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010			_a 2005000400
020			_a1588263479 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aD840 _b.M363 2005
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100	1		_aMcWilliams, Wayne C.
245	1	4	_aThe world since 1945 : _ba history of international relations / _cWayne C. McWilliams, Harry Piotrowski.
250			_a6th ed.
260			_aBoulder, Colo. : _bLynne Rienner Publishers, _c2005.
300			_axi, 617 p. : _bill., maps ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aWorld politics _y1945-1989.
650		0	_aWorld politics _y1989-
650		0	_aMilitary history, Modern _y20th century.
651		0	_aDeveloping countries.
700	1		_aPiotrowski, Harry.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip056/2005000400.html
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