International Relations Since 1945: A Global History is an authoritative and historical analysis of international relations during the Cold War and its aftermath. In one volume, it both describes and interprets events since 1945 for an undergraduate audience. Exploring how the Cold War affected world politics as a whole, the book 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. While focusing on political change, the authors pay careful attention to the evolution of the global economy and the interplay between international and domestic developments, as well as to the growth of 'interdependence.' They also look at the role of the United States, particularly in the 1990s, when it became the world's only "superpower."

International Relations since 1945: A Global History

History

Kent, John

Young, John W.

World

Oxford University Press

International Relations since 1945 offers undergraduate students a comprehensive and accessible introduction to global political history since World War II. The new edition is comprehensively updated to cover the period between 2001 and 2012. Discussing the World Trade Center attacks and concluding with the run up to the 2012 US presidential elections, a new final section outlines broad developments including the changing world order and the global financial crises. Three new chapters look at terrorism, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the rise of major new powers including China. Student learning is supported by a range of helpful learning features including biographies of key figures and chronologies of events. Online Resource Centre The text is also supported by an Online Resource Centre which includes: For students: biographies of key figures; links to international relations documents; maps of key regions; self test questions; annotated further reading guide; interactive timeline. For lecturers: PowerPoint slides; question bank.

International Relations Since 1945

Why did Britain not become a founder-member of the European Community in 1957? Why did the French government prevent Britain from joining the Community in the 1960s? Why, since entering the Community in 1973, have British governments so often appeared uncommitted to a European future?This book provides an excellent and comprehensive survey of British policy towards European unity from 1929, when a French foreign minister first suggested a 'European federation', to 1992, when a British general election coincided with measures to create a 'single market' in Europe and debate over the Maastrict Treaty, with its dream of monetary and economic union.The main focus of the book is on the development of government policy after 1945, but attention is also paid to political parties, pressure groups, the Press and public opinion. The author uses evidence from government archives, as well as the memoirs and diaries of those involved in the events.This concise volume provides an introduction not only to the main episodes in British policy towards European unity, but also to the debates on the subject between politicians, political scientists and historians. It also seeks to provide a general explanation for British doubts about European integration, despite the country's membership of the European Community for two decades.

Britain and European Unity, 1945-1992

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

This book looks at all the main phases of British foreign policy from the 1890s to the 1990s. It not only explores such major events as the Boer War, Appeasement, and the Suez Crisis, but also looks well beyond traditional diplomacy, taking in strategic, technological, economic, and ideological factors, as well as looking at such subjects as the rise of propaganda agencies and the intelligence community. The author also details specific international relations and rivalries and charts domestic influences on policy.

Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century (International Relations and the Great Powers)

Europe

Bloomsbury Academic

The collapse of the post-war communist regimes in Eastern Europe marked the closing of an era, one characterized by US-Soviet tensions, the division of Europe between communist and capitalist systems, and the existence of two Germanies. This political history provides a reassessment of the period.

Cold War Europe, 1945-89: A political history

Routledge, Chapman and Hall [distributor]

The collapse of the post-war communist regimes in Eastern Europe marked the closing of an era, one characterized by US-Soviet tensions, the division of Europe between communist and capitalist systems, and the existence of two Germanies. This political history provides a reassessment of the period.

Cold War Europe, 1945-1989: A Political History

Hodder&Stoughton

Britain's departure from Hong Kong in 1997 marks the end of a century of Imperial retreat and relative decline in the world. From being the world's largest empire at the time of Victoria's Diamond Jubilee a century earlier, Britain has now become primarily a European power. Yet Britain's reluctant commitment to the European Union reflects the fact that it is still an island nation, with commercial and financial interests throughout the world. And the transition from global Empire to European power was not a smooth affair. This book looks at all the main phases of British policy from the 1890s to the 1990s. It pays attention to such major events as the Boer War, Appeasement, and the Suez Crisis, but it looks well beyond traditional diplomacy, taking in strategic, technological, economic, and ideological factors, as well as looking at such subjects as the rise of propaganda agencies and the intelligence community.The Empire and Commonwealth, relations with major allies like the United States, and rivalries with Germany and Russia all receive attention alongside domestic influences in Whitehall and the Whitehall and the persistent British desire for peace and order as the way to maximize trade and investments and secure wealth and social stability at home.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Hodder Education Publishers

In contrast to most works of international history, which dwell on particular relationships, strategies, wars or crises, the questions in this book are about how diplomacy was actually conducted. The period 1963-76 saw significant changes in diplomatic practice globally. It was particularly a time of change for Britain as the country negotiated its declining world power and joined the European Community and economic problems forced spending cuts. Looking at the reform of the British Diplomatic Service and Foreign Office as well as the role of ambassadors, the use of 'special' envoys, summits and state visits, John Young sheds light on how diplomacy was organised in order to put into effect the country's foreign policy and on how diplomatic practice changed over time to make it more effective. Drawing comparisons with other countries, especially the United States, this study focuses on the means of diplomacy rather than the ends.

Twentieth-Century Diplomacy: A Case Study of British Practice, 1963–1976

Cambridge University Press

The Longman Companion to Cold War and Detente 1941-91 (Longman Companions to History)

Americas

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Military

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International Relations since 1945: A Global History

International Relations Since 1945

Britain and European Unity, 1945-1992

Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century (International Relations and the Great Powers)

Cold War Europe, 1945-89: A political history

Cold War Europe, 1945-1989: A Political History

Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century (International Relations and the Great Powers)

Twentieth-Century Diplomacy: A Case Study of British Practice, 1963–1976

The Longman Companion to Cold War and Detente 1941-91 (Longman Companions to History)

The Longman Companion to Cold War and Detente 1941-91 (Longman Companions to History)