The world since 1945
| Titel: | The world since 1945 : an international history / by P.M.H. Bell and Mark Gilbert |
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| Verfasser: | ; |
| Ausgabe: | Second edition |
| Veröffentlicht: | London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017 |
| Umfang: | vi, 573 Seiten : 13 Karten, 13 Illustrationen |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISBN: | 9781472524751 ; 9781472528681 ; 9781472531384 ; 9781472534422 |
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- List of maps
- p. vii
- List of illustrations
- p. viii
- Acknowledgements
- p. ix
- Introduction
- p. l
- Prologue: A New Era in International Politics
- 1
- The Second World War and its consequences
- p. 7
- 2
- The beginnings of the post-war world
- p. 24
- Part 1
- The Cold War, 1945-62
- 3
- The antagonists
- p. 39
- 4
- The beginning of the Cold War: From Potsdam to the Marshall Plan, 1945-7
- p. 48
- 5
- From the Prague coup to the North Atlantic Treaty, 1948-9
- 6
- From Korea to Hungary, 1949-56
- p. 80
- 7
- The Berlin and Cuba crises, 1957-62
- p. 101
- Reflection: The Cold War in its early phases
- p. 116
- Part 2
- Decolonization and Wars of Succession, 1945-62
- 8
- The Middle East, 1945-62
- p. 125
- 9
- Transformation in Asia, 1945-62
- p. 145
- 10
- The new Africa, 1945-62
- p. 170
- 11
- The Afro-Asian movement and non-alignment, 1955-61
- p. 190
- 12
- Latin America in the world, 1945-73
- p. 199
- Reflection: The 'Third World'
- p. 218
- Part 3
- Détente Between the Superpowers, 1963-80
- 13
- Cold War and détente, 1963-9
- p. 227
- 14
- The high tide of détente, 1969-75
- p. 243
- 15
- The end of détente, 1976-80
- p. 267
- Reflection: The essence of détente
- p. 280
- Part 4
- The Changing World Order, 1960s-1990s
- 16
- The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1963-82
- p. 287
- 17
- The geopolitics of oil, 1973-91
- p. 302
- 18
- The rise of Asia, c.1962-1990s
- p. 317
- 19
- Turmoil in Africa, c.1962-1990s
- p. 340
- 20
- Latin America in world affairs, 1970s-1990s
- p. 363
- Reflection: Where is Europe?
- p. 377
- Part 5
- The Ending of the Cold War
- 21
- Renewed Cold War, 1980-5
- p. 387
- 22
- Gorbachev and Reagan, 1985-8
- p. 406
- 23
- Three years that shook the world, 1989-91
- p. 420
- Reflection: The Cold War in retrospect
- p. 437
- Part 6
- After the Cold War
- 24
- Global issues
- p. 445
- 25
- Nationalism, political conflict and war in Europe
- p. 465
- 26
- The wounded hegemon
- p. 486
- 27
- Democracy and human rights
- p. 515
- Guide to further reading
- p. 539
- Index
- p. 550
