International relations since 1945 : a global history

Young, John W. 1957- (Author). Kent, John, 1949- (Added Author).

Summary: International Relations since 1945 is the most student-friendly guide to the history of international relations. In it, Young and Kent provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to key developments in international relations across the world. Now in its third edition, the text has been thoroughly updated to include contemporary developments and includes a brand new concluding part: 'The Age of Uncertainty, 2011 - 2018'. New to the third edition are three chapters covering developments from the last decade. The first of these, 'Conflict and Chaos in the Middle East', describes the development of the War in Syria and the emergence of the so-called Islamic State. Young & Kent tackle Brexit and the Trump administration in a new chapter on 'Threats to the existing Global Order: Instability in the West'. The final new chapter details 'Challenges from the East' with an overview of Russia's unstable relationshipwith NATO, North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and China's new international economic rules under the leadership of Xi Jinping. International Relations Since 1945 is helpfully structured chronologically and by region, taking the reader through the tension of the Cold War and post-war decolonisation to the Vietnam War, The Détente Era, and the latest developments in Middle East politics. Furthermore, students are supported by helpful learning features including biographies of key figures and chronologies of events.

Record details

ISBN: 9780198807612 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
751 p. ; 25 cm.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I : the origins and development of the Cold War, 1945-53. Tensions in the grand alliance and the growing confrontation, 1945-47 -- Two worlds east and west, 1945-48 -- Empire, Cold War, and decolonisation, 1945-53 -- The Cold War intensifies : containment superseded, 1948-53 -- Part II ; Cold War : crises and change, 1953-63. Soviet-American relations : avoiding hot water and the search for stability -- Maintaining the spheres of influence -- Fighting the Cold War : the offensive strategies -- Collapsing empires : the Cold War battle for hearts and minds, 1953-63 -- Part III : the Cold War of peaceful co-existence and the rise of multipolarity, 1963-71. The Eastern and Western blocs in the 1960s -- The Vietnam War -- Other regional conflicts -- Part IV : the détente era, 1972-80. An era of negotiations, 1972-73 -- Stagflation and the trials of détente, 1973-76 -- Détente in decline, 1977-79 -- The return to confrontation, 1979-80 -- Part V : from confrontation to communist collapse, 1981-89 -- The 'second' Cold War, 1981-85 -- Middle East conflicts in the 1980s -- Instability in Latin America -- The decline of the Cold War, 1985-89 -- Part VI : the post-Cold War world, 1990-2001 -- Europe and the former Soviet Union -- US predominance and the search for a post-Cold War order -- Stability and instability in the less developed world -- Part VII : the age of instability and conflict : terror, economic chaos and political change 2001-11. The 'War on Terror' and the War in Afghanistan -- The War in Iraq -- Economic problems in the West and the economic rise of China in the east -- Part VIII : the age of uncertainty : chaos and confusion in a globalized world, 2011-18. Conflict and chaos in the Middle East -- Threats to the existing global order : instability in the West -- Threats to the existing global order : challenges from the East.