INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE 1945 A Global History

A one-volume authoritative historical analysis of international relations during the Cold War and its aftermath. It explores the impact of the Cold War on world politics as a whole, but also deals with such important regional problems as the Middle East wars, the development of European integration and the end of the European empires in Africa and Asia. Particular attention is paid to the role of the United States, especially in the 1990s when it became the world's only Superpower.

Part I; Origins and Early Development of the Cold War 1945-53; 1: Tensions in the Grand Alliance 1945-46; 2: Two Worlds: East and West 1945-48; 3: Empire, Cold War and Decolonisation 1945-53; 4: The Cold War Intensifies: Containment Superseded 1948-53; Part II; The Cold War: Crisis and Change 1953-62; 5: Soviet-America Relations: Avoiding Hot Water and the Search for Stability; 6: Maintaining the Spheres of Influence; 7: Fighting the Cold War: The Offensive Strategies; 8: Collapsing Empires: The Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds 1953-63; Part III; The cold War of Peaceful CoExistence and the Rise of Multipolarity 1963-71; 9: The Eastern and Western Blocs in the 1960s; 10: The Vietnam War; 11: Other Regional Conflicts; Part IV; The D?tente Era 1971-80; 12: An Era of Negotiations, 1971-73; 13: Stagflation and the Trials of D?tente; 14: D?tente in Decline, 1976-79; 15: The Return to Confrontation, 1979-80; Part V; From Confrontation to Communist Collapse, 1981-89; 16: Middle East Conflicts in the 1980s; 17: Instability in Latin America; 18: The Decline of the Cold War, 1985-89; Part VI; The Post-Cold War World Since 1990; 20: Europe and the Former Soviet Union; 21: US predominance and the Post-Cold War Disorder; 22: Stability and Instability in the Developing World; Conclusion