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Transforming the world : Global political History since World War II / David Smith

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Paternoster, London : c1998.Description: viii, 146 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780333771990 (hbk.)
  • 0333771990 (hbk.)
  • 9780333772003 (pbk.)
  • 0333772008 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 269.2 22 SMI
Contents:
Preface: Grasping global history -- Part I: Ending war, building peace. Struggles for mastery ; Policemen meeting ; Outcomes and anticipations -- Part II: 1945-1955: making a cold peace. European alternatives ; The United Nations and the United States ; The Middle East ; South Asia ; East Asia -- Part III: 1955-1965: to the brink and back. Superpowers and subordinates: the Middle East and Europe ; Continental confrontations: Castro, Kennedy, Khruschev ; Africa: emergences and emergencies ; Asian accommodations -- Part IV: 1965-1975: old patterns and new permutations. Asian variations ; Superpowers challenged ; Security and cooperation in Europe ; Overlapping linkages: a Mediterranean world ; Africa's worlds -- Part V: Coming to conclusions 1975-1989. Europeans: 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 1985-89 -- Part VI: 1991-2011: new world orders? Superpowers: rethinking required ; The Middle East: still at the centre ; Identifying multipolar complexity
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Bishop Barham University College Library Stephen Noll Collection 269.2 SMI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 2741BBUC

Includes index

Preface: Grasping global history -- Part I: Ending war, building peace. Struggles for mastery ; Policemen meeting ; Outcomes and anticipations -- Part II: 1945-1955: making a cold peace. European alternatives ; The United Nations and the United States ; The Middle East ; South Asia ; East Asia -- Part III: 1955-1965: to the brink and back. Superpowers and subordinates: the Middle East and Europe ; Continental confrontations: Castro, Kennedy, Khruschev ; Africa: emergences and emergencies ; Asian accommodations -- Part IV: 1965-1975: old patterns and new permutations. Asian variations ; Superpowers challenged ; Security and cooperation in Europe ; Overlapping linkages: a Mediterranean world ; Africa's worlds -- Part V: Coming to conclusions 1975-1989. Europeans: 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 1985-89 -- Part VI: 1991-2011: new world orders? Superpowers: rethinking required ; The Middle East: still at the centre ; Identifying multipolar complexity

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