Edward H. Judge is professor of history and John W. Langdon is professor emeritus of history at Le Moyne College. Their books include Connections: A World History and The Cold War through Documents: A Global History.

In this rich and pithy book, two well-known scholars of the Cold War provide an enormous service for those seeking to understand the origins and limits of decolonization. Historians of empire have long contended with the question of what the retreat of formal empires actually ended and what legacies of colonialism survived into the present day. By intersecting the histories of the Cold War and decolonization on a global scale, Judge and Langdon guide readers to an understanding of the superpower and systemic struggles that shaped and limited the end of empire and the manner in which the fight for independence in turn fashioned the contours of the Cold War. This book is about nothing less significant than the production of the world in which we live.

• List of MapsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: The Struggle against Imperialism and Its Cold War ConnectionsChapter 2. Empires, Ideologies, and Nations: Imperialism, Anti-Imperialism, and the Cold WarChapter 3: “Long Live the Victory of People’s War”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in Asia Chapter 4: “We Are Today Free and Independent”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in the Middle EastChapter 5: “Scram from Africa!”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in AfricaChapter 6: “So Far from God…So Close to the United States”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in Latin AmericaChapter 7: “Every Country Decides Which Road to Take”: The End of the Soviet Russian Empire Chapter 8: “Empires Wax and Wane”: Overview and ConclusionsBibliography: Suggestions for Further Reading

Edward H. Judge is professor of history and John W. Langdon is professor emeritus of history at Le Moyne College. Their books include Connections: A World History and The Cold War through Documents: A Global History.

In this rich and pithy book, two well-known scholars of the Cold War provide an enormous service for those seeking to understand the origins and limits of decolonization. Historians of empire have long contended with the question of what the retreat of formal empires actually ended and what legacies of colonialism survived into the present day. By intersecting the histories of the Cold War and decolonization on a global scale, Judge and Langdon guide readers to an understanding of the superpower and systemic struggles that shaped and limited the end of empire and the manner in which the fight for independence in turn fashioned the contours of the Cold War. This book is about nothing less significant than the production of the world in which we live.

• List of MapsPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction: The Struggle against Imperialism and Its Cold War ConnectionsChapter 2. Empires, Ideologies, and Nations: Imperialism, Anti-Imperialism, and the Cold WarChapter 3: “Long Live the Victory of People’s War”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in Asia Chapter 4: “We Are Today Free and Independent”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in the Middle EastChapter 5: “Scram from Africa!”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in AfricaChapter 6: “So Far from God…So Close to the United States”: Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War in Latin AmericaChapter 7: “Every Country Decides Which Road to Take”: The End of the Soviet Russian Empire Chapter 8: “Empires Wax and Wane”: Overview and ConclusionsBibliography: Suggestions for Further Reading