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An easily accessible and complete one volume reference covering the fast changing world of politics since World War II. "The book compels admiration for its thoroughness, its scope, the masterly ordering of its immense material"--- The Sunday Times, London "The most lucid, comprehensive, intelligent, and reliable account of post-war modern history on the market"--- Teaching Politics, on an earlier edition Updated to include the convulsive collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the furthering of the European Union, mixed fortunes in Africa and the transfer of Hong Kong. Written in an impeccably clear, succinct and challenging way, World Politics 1945-2000 is an invaluable and authoritative guide through the complexities of contemporary international politics, through the Cold War and post-Cold War world order. Coverage includes the immediate aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet empire in Europe and the Soviet Union itself, the convulsive collapse of the former Yugoslavia and the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Gulf War against Iraq and it various sequels, the Maastricht Treaty for the furthering of the European Union and the Euro currency. Also covered are the tensions in China between economic liberalization and the stringencies of communism in the shadow of Deng Xiaoping's prolonged rule, mixed fortunes in Africa--from optimism in South Africa, Ghana and even Angola to grimness or worse in Nigeria, Somalia, Rwanda and Liberia. The thin times for the UN is explores as well as the expiring GATT and internationalism generally. There are numerous biographical assessments of key figures now including Deng, Khomeini, Mitterand, Thatcher and Reagan. Peter Calvocoressi is a figure of distinction in the field of International relations. A former reader in International Relations at the Univeristy of Sussex, he is the author of numerous books including, Independent Africa and the World , Fall Out: World War II and the Shaping of Postwar Europe , and Resilient Europe: A Study of the Years 1870-2000 . During the war he worked in British Intelligence at Bletchley Park and from 1946-47 attended the Nuremberg Trials
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An invaluable and authoritative guide through the complexities of contemporary international politics, through the Cold War and post-Cold War world order. Softcover.
World Politics, 1945 - 2000
World Politics, 1945 - 2000,Peter Calvocoressi,Longman,0582381223,1945-,20th century,General,History,International relations,Modern - 20th Century,Nationalism,Political History,Political Science,Politics - Current Events,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,World politics,POLITICS & GOVERNMENT,Political Science / General,Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000
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