Empire and Cold War The Roots of US-Third World Antagonism, 1945–47
The Second World War shattered and remade the world. Two great powers - the United States and the Soviet Union - warily confronted each other across the smoking ruins of Europe. But the end of war for Europeans prompted a surge of renewed struggle in colonial areas, as nationalist groups sought grea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
1990, 1990
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The Second World War shattered and remade the world. Two great powers - the United States and the Soviet Union - warily confronted each other across the smoking ruins of Europe. But the end of war for Europeans prompted a surge of renewed struggle in colonial areas, as nationalist groups sought greater autonomy or independence. The weakened, tottering empires of Britain, France, and the Netherlands - their myths of military and racial superiority destroyed by the wartime line of march - were beset. American policymakers were no longer afforded the luxury of ignoring colonial problems as they began to fashion a new globalism to counter Soviet influence |
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| Physical Description: | XII, 280 p online resource |
| ISBN: | 9781349209699 |