02061cam a2200337 a 4500 273 273 13834084 OSt 20210610113930.0 050107s2005 couab b 001 0 eng 2005000400 1588263479 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC D840 .M363 2005 327/.09/045 22 McWilliams, Wayne C. The world since 1945 : a history of international relations / Wayne C. McWilliams, Harry Piotrowski. 6th ed. Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. xi, 617 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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 -- Détente 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 subcontintent and Southeast Asia -- Japan, Korea, and East Asian economic development -- The globalization of the economy -- Gorbachev's perestroika and the Soviet Union's retreat from empire -- The nuclear arms race -- Political Islam and the Middle East -- September 11 and its consequences -- Epilogue: the end of the postwar age. World politics 1945-1989. World politics 1989- Military history, Modern 20th century. Developing countries. Piotrowski, Harry. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000400.html 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK SO 0 0 lcc 0 0 MLIB MLIB OS 2021-06-10 1 D840 .M363 2005 28002633 2023-11-22 2023-11-08 2021-06-10 BK SO