From World War to postwar revolution, Cold War, decolonization, and the rise of American hegemony, 1943-1958
"Offering a global account of the ‘long’ World War II, this book challenges conventional narratives that picture a clearly defined war period (1939-1945) followed by a distinct postwar era dominated by the encroaching cold war. Arguing instead that while some aspects of the war did end abruptly...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY ; Dublin, Ireland :
Bloomsbury Academic
2024
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| Edition: | First published in Great Britain 2024 |
| Series: | New approaches to international history
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991011510933308016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
Table of Contents:
- The United States at the dawn of the "American century"
- Hegemony qualified : the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the deepening Cold War
- Hegemony qualified : the Chinese revolution and the war in Korea
- Hegemony qualified : anti-colonial revolt in South and Southeast Asia
- Hegemony transferred and hierarchy reorganized : western Europe, Japan, and the British dominions
- Hegemony expanded : the Middle East and Africa
- Hemispheric bedrock : Latin America and the Caribbean
- Bringing it all back home
- From world war to postwar : some conclusions
