Descript |
xxix, 666 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Edition |
Third edition. |
Note |
Previous edition: 2008. |
Contents |
Great power rivalry and the World War, 1900-1917 -- The search for European stability, 1917-29 -- Japan, China and the origins of the Pacific war, 1900-41 -- The European colonial empires, 1900-45 -- The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1900-48 -- 'Good neighbors'? : the United States and the Americas, 1900-45 -- The path to European war, 1930-39 -- The Second World War, 1940-45 -- The 'first' Cold war in Europe, 1945-61 -- Asia in turmoil : nationalism, revolution and the rise of the Cold War, 1945-53 -- From Cold war to détente, 1962-79 -- The Vietnam wars, 1945-79 -- Neutralism, development and the rise of the Third World, 1945-2014 -- The 'developmental states' : Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945-2014 -- The People's Republic of China and North Korea : ideology and nationalism, 1949-2014 -- The United States and Latin America, 1945-2014 -- Africa : decolonization and independence, 1945-2014 -- The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1949-2014 -- The rise of political Islam, 1928-2014 -- The end of the Cold War and the 'New World order', 1980-2000 -- The rise of a new Europe : the history of European integration, 1945-2014 -- The rise of human rights in international history -- US decline in a globalized world? |
ISBN |
9780415656429 (pbk.) |
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9780415656412 (hbk.) |
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