A World of Nations: The International Order Since 1945

Now updated to address recent developments in the post-9/11 world, A World of Nations, Second Edition, provides an analytical narrative of the origins, evolution, and end of the Cold War. Much more than a simple account of the long struggle between the two superpowers, this vibrant text opens with chapters exploring the development of regional conflicts--ethnic, religious, cultural, economic, and military--that dominated international relations until the breakup of the Soviet Union. The final chapters examine the war on terror and the salience of interstate and transnational conflicts in the era of globalization. In engaging, compelling language, author William R. Keylor provides a genuinely international history of this turbulent period.Designed to serve the needs of both political scientists and historians, the new edition has been reorganized along regional lines while still maintaining the chronological approach of the previous edition. Building on its historical foundation, the second edition discusses International Relation theory and explores such timely critical topics as human rights, environmental issues, NGOs, immigration, and international terrorism. In addition, numerous new photographs and helpful maps animate the text, drawing students into this dynamic subject.Thoroughly revised and even more relevant in its second edition, A World of Nations offers a riveting exploration of international relations as they have evolved from the Second World War to the present. It is ideal for political science courses on international relations, as well as courses on the history of U.S. foreign policy, European diplomatic history, the history of international relations, and world history since 1945.

Table of Contents:
Maps: Preface: PART ONE: THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLDS Chapter One: The Emergence of the Bipolar World The Formation of the Soviet Satellite Empire Czechoslovakia between East and West The Anomaly of Yugoslavia Early Western Concerns about Soviet Expansionism Confrontation at the Periphery: Iran, Turkey, Greece The British Withdrawal, the Truman Doctrine, and "Containment" The European Recovery Program The Political Consequences of the Marshall Plan The Division of Germany The Creation of the Postwar International Economic Order: Bretton Woods The Creation of a Global Collective Security System: The United Nations The Creation of an Atlantic Security System: NATO Chapter Two: The Militarization of Containment Nuclear Anxieties and the Shadow of NSC-68 From Cold War to Hot War The French Scheme for Western European Military Integration The French Scheme for Western European Economic Integration New Leadership in Washington and Moscow The Evoution of American Military Strategy under Eisenhower The Demise of EDC and the Rearmament of West Germany The Tortuous Path to European Economic Cooperation The "Thaw" in East-West Relations after the Death of Stalin The Consequences of De-Stalinization in the Satellites The Extension of the Cold War to the "Third World" The Contest for Strategic Superiority Berlin: The Bone in Khrushchev's Throat The Summit That Never Was The Wall Comes Up Chapter Three: The Rise and Fall of Détente The Challenge of Arms Control "Blowing in the Wind": The Limited Test Ban Treaty Preserving the Nuclear Oligopoly: The Non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear Parity and Mutual Assured Destruction The Road to SALT I Europe between the Superpowers: De Gaulle's Grand Design Ostpolitik: West Germany Looks East Helsinki: A European Security Agreement at Last The Failure of SALT II and the Renewal of the Arms Race Chapter Four: The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire The Changing of the Guard in the Kremlin Breakthrough in Arms Control The Liberation of the Satellites The Reunification of Germany and the Breakup of the Warsaw Pact The Disappearance of the Soviet Union The Ordeal of the Non-Russian Successor States Unrest and Patriotic Fervor in the Russian Federation The Fading Dream of Arms Control Chapter Five: European Unity and Disunity France's Campaign to Lead a "Europe of States" The Expansion and Deepening of the Community The Relaunching of the European Idea The Elusive Quest for Security Cooperation The Resurgence of Ethnic Conflict PART TWO: THE THIRD WORLD Chapter Six: The Evolution of Inter-American Relations The Formation of a Hemispheric Security System The Revival of U.S. Interventionism: Guatemala, 1954 "Yankee, Go Home!" Kennedy's Alliance for Progress The Cuban Revolution The Bay of Pigs Fiasco Thirteen Days That Changed the World The Specter of Castro and the Demise of the Alliance for Progress Marxism and Despotism in Chile Dictatorship, Development, and Human Rights The Nicaraguan Revolution and Its Consequences The Latin American Debt Crisis of the Eighties The Turn toward Neoliberalism and Regional Economic Cooperation The War on Drugs Backlash against the "Washington Consensus" The Advance of Democratic Institutions The Return of Regional Stability to Central America The Reluctant Gendarme of the Hemisphere after the Cold War Chapter Seven: East Asia Recuperates from the Ravages of War The Chinese Civil War The Korean War and Its Repercussions for the Far East From Hiroshima to Japan, Inc: The Asian Model of Economic Growth The Rise of the East Asian Tigers The United States and the "Two Chinas" The Disintegration of the Sino-Soviet Alliance China Turns to the West Deng Xiaoping and China's Great Awakening Asia's New Economic Superpower The Reemergence of the "Hermit Nation" Japan: Economic Problems and Regional Threats Chapter Eight: Cold War and Nonalignment in South and Southeast Asia The Agony of Indochina: The French Phase The Agony of Indochina: The American Phase The Bloody Aftermath of the Vietnam War The Pacification of Cambodia Indonesia's Bid for a Regional Role From the "Emergency" in Malaya to the Emergence of Malaysia Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the Philippines India's Quest for a "Third Way" The Agony of Afghanistan Continuing Instability and Insecurity on the Indian Subcontinent The Search for a Southeast Asian Security System Chapter Nine: Regional Rivalries and East-West Conflicts in the Middle East The Establishment of the Jewish State The Road to Suez Nasserism and the Crises in Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq The Renewal of the Arab-Israeli Conflict after Suez The Unfolding of the Arab-Israeli "Peace Process" The Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War, and the Intifada The Context and Consequences of the Gulf War The Making of a Quagmire Iran after Khomeini The Revival of Hope for Regional Peace and Stability The Return of Political Unrest and Armed Conflict in Lebanon Chapter Ten: Africa: the Travails of Independence The Fragility of Nationhood: The Congo Crisis and the Nigerian Civil War The Curse of Underdevelopment The Persistence of "Neo-Imperialism" Competing Territorial Claims in the Sahara The Cold War and the End of the Portuguese African Empire Superpower Rivalry and Regional Conflict on the Horn of Africa Ethnic Tensions and Political Instability in Northeast Africa The Collapse of White Minority Rule in the South War and Genocide in Central Africa Nigeria's Bid for Regional Leadership in West Africa The Maghreb: The Islamic Revival and the Quest for Regional Identity The Campaign for Continental Economic Integration and Development Epilogue: A World of Nations in the Era of Globalization The Unfettered Flow of Information, Goods, and Money Toward a Global Culture or Americanization? Health, Environmental Protection, Human Rights, and Peace: The Influence of International Nongovernmental Organizations Terrorism as a Response to Globalization The Persistence of National Identity and the Power of the Nation-State Select Bibliography: Index:

About the Author :
William R. Keylor received his B.A. from Stanford University and his M.A. and Ph.D in history from Columbia University. He is Professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, where he chaired its Department of History from 1988 to 2000 and currently directs its International History Institute. He has been the recipient of Guggenheim, Fulbright, Woodrow Wilson, and Earhart Fellowships, was elected to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and was named Chevalier de L'Ordre National du M'érite by the French government. He is author or editor of several books and articles on the history of international relations and the history of modern France, including The Twentieth-Century World and Beyond: An International History Since 1900, Fifth Edition (OUP, 2006), Encyclopedia of the Modern World (2005), and The Legacy of The Great War: Peacemaking 1919 (1998).