International History of the Twentieth Century

✍ Scribed by Antony Best

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 560
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This major new global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. They focus on the history of relations between states and on the broad ideological, economic and cultural forces that have influenced the evolution of international politics over the past one hundred years. Among the areas this book covers are: the decline of European hegemony over the international order the diffusion of power to the two superpowers the rise of newly independent states in Asia and Africa the course and consequences of the three major global conflicts of the twentieth century: the Great War, the Second World War and the Cold War. This is an absolutely essential book in the study of twentieth century history. Students will find themselves lacking without it.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of maps......Page 14
List of tables......Page 16
List of boxes......Page 18
Notes on authors......Page 20
Note on the text......Page 22
Acknowledgements......Page 24
List of abbreviations......Page 26
Introduction......Page 30
Great Power Rivalry and the World War, 1900 17......Page 34
The Search for European Stability, 1917 29......Page 61
Japan, China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1914 41......Page 87
The European Colonial Empires, 1900 45......Page 109
The Origins of the Arab Israeli Conflict, 1900 49......Page 135
'Good Neighbors'? The United States and the Americas, 1900 45......Page 160
The Path to European War, 1930 39......Page 181
The Second World War, 1940 45......Page 214
The 'First' Cold War in Europe, 1945 61......Page 241
Asia in Turmoil: Nationalism, Revolution and the Rise of the Cold War, 1945 53......Page 271
From Cold War to Detente, 1962 79......Page 294
The Vietnam Wars, 1945 79......Page 317
Neutralism, Development and the Rise of the Third World, 1945 89......Page 336
The 'Developmental States': Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945 89......Page 355
The People's Republic of China: Ideology and Nationalism, 1949 89......Page 374
The United States and Latin America, 1945 89......Page 391
Africa: Decolonization and Independence, 1945 89......Page 412
The Arab Israeli Conflict, 1949 91......Page 434
The Rise of Political Islam, 1928 2000......Page 451
The End of the Cold War and the 'Brave New World', 1980 2000......Page 473
Epilogue......Page 509
Glossary......Page 513
Bibliography......Page 526
Index......Page 548