A concise history of the world since 1945 : states and peoples / W.M. Spellman.
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London :
Red Globe Press,
2020.
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HIST 137
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I From bipolar to multipolar world
- 1. The Cold War in global context, 1945
- 1991
- Triumph and disquiet: the human prospect in 1945
- Early superpower tensions
- Expanding the circle of conflict
- The Khrushchev era, 1955
- 1964
- From detente to denouement
- Power and principle
- 2. The end of empire and the problem of neocolonialism
- Decolonization and its discontents
- The South Asian precedent
- Africa's hope and misfortune
- Anticolonialism and nationalism in the Middle East
- Southeast Asia
- The overlooked empire: Russia
- Assessing the colonial legacy
- 3. An elusive new world order, 1991
- 2020
- Integration and fragmentation in wider Europe
- The resurgence of China
- Ambiguity in Latin America
- Terrorism and troubled democracy
- pt. II Globalization and its discontents
- 4. When borders don't matter: development and global culture
- Classical liberalism in crisis
- The Keynesian consensus
- North and South, rich and poor
- Neoliberal economics
- Globalization and disquiet
- 5. When borders do matter: international migration and identity
- States and refugees
- Provisional guests
- Globalization and identity
- Global equity and migration
- pt. III Body and spirit
- 6. Science, technology, and the environment
- Population and healing
- Energy and power
- Goods, services, and culture
- Debate over the environment
- Uncertain future
- 7. Religion, rights, and civil society
- Christianity becomes a global faith
- Challenges in the Islamic world
- Indian and Israeli confessional politics
- East Asian transitions
- Rights, gender, and religion
- Ancient faith and modern values.
