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Zusatztext helps clarify the complex interrelationship of the Soviet-US conflict while addressing many parts of the world that have usually been left out of the discussion of the Cold War. The book contributes much to the understanding of the modern world in the late 20th century ... Recommended. Informationen zum Autor Robert J. McMahon is the Ralph D. Mershon Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University and past president of the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations. He is the author of numerous books, including The Limits of Empire: The United States and Southeast Asia since World War II and The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction. Klappentext This collection explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of the Third World. Featuring original essays by twelve leading scholars, it examines the influence of Third World actors on the course of the Cold War. "This volume vividly illuminates how the Cold War shaped developments in the Third World and how nationalist leaders in Asia, Africa, and Latin America sought to assert their agency and modernization projects in a bipolar world. There is no better introduction to this subject than this collection of essays by some of the world's most eminent scholars." --Melvyn P. Leffler, author of For the Soul of Mankind "Examining both regions and functional topics, these penetrating essays illuminate the ways in which the Cold War and the states and societies in the Third World interacted and shaped each other. The volume is filled with current research for the experts but also is accessible to a wide audience." --Robert Jervis, Columbia University Zusammenfassung THE COLD WAR IN THE THIRD WORLD explores the complex interrelationships between the Soviet-American struggle for global preeminence and the rise of the Third World. Those two distinct but overlapping phenomena placed a powerful stamp on world history throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Featuring original essays by twelve leading scholars, this collection examines the influence of the newly emerging states of the Third World on the course of the Cold War and on the international behavior and priorities of the two superpowers. To what extent, it asks, did the Third World help determine the course of the Cold War? It also analyzes the impact of the Cold War on the developing states and societies of Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. To what extent, it asks, did the Cold War make a difference within non-Western nations and regions. Blending the new, internationalist approaches to the Cold War with the latest research on the global south in a tumultuous era of decolonization and state-building, The Cold War in the Third World bring together diverse strands of scholarship to address some of the most compelling issues in modern world history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1 The Cold War and the Middle East- Salim Yaqub Chapter 2 What Was Containment?: Short and Long Answers from the Americas- Greg Grandin Chapter 3 Southeast Asia in the Cold War- Bradley R. Simpson Chapter 4 South Asia and the Cold War- David C. Engerman Chapter 5 China, the Third World, and the Cold War- Chen Jian Chapter 6 Africa's Cold War- Jeffrey James Byrne Chapter 7 Decolonization, the Cold War, and the Post-Columbian Era- Jason C. Parker Chapter 8 The Rise and Fall of Non-Alignment- Mark Atwood Lawrence Chapter 9 Culture, the Cold War, and the Third World- Andrew J. Rotter Chapter 10 The Histories of African Americans' Anti-colonialism during the Cold War- Carol Anderson Chapter 11 The War on the Peasant: The United States and the Third World- Nick Cullather Epilogue The Cold War and the Third World-- Odd Arne Westad ...
