Ian Clark is Deputy Director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

• INTRODUCTION ; 1. Globalization and Fragmentation ; 2. The Paradoxes of the Pre-War World, 1900-1914 ; 3. The Impact of War, 1914-1919 ; 4. The Fragmentation of the Inter-War Era, 1919-1939 ; 5. States of War, 1939-1945 ; 6. The Cold War and Globalization, 1945-1969 ; 7. Eras of Negotiation and Confrontation, 1970-1989 ; 8. Beyond the Cold War, 1990-2000 ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Tension between integrative and disintegrative forces has already produced the post-cold war world's most significant fault-line. Ian Clark has written the best guide I've seen to these global tectonics and the upheavals we can expect from them. Required reading for anyone concerned with how the past is likely to shape the future.

Ian Clark is Deputy Director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

• INTRODUCTION ; 1. Globalization and Fragmentation ; 2. The Paradoxes of the Pre-War World, 1900-1914 ; 3. The Impact of War, 1914-1919 ; 4. The Fragmentation of the Inter-War Era, 1919-1939 ; 5. States of War, 1939-1945 ; 6. The Cold War and Globalization, 1945-1969 ; 7. Eras of Negotiation and Confrontation, 1970-1989 ; 8. Beyond the Cold War, 1990-2000 ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Tension between integrative and disintegrative forces has already produced the post-cold war world's most significant fault-line. Ian Clark has written the best guide I've seen to these global tectonics and the upheavals we can expect from them. Required reading for anyone concerned with how the past is likely to shape the future.

Ian Clark is Deputy Director of the Centre of International Studies at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

• INTRODUCTION ; 1. Globalization and Fragmentation ; 2. The Paradoxes of the Pre-War World, 1900-1914 ; 3. The Impact of War, 1914-1919 ; 4. The Fragmentation of the Inter-War Era, 1919-1939 ; 5. States of War, 1939-1945 ; 6. The Cold War and Globalization, 1945-1969 ; 7. Eras of Negotiation and Confrontation, 1970-1989 ; 8. Beyond the Cold War, 1990-2000 ; CONCLUSION ; BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX

Tension between integrative and disintegrative forces has already produced the post-cold war world's most significant fault-line. Ian Clark has written the best guide I've seen to these global tectonics and the upheavals we can expect from them. Required reading for anyone concerned with how the past is likely to shape the future.