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9780192803146

The World since 1945 A Concise History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780192803146

  • ISBN10:

    019280314X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-08-22
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

The World Since 1945 is an accessible and stimulating single-volume overview of world history since the end of WWII. Focusing on global political interaction, the author discusses the impulse towards globalization in the aftermath of the Second World War, the divisions inherent in the Cold War, and the shifting allegiances and conflicts in the decades that followed.

Author Biography


Keith Robbins was educated in Bristol and at Magdalen and St Anthony's Colleges, Oxford. He has taught at the University of York, Glasgow University, and the University of Wales, Lampeter, where he is now Vice-Chancellor. He is the author of numerous books on British and world history.

Table of Contents

Map 1: The World in 1949
vi
Map 2: The World in 1998
viii
Introduction 1(4)
Towards One World? The Year 1945
5(18)
Cold Division c. 1945--c. 1953
23(38)
Confrontational Coexistence c. 1953--1965
61(36)
Devious Decade c. 1965--1975
97(46)
Turbulent Transition 1975--1985
143(58)
Brave New World? 1985--
201(51)
Afterword 252(5)
Further Reading 257(9)
Index 266

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