International relations since 1945 : a global history /
International relations since nineteen forty five
John Young and John Kent.
- xx, 743 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 719-728) and index.
The Origins and Development of the Cold War, 1945-1953 -- Tensions in the Grand Alliance and the Growing Confrontation, 1945-1947 -- Two Worlds East and West, 1945-1948 -- Empire, Cold War, and Decolonization, 1945-1953 -- The Cold War Intensifies: Containment Superseded, 1948-1953 -- Cold War: Crises and Change, 1953-1963 -- Soviet-American Relations: Avoiding Hot War and the Search for Stability -- Maintaining the Spheres of Influence -- Fighting the Cold War: The Offensive Strategies -- Collapsing Empires: The Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds, 1953-1963 -- The Cold War of Peaceful Coexistence and the Rise of Multipolarity, 1963-1971 -- The Eastern and Western Blocs in the 1960s -- The Vietnam War -- Other Regional Conflicts -- The Detente Era, 1972-1980 -- An Era of Negotiations, 1972-1973 -- 'Stagflation' and the Trials of Detente, 1973-1976 -- Detente in Decline, 1977-1979 -- The Return to Confrontation, 1979-1980 -- From Confrontation to Communist Collapse, 1981-1989 -- The 'Second' Cold War, 1981-1985 -- Middle East Conflicts in the 1980s -- Instability in Latin America -- The Decline of the Cold War, 1985-1989 -- The Post-Cold War World, 1990-2000 -- Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- US Predominance and the Search for a Post-Cold War Order -- Stability and Instability in the Developing World. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. II. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pt. III. 9. 10. 11. Pt. IV. 12. 13. 14. 15. Pt. V. 16. 17. 18. 19. Pt. VI. 20. 21. 22.
"Drawing on the latest research, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History provides an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the history of international relations during the Cold War and its aftermath."--BOOK JACKET.