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100			_aMcWilliams, Wayne C. _94930
245	1		_aThe world since 1945: _ba history of international relations / _cWayne C. McWilliams and Harry Piotrowski.
250			_aFifth edition
260			_aBoulder, Co.: _bLynne Rienner Publishers, _c2001.
300			_axi, 619 pages: _billustrations; _g22 cm.
500			_aIncludes index. _bMcWilliams, W. C. & Piotrowski, H. (2001). The world since 1945: a history of international relations (5th ed.). Boulder, Co. : Lynne Rienner Publishers.
505			_aIntroduction -- Part 1: The origins of the cold war -- The end of world war II and the dawn of the nuclear age -- The cold was institutionalized -- The cold war in Asia: a change of venue -- Confrontation and coexistence -- Part 2: Nationalism and the end of colonialism -- Decolonization in Asia -- Decolonization in Africa -- The Middle East: the Arab-Israeli conflict -- Part 3: The shifting sands of global power -- The communist world after Stalin -- The war in Indochina -- Detente and the end of bipolarity -- Part 4: The third world -- Problems of economic development in the third world -- Africa -- Latin America -- The People's Republic of China and Taiwan -- The Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia -- Part 5: Transition to a new era -- Political Islam and the Middle East -- Japan, Korea, and East Asian economic development -- The globalization of the economy -- Gorbachev's Perestroika and its consequences -- The soviet union's retreat from empire -- The nuclear arm race and nuclear disarmament -- Epilogue: the end of the postwar age
520			_aThe fifth edition of this textbook continues to provide the background to assist students in understanding current international relations. This study traces the major political, economic and idealogical patterns that have evolved in the global arena from the end of World War II to the end of the 20th century.
650			_aWorld politics _y1945-1989. _918294
650			_aWorld politics _y1989- _916379
650			_aInternational relations. _916380
650			_aMilitary history, Modern _y20th century. _918295
650			_aDeveloping countries _xEconomic conditions. _918296
700			_aPiotrowski, Harry. _94935
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