International Relations Since 1945 11th edition
Publisher
:
Armand Colin
Parution date
:
2008
EAN
:
9782200353520
Number of pages
:
285
Description
The end of World War II marked a major turning point in the relations between nations. In the wake of the collapse of Europe came the rise of the United States and the Soviet Union. Both these superpowers began to surround themselves with countries that conformed to their image in homogenous blocks in a political and ideological standoff that engendered the Cold War. As this East–West conflict evolved, the appropriated Eastern nations disassociated themselves more and more from Europe. And as Vaïsse demonstrates, there is not a single place on earth that isn’t in some way involved in the relations between nations. Discussing the 1960s to the 1980s, the author shows how the bipolar world became multipolar, with new hotbeds of conflict and new interests at stake. The revolutions of 1989–1991 ended the Cold War. Now dominated by an American superpower, the international community is in search of a new world order, rendered all the more fragile by September 11, 2001.
Author
Maurice Vaïsse : Maurice Vaïsse is a professor of the history of international relations at the Institut d’études politiques de Paris. He is the author of a number of books, including Diplomatie et outil militaire de la France: 1871–1991 (with Jean Doise; Le Seuil, 1992), La Guerre au XXe siècle (with J.-L. Dufour; Hachette, 2003), and La Paix au XXe siècle (Belin, 2004).
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