Transforming the world : global political history since World War II /: global political history since World War II. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Global political history since World War II; Global political history since World War Two; Global political history since WWII; Global political history since WW2
• Further Information: Note: Keith Robbins.
• Other Names: Robbins, Keith
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages), (8 illustrations)
• Subjects: 909.825; World history; World politics -- 1933-1945; World politics -- 1945-1989; World politics -- 1989-; History, Modern -- 20th century; History, Modern -- 21st century; History, Modern -- 21st century; World; General; International Relations/General; Modern/21st Century; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; 21st century history: from c 2000; General & world history; History, Modern; World politics; HISTORY / World; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137295620; 1137295627
• Related ISBNs: 9781137296566; 1137296569; 0333771990; 0333772008; 9780333771990; 9780333772003
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.