The post-imperial age : the great powers and the wider world
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The post-imperial age : the great powers and the wider world
（The postwar world, . International relations since 1945 : a history in two volumes ; v. 2）
Longman, 1994
- : pbk
- : cased
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: cased ISBN 9780582227194
Description
The Post-Imperial Age looks at the impact on the wider world of the end of the European empires and their replacement by a new order dominated by East - West rivalries. Begins by looking at decolonization and goes on to discuss the different patterns of experience in South Africa, South East Asia and India, East Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americans. It concludes with a sustained account of the International system - the functioning of international organisations and the global role of money and trade. Key Features: offers a clearly written account of the often technical (and therefore usually, avoided) subject of the development of money and trade within the Western World, and its implications for the international distribution of power. Readable and fluent the book contains a mass of information, but the reader never feels he/she is being force-fed; almost 50 years of postwar history. are covered, so up to date events can be set in a surprisingly long historical context, to aid our understanding of what lies behind today's headline; includes a useful guide for further reading.
Readership: Undergraduate and postgraduate students of contemporary World History, International Relations and Politics, as well as students of Further Education, some A Level students and the general reader with an interest in the subject.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Decolonization: general considerations
- Indonesia, Indochina, India
- the end of Empire, Southern Africa. Part 2 East Asia and the Pacific: the Chinese Civil War
- the Indochinese wars
- Japan
- the Pacific rim. Part 3 The Middle East: the setting, Britain's post-war pursuit of bases, Cyprus
- Palestine to the establishment of the state of Israel
- the Middle East in the 1950s
- the 1967 "Six Day" War and its aftermath - the Lebanese Civil War (1975-90)
- Arab-Israeli relations since 1970
- oil
- Arabia and the Gulf. Part 4 The Americas: the inter-American political system, and attempts to exclude communism
- the Americas in, and since, the 1980s
- Appendix - the Falklands, and the Antartic. Part 5 The international system: the nature of, and leadership in, the international system
- attempts at collective action through the United Nations
- money and trade in the western world.
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: pbk ISBN 9780582227200
Description
This volume looks at the impact on the wider world of the end of the European empires and their replacement by a new international order dominated by East-West rivalries. After surveying the decolonization process, the book looks successively at the different patterns of experience in Southern Africa, South East Asia and India, East Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, and the Americas. It concludes with a sustained analysis of the International System -- the functioning of international organizations and the global role of money and trade.
Table of Contents
- Preface. Part One: Decolonization. 1. General considerations. 2. Indonesia, Indochina, India. 3. The end of Empire. 4. Southern Africa. Part Two: East Asia and the Pacific. 5. The Chinese Civil War. 6. The Indochinese Wars. 7. Japan. 8. The Pacific Rim. Part Three: The Middle East. 9. The setting, Britain's post-war pursuit of bases, Cyprus. 10. Palestine to the establishment of the state of Israel. 11. The Middle East in the 1950s. 12. The 1967 `Six Day' War and its aftermath: the Lebanese Civil War (1975 -90). 13. Arab-Israeli relations since 1970. 14. Oil. 15. Arabia and the Gulf. Part Four: The Americans. 16. The inter-American political system, and attempts to exclude communism. 17. The Americas in, and since, the 1980s. Appendix: The Falklands, and the Antarctic. Part Five: The International System. 18. The nature of, and leadership in, the international system
- attempts at collective action through the United Nations. 19. Money and trade in the Western World. Index.
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