 1985-89
Part VI
The Post-Cold War World Since 1990
20: Europe and the Former Soviet Union
21: US predominance and the Post-Cold War Disorder
22: Stability and Instability in the Developing World
Conclusion
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