Coming Apart, Coming Together Vol. 2 : The World in the Twentieth Century

by KANTOWICZ EDWARD R.

• ISBN13: 9780802844569
• ISBN10: 0802844561
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-01-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

An independent scholar and former history professor addresses the post-WWII period in Volume 2 of his narrative history of the 20th century. His account revolves around two dominant global events -- the Cold War and the revolt against imperialism -- showing how these events both drove nations apart while creating political and regional alliances.

Author Biography

Edward R. Kantowicz received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. Formerly a professor of history at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, he is currently an independent scholar and writer.

Table of Contents

Maps	ix
Introduction	xi
PART ONE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR IN EUROPE
The Grand Alliance Flies Apart	3	(23)
Genesis of the Soviet-American Rivalry
Cracks in the Iron Curtain	26	(21)
The Tito-Stalin Split in Yugoslavia; French Leadership of Western Europe; Origins of the Common Market
PART TWO INDEPENDENCE, REVOLUTION, AND CIVIL WAR IN ASIA
Soul Force versus the British Raj	47	(19)
Gandhi and Indian Independence
The World Turned Upside Down	66	(19)
Mao and the Chinese Revolution
Unity in Diversity	85	(19)
Sukarno and Indonesia
Tigers and Elephants	104	(21)
Guerrilla Wars in Malaya and Vietnam
Drawing a Line	125	(23)
The Korean War
PART THREE THE MEDITERRANEAN ROAD TO NATIONHOOD
Family, Religion, and Nation in the Arab Heartland	148	(19)
Arab Nationalism in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
A Settler Colony with a Difference	167	(19)
Arabs and Jews in Palestine
The Life-line of Imperialism	186	(18)
Nasser's Egypt and the Suez Crisis
Terror and Torture	204	(22)
The Algerian War for Independence
PART FOUR THE SCRAMBLE OUT OF AFRICA
Tribes, Nations, and States	226	(20)
Decolonization in Ghana and Nigeria; the Nigerian Civil War
Land and Freedom	246	(19)
Decolonization in Kenya and Tanzania; the Mau Mau War
Chaos and Cold War	265	(20)
The United Nations and the Belgian Congo Crisis
PART FIVE NEW COMPLEXITIES, OLD RESPONSES
Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Castro at the Brink	285	(19)
The Berlin and Cuban Crises
The War of Illusions	304	(18)
The Vietnam War
The Shark and the Sardines	322	(20)
The United States and Latin America
The Bear and Her Cubs	342	(18)
The Soviet Union and Its Satellite States
War on a Small Planet	360	(22)
The Arab-Israeli Wars of the 1960s and 1970s
PART SIX THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN
The Revolution of Memory and Morality	382	(19)
The Fall of Communism in Russia and Eastern Europe
Generations of Struggle	401	(19)
The Rise and Fall of Apartheid in South Africa
Non-Violent and Violent Change around the World	420	(20)
Coming Apart, Coming Together	440	(10)
Suggestions for Further Reading	450	(32)
Index	482