Transforming the World

Global Political History since World War II

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Av Keith Robbins

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An ambitious and engaging narrative survey that charts the history of the world from a political perspective, from 1937 to the post-9/11 era. Providing a wide-ranging assessment of global interactions in peace and war since World War II, Robbins connects the crises, conflicts and accommodations that have brought us to the still-troubled present.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-12-12
Mått156 x 234 x 26 mm
Vikt770 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor392
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780333771990

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KEITH ROBBINS was formerly Professor of History at Bangor and Glasgow universities in the UK, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales. He has held the posts of President of the Historical Association, and Editor of History. He is the author of over 20 books, 8 edited books, and 120 scholarly articles on political, military, religious and international history, and is the general editor of six major historical series.

ChronologyMapsIntroduction: Grasping Global HistoryPART I: ENDING WAR, BUILDING PEACEStruggles for MasteryPolicemen MeetingOutcomes and AnticipationsPART II 1945-1955: MAKING A COLD PEACEEuropean AlternativesThe United Nations and the United StatesThe Middle EastSouth AsiaEast AsiaPART III: 1955-1965: TO THE BRINK AND BACKSuperpowers and Subordinates: The Middle East and EuropeContinental Confrontations: Castro, Kennedy, KhruschevAfrica: Emergences and EmergenciesAlgeria: Found and LostAsian AccommodationsPART IV: 1965-1975: OLD PATTERNS AND NEW PERMUTATIONSAsian VariationsSuperpowers ChallengedSecurity and Cooperation in EuropeOverlapping Linkages: A Mediterranean WorldAfrica's WorldsPART V: COMING TO CONCLUSIONS 1975-1989Europeans: Identifying a Common Home?The Middle East: Putting its World to Rights?A Question of Latitude: 'North' and 'South'Afghanistan to Sri Lanka: South Asia?East Asia/Pacific: Flexing Muscles?Gorbachev and Reagan: Turning Point 1985-89PART VI: 1991-2011: NEW WORLD ORDERS?Superpowers: Rethinking RequiredThe Middle East: Still at the CentreIdentifying Multipolar Complexity.