| Description |
xvii, 878 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The superpowers -- 2. Japan -- 3. China -- 4. World order -- 5. A Third World - and a Fourth -- 6. Western Europe -- 7. Central and eastern Europe -- 8. Yugoslavia and Albania -- 9. The Arabs and Israel to the Suez War -- 10. From Suez to the death of Nasser -- 11. Focus on Lebanon -- 12. Gulf wars -- 13. The Arabian peninsula -- 14. The Indian sub-continent -- 15. The Indo-Chinese peninsula -- 16. South-east Asia and ASEAN -- 17. Afghanistan -- 18. Korea -- 19. North Africa -- 20. West Africa -- 21. From Congo to Zaire -- 22. East Africa -- 23. Africa's deep south -- 24. Russians, Cubans, Chinese -- 25. Canada -- 26. South America -- 27. Mexico and Central America -- 28. Cuba and the Caribbean -- Key to United Nations missions (Map 4.1) |
| Analysis |
Africa |
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America |
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Asia |
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Europe |
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History |
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International comparisons |
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International relations |
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Middle East |
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Overseas item |
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Political stability |
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Political systems |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
World politics -- 1945-1955.
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World politics -- 1945-1989.
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World politics -- 1985-1995.
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World politics -- 1989-
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| LC no. |
96021988 |
| ISBN |
0582277965 (PPR) |
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