A World Since 1945 a brief history Brower, Daniel R.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi Pearson Education 2005Edition: 2ndDescription: 284ISBN: 9788129710284Subject(s): HistoryDDC classification: 909 Summary: This brief text stresses the profound global transformation that has occurred since 1945 as a result of the collapse of the remaining great colonial empires, and the emergence of nation-states throughout the world. Its thematic emphasis makes clear as well the importance of the Cold War in influencing the process by which these nation-states sought to create new ideals and new institutions—to insure order and justice within their boundaries, and find places within the international community. The book also links the new nation-states in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with the ethnic conflicts, local wars, and terrorist movements that became increasingly prevalent toward the end of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. - See more at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/World-Since-1945-The-A-Brief-History/9780131897052.page#sthash.IFh3LxB8.dpuf
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This brief text stresses the profound global transformation that has occurred since 1945 as a result of the collapse of the remaining great colonial empires, and the emergence of nation-states throughout the world. Its thematic emphasis makes clear as well the importance of the Cold War in influencing the process by which these nation-states sought to create new ideals and new institutions—to insure order and justice within their boundaries, and find places within the international community. The book also links the new nation-states in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, with the ethnic conflicts, local wars, and terrorist movements that became increasingly prevalent toward the end of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. - See more at: http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/World-Since-1945-The-A-Brief-History/9780131897052.page#sthash.IFh3LxB8.dpuf
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