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1 The New World \\ The Rise and Fall of Great Powers \\ The World in 1945 \\ The Literature \\ 2 The Cold War in Europe, 1945–1949 \\ Political science and history \\ Some Old and New Theories about the Cold War \\ Some Structural Explanations for the Cold War \\ Who Acted Where? \\ US Policy \\ Soviet Policy \\ The Problem of Germany \\ Motivating Forces behind US and Soviet Policies \\ The United States \\ The Soviet Union \\ The Literature \\ 3 The Cold War Becomes Global, 1945–1962 \\ The United States, the Soviet Union, and Asia, 1945–1950 \\ The Civil War in China \\ Other Countries in Asia \\ Signs of Re-evaluation in the Superpowers’ Asian Policies \\ The Korean War \\ Changes in US Policy in Asia \\ The Soviet Union Tries to Play a Global Role \\ A New Policy in Asia and the Middle East \\ A New Policy in Africa \\ The Cold War Reaches Latin America \\ The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Third World: A Comparison \\ The Literature \\ 4 Detente Between East and West, 1962–1975 \\ Signs of Detente during the 1950s \\ The Policy of Detente, 1962–1975 \\ Agreements and Contact between East and West \\ Reasons for Detente \\ Detente and Geographic Expansion of the East–West Conflict \\ Respect for Each Other’s Vital Regions \\ The Grey Zones between East and West \\ The Middle East, 1967–1975 \\ The Vietnam War \\ The Literature \\ 5 Renewed Tension Between East and West, 1975–1984 \\ The Soviet Union: A New Globalism \\ The United States: Reaction to Detente \\ The Literature \\ 6 The End of the Cold War, 1984–1990 \\ Different Theories about the End of the Cold War \\ What Happened – and Why? \\ The Literature \\ 7 Major Powers and Local Conflicts after the Cold War, 1990–2016 \\ The Major Powers in the New World \\ Hopes for Peace – and the Reality of Local Conflicts \\ 11 September 2001, Afghanistan and Iraq \\ Barack Obama and the Greater Middle East \\ The Literature \\ 8 The Arms Race, 1945–2016 \\ Perspective and Motivating Forces \\ Hiroshima, Atomic Weapons, and Conventional Forces, 1945–1949 \\ The US Turnabout, 1949–1953 \\ New Directions in US and Soviet Defense Policies \\ The ‘New Look’ \\ The ‘New Look’ in the Soviet Union \\ Kennedy, McNamara, and Flexible Response \\ The Soviet Build-up \\ The US Reaction \\ The First Phase: Prior to 1973–1974 \\ The Second Phase: The Years up to 1984 \\ Cooperation, Disarmament and Rearmament Once More \\ The Smaller Nuclear States \\ The Literature \\ 9 The United States and Western Europe, 1945–2016 \\ Expansion by Invitation, 1945–1950 \\ European Integration, 1945–1973 \\ Explanations for the US Stance \\ US–European Relations, 1950–1973 \\ Cooperation Prior to 1962 \\ Political and Military Controversy, 1962–1973 \\ Economic Relations, 1962–1973 \\ The United States and Western Europe after 1973: New Tensions \\ Expansion and Integration of the EC/EU \\ From the Year of Europe to German Reuni?cation \\ The US and the EU from Clinton to Donald Trump \\ The Literature \\ 10 The Soviet Union/Russia and the (formerly) Communist Countries, 1945–2016 \\ Expansion and Conformism, 1945–1953 \\ The Reins are Loosened (1953–1956) and Tightened (1956–1958) \\ The Revolts in Poland and Hungary in 1956 \\ The Split between the Soviet Union and China \\ From Cooperation to Armed Struggle \\ Explanations for the Split \\ Soviet Relations with Eastern Europe, 1958–1985 \\ Czechoslovakia – 1968 \\ Developments in Poland \\ The Soviet Union and the Communist Movement Elsewhere \\ The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe \\ The Fall of the Soviet Union \\ Developments in Russia and Eastern Europe After the Fall of Communism \\ The Literature \\ 11 The Rise of East Asia \\ The United States and Japan, 1945–2016 \\ 1945–1960: Occupation and US Dominance \\ 1960–1990: Economic Strength and Greater Political Independence \\ 1990–2016: Economic Problems and Political Uncertainty \\ The Sino–Soviet–US Triangle Since 1972 \\ East Asia in the New World System \\ The Literature \\ 12 Decolonization \\ Changes on the International Level \\ The National Level: Changes within the Colonial Powers \\ British Policies \\ French Policies \\ Belgium and Portugal \\ Why Different Attitudes? \\ The Local Level: Independence Movements Grow Stronger \\ The Three Stages \\ Economic and Cultural Development \\ The Influence of International Events \\ The Nonaligned States in World Politics \\ The Literature \\ 13 Economic Relations Between North and South, 1945–2016 \\ Aid and Trade, 1945–2013 \\ 1945–1955 \\ 1955–1964 \\ 1964–1981 \\ 1981–2000 \\ 2000–2016 \\ The Soviet Union and North–South Issues \\ The Literature \\ 14 Two Theories on Development and Under-development \\ The Liberalist and the Structuralist Schools \\ Discussion of Some Issues Central to Economic Development \\ The North’s Development–The South’s Under-development? \\ The Multinational Corporations \\ Raw Materials and Processed Goods \\ The Question of Dependence \\ Population, Gender, Environment \\ Production of Crude Oil \\ Why Poverty? \\ The Literature \\ 15 Globalization and Fragmentation \\ Globalization \\ Regionalism \\ Fragmentation \\ Why both Globalization and Fragmentation? \\ East, West, North, South \\ Superpowers, States and Individuals \\ The Literature \\ 16 Conclusion: The Future \\ Old and New Superpowers \\ What will happen to the International System? \\ The Literature \\ Index

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