The a history of international relations McWilliams, Wayne C. creator Piotrowski, Harry. text bibliography cou Boulder, Colo Lynne Rienner Publishers 2005 6th ed. monographic eng

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xi, 617 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. 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. Wayne C. McWilliams, Harry Piotrowski. Includes bibliographical references and index. World politics 1945-1989 World politics 1989- Military history, Modern 20th century Developing countries D840 .M363 2005 327/.09/045 1588263479 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2005000400 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000400.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000400.html DLC 050107 20210610113930.0 13834084