Preface
Prologue: The Global Context of International Relations at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
Part One: The Thirty Years' War (1914-1945)
1. Germany's Bid for European Dominance (1914-1945)
2. The Peace of Paris and the New International Order
3. The Western World in the Twenties: The Era of Illusions
4. The Western World in the Thirties: The Illusions Dispelled
5. Germany's Second Bid for European Dominance (1939-1945)
6. The Confirmation of United States Supremacy in Latin America
7. The Confirmation of Japan's Supremacy in East Asia
Part Two: The Cold War Between the Superpowers (1945-1985)
8. The Formation of the Bipolar World in the Truman-Stalin Era (1945-1953)
9. Coexistence and Confrontation (1953-1962)
10. Détente and Multipolarity (1962-1975)
11. The Rise of China and the Cold War in Asia
12. The Resurgence of East-West Tension (1975-1985)
13. Latin America's Quest for Development and Independence
14. Africa: From Independence to Dependency
15. The Far East: The Road to the New Co-Prosperity Sphere
Part Three: From Cold War to New World Disorder (1985-2005)
16. Moscow, Washington, and the End of the Soviet Empire
17. Europe: Integration and Disintegration
18. Asia at the Crossroads
19. Africa on Its Own: Ethnic Conflict, Autocracy, and Underdevelopment
20. The Middle East: The Rocky Road to Reconciliation
21. Latin America: Democracy, Free Markets, and Regional Stability
22. From the Old to the New Century
Glossary of International Economics Terminology
Glossary of Nuclear Weapons Terminology
Bibliography
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