Physical Description
xviii, 973 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Contents
Social change and national rivalry in the West, 1900-1914
The response of China and Japan to western dominance
The Great War, revolution and the search for stability
The continuing world crisis, 1929-1939
The Second World War
Post-war Europe, 1945-1947
The United States and the beginning of the Cold War, 1945-1948
THe transformation of Asia, 1945-1955
The ending of European dominance in the Middle East, 1919-1980
The Cold War : superpower confrontation, 1948-1964
The recovery of Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
Who will liberate the Third World? : 1954-1968
Two faces of Asia : after 1949
Latin America after 1945 : problems unresolved
Africa after 1945 : conflict and the threat of famine
The United States and the Soviet bloc after 1963 : the great transformation
Western Europe gathers strength : after 1968
The Cold War and after.
ISBN
0674399609
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [933]-950) and index.
