Title International relations since 1945 : a global history / John Young and John Kent

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description xx, 743 pages ; 25 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Part I -- Origins and Early Development of the Cold War 1945-53, John Kent -- 1. Tensions in the Grand Alliance 1945-46 -- 2. Confrontation, Containment and the Truman Doctrine 1946-47 -- 3. Two Worlds: East and West 1945-48 -- 4. Empire, Cold War and Decolonisation 1945-53 -- 5. The Cold War Intensifies: Containment Superseded 1948-53 -- Part II -- The Cold War at its Height 1953-62, John Kent -- 1. The Quest for Stability -- 2. Preserving Spheres of Influence -- 3. Fighting the Cold War: the Offensive Strategies -- 4. The End of Empire and the Battle for Hearts and Minds in the Third World -- Part III -- The Rise of Multipolarity 1963-71, John Young -- 1. East-West Relations -- 2. The Vietnam War -- 3. Regional Conflicts -- Part IV -- The Detente Era 1971-80, John Young -- 1. An Era of Negotiations, 1971-73 -- 2. Stagflation and the Trials of Detente -- 3. Detente in Decline, 1976-79 -- 4. The Return to Confrontation, 1979-80 -- Part V -- From Confrontation to Communist Collapse, 1981-89, John Young -- 1. The Second Cold War, 1981-85 -- 2. Middle East Conflicts in the 1980s -- 3. Instability in Latin America -- 4. The Decline of the Cold War, 1985-89 -- Part VI -- The Post-Cold War World, 1990-2000, John Young -- 1. Post-Cold War Europe and the Former Soviet Union -- 2. US predominance and the Post-Cold War Disorder -- 3. Stability and Instability in the Developing World -- Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [719]-728) and index Subject World politics -- 1945-1989. World politics -- 1989- Cold War. International relations. World politics -- 1945-1955. Author Kent, John, 1949- LC no. 2004297108 ISBN 0198781644

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