World Politics since 1945

Peter Calvocoressi

• World Politics Since 1945Peter CalvocoressiTable of ContentsList of MapsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPART ONE: THE COLD WAR1 The Cold WarBeginningsThe division of GermanyNato and the Soviet empire to the Cuban crisisThe arms raceThe perplexities of the United StatesThe disintegration of the USSRThe limits of superpowerPART TWO: THE FAR EAST2 Japan3 ChinaThe triumph of MaoChina and the superpowersResurrectionXinjiang and Tibet4 KoreaPART THREE: EUROPE REMODELLED5 Western EuropeRecoveryFranco-German ententeBritain on the edgeEuropean Union (west)European Union (east – west)The southern flank6 Central and eastern EuropeStalin’s empireAfter StalinEnd of empire7 Yugoslavia and AlbaniaFederated YugoslaviaDissolution: Serbs, Croats and SlovenesPartition: Bosnia-HerzegovinaKosovoMacedonia and AlbaniaNotes A Northern IrelandB The BasquesC CyprusPART FOUR: THE MIDDLE EAST8 Islam9 Turkey10 The Arabs and Israel to the Suez WarThe creation of IsraelArab revolutionsThe Suez War11 From Suez to the death of NasserReassessmentsThe decline of Nasser and the Six-Day War12 The destruction of LebanonThe Yom Kippur WarCivil warCamp DavidIsrael’s invasion of Lebanon13 Towards a Palestinian StateKing Hussein’s diplomacyIsrael’s dilemma14 Iran and Gulf WarsOil and nationalismThe shah and the ayatollahSaddam HusseinKuwait and the Gulf WarThe destruction of Iraq15 The Arabian PeninsulaThe Saudi kingdomThe southern fringeBritain and the Persian GulfNotes A The KurdsB The Shi’itesC Sectarian violencePART FIVE: SOUTH ASIA16 The Indian subcontinentThe first partitionNorthern borders: Tibet, Kashmir, the Himalayan statesThe second partition17 The Indo-Chinese peninsula18 South-east Asia and ASEAN19 AfghanistanNotes A Central AsiaB Sri LankaPART SIX: AFRICA 20 General21 North AfricaThe MaghribLibya and Chad22 West AfricaIndependenceThe coastal loop from Senegal to BeninLandlocked: Mali, Burkina Faso, NigerNigeria23 Central AfricaCongo-Zaire-CongoRwanda and BurundiWest Central Africa24 East AfricaSudanDarfurThe HornUganda, Tanzania, Kenya25 Africa’s deep southThe legacy of Cecil RhodesMozambique-Angola-NamibiaSouth Africa26 Russians, Cubans, ChineseNotes A The Malagasy Republic and the Indian OceanB Botswana, Lesotho, NgwaneC The Homelands or BantustansPART SEVEN: LATIN AMERICA27 South AmericaGeneral28 Central America29 Cuba and the CaribbeanNote Guyana and SurinamPART EIGHT: WORLD ORDER30 World OrderPreventing warsPreventing economic disastersNeutralism and realignmentPovertyNotes A CanadaB Very small statesC The PolesD The law of the seaAPPENDIX: THE SOVEREIGN STATE Index