Moreover, the study is unlikely to serve as an "authoritative" guide to modern politics because of its broad scope and the absence of footnotes and bibliography. Although the publisher claims this mammoth study is "an authoritative guide through the complexities of contemporary international politics," the bulk of it concerns domestic politics of major states, with only three of the 28 chapters explicitly concerned with international relations.
The major merit of this comprehensive 50-year historical survey is its lucid and clearly organized description of major political events of the world during the Cold War and after. Marked throughout by Calvocoressi's characteristic erudition and elegance, World Politics since 1945 is essential reading for those who need to understand the great sweeps of contemporary history. This enormously successful standard work has been expanded to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers the major political developments in Latin America, including the rise and perhaps fall of Chavez in Venezuela the march of globalisation and the popular protest movements against the expansion eastwards of the European Union instability in the Middle East and the question of oil and energy supply. Description based on title page of print version. Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. Hidden Bibliographic Details Other uniform titles:Ĭalvocoressi, Peter. : Credo Reference, 2012.)ġ online resource (133 entries) : 35 images, digital files. New York : Pearson Longman, 2009 (Boston, Mass. Saved in: Bibliographic Details Author / Creator:
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