Table of Contents

The global context of international relations at the beginning of the 20th century; the Europeanization of the world; the rise of Japanese power in East Asia; the rise of American power in the Western Hemisphere; a shrinking earth and the geopolitical world view; the development of an international economy. Part 1 The Thirty Years' War (1914-1945): Germany's bid for European dominance (1914-1918); the domestic consequences of total war; the significance of the Russian withdrawal; the significance of the American intervention; the peace of Paris and the new international order; the Western world in the 20s - the era of illusions; the illusion of economic restoration; the illusion of continental security; the western world in the 30s - the illusions dispelled; the collapse of the world economic order; the collapse of the European security system; Germany's second bid for European dominance (1939-1945); the confirmation of United States supremacy in Latin America; the era of direct domination (1914-1932); the era of indirect hegemony (1933-1945); the confirmation of Japan's supremacy in East Asia; the period of peaceful penetration (1914-1930); the period of military expansion (1931-1941); the war in Asia. Part 2 The 30-year "Cold War" between the superpowers (1945-1975): the formation of the bipolar world in the Truman-Stalin era (1945-1953); the political division of Europe; the Korean War and Western rearmament; coexistence and confrontation (1953-1962); "New Look"; the Post-Stalinist "Thaw"; the crisis years - from Berlin to Cuba; detente and multipolarity (1962-1975); arms control and strategic parity; France's assault on the bipolar world; the political settlement in Europe; the Middle East as perennial hotspot; the rise of China and the Cold War in Asia; the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War; the Korean War and America's re-engagement in the Far East; Russia and China - from partnership to rivalry; the United States and Indochina; the development of the Sino-American Rapprochement (1969-1975); the resurgence of East-West tension (1975-1985); the prospect for pluralism and interdependence; the renewal of the arms race; turmoil in South Asia; peace and war in the Middle East; Part 4 The developing world: a retrospective comparison: Latin America's quest for development and independence; Africa - from independence to dependency; the Far East: the road to the new co-prosperity sphere. Part 5 From Cold War to new world disorder (1985-1995): Moscow, Washington and the end of the Soviet Union; the resurrection of the European idea; Asia at the crossroads; Africa on its own: ethnicity, autocracy and underdevelopment; the Middle East; Latin America; a new multilateralism?