World politics since 1945 /
Calvocoressi, Peter,author.
Credo Reference (Firm)
This enormously successful standard work has been expanded to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan; the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers; the major political developments in Latin America, including the rise and perhaps fall of Chavez in Venezuela; the march of globalisation and the popular protest movements against; the expansion eastwards of the European Union; instability in the Middle East and the question of oil and energy supply.  Marked throughout by Calvocoressi's characteristic erudition and elegance, World Politics since 1945 is essential reading for those who need to understand the great sweeps of contemporary history.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Part One : The Cold War. 1 The Cold War -- Part Two : The Far East. 2 Japan -- 3 China -- 4 Korea -- Part Three : Europe remodelled. 5 Western Europe -- 6 Central and eastern Europe -- 7 Yugoslavia and Albania -- Part Four : The Middle East. 8 Islam -- 9 Turkey -- 10 The Arabs and Israel to the Suez War -- 11 From Suez to the death of Nasser -- 12 The destruction of Lebanon -- 13 Towards a Palestinian state -- 14 Iran and Gulf Wars -- 15 The Arabian peninsula.
This enormously successful standard work has been expanded to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan; the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers; the major political developments in Latin America, including the rise and perhaps fall of Chavez in Venezuela; the march of globalisation and the popular protest movements against; the expansion eastwards of the European Union; instability in the Middle East and the question of oil and energy supply.  Marked throughout by Calvocoressi's characteristic erudition and elegance, World Politics since 1945 is essential reading for those who need to understand the great sweeps of contemporary history.
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Ninth edition 2009 by Pearson Longman.
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