A International Relations Since A Global History. JOHN YOUNG and JOHN KENT \ \ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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1 A International Relations Since 1945 A Global History JOHN YOUNG and JOHN KENT OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

2 Detailed contents Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction v xvii i Part I: The Origins and Development of the Cold War, Introduction Tensions in the Grand Alliance and the Growing Confrontation, A. The Yalta Conference 51 B. From Yalta to Potsdam 59 C. Atomic Diplomacy and the Councils of Foreign Ministers, D. Growing Confrontation: The Near East and the Mediterranean 66 E. Containment, Confrontation, and the Truman Doctrine, Two Worlds East and West, A. The Marshall Plan and the Western Economic System 74 B. The Soviet Takeover of Eastern and Central Europe 78 C. The Struggle For Influence in East Asia 83 D. The Division of Germany Empire, Cold War, and Decolonization, A. Asia 98 B. Africa 104 C. The Middle East The Cold War Intensifies: Containment Superseded, A. Covert Operations and the Origins of Cold War Fighting 121 B. Armaments and Militarization 126 C. The Cold War and Integration in Europe 134

3 xii Detailed contents D. Developing a Strategy for Fighting the Cold War: NSC 68, Rearmament, and the Cold War Offensive Controversy 138 E. The Growing Importance of Communist China and the Conflict in Korea 146 Part II: Cold War: Crises and Change, Introduction Soviet-American Relations: Avoiding Hot War and the Search for Stability 177 A. The German Question 178 B. The Progress of Arms Control and Peace Efforts 181 C. Cold War, Armaments, and Preparations for Hot War Maintaining the Spheres of Influence 193 A. Eastern Europe 193 B. Western Europe 199 C. Latin America Fighting the Cold War: The Offensive Strategies 214 A. US Covert Operations and the Revised National Security Strategy 214 B. The Berlin Crises 221 C. The Offshore Islands Crises 229 D. The Cuban Missile Crisis Collapsing Empires: The Cold War Battle for Hearts and Minds, A. The End of the French Empire 245 B. The Crises in the Congo and Angola 254 C. Crises in the Middle East 259 D. The End of the British Empire in Africa 270 Part III: The Cold War of Peaceful Coexistence and the Rise of Multipolarity, Introduction The Eastern and Western Blocs in the 1960s 300 A. US-Soviet Relations from the Missile Crisis to Detente, B. The Superpowers and the Emergence of an Independent China 309

4 Detailed contents xiii C. Unity and Division in Eastern Europe: The'Prague Spring' 313 D. Unity and Division in the Western Bloc 318 E. The Rise of European Detente The Vietnam War 332 A. The Escalation of US Involvement, B. America versus North Vietnam, C. 'Tet' and its Implications, D. Nixon's War in Vietnam, Other Regional Conflicts 358 A. Latin America: US Intervention in the Dominican Republic 358 B. South-East Asia: The Malaysia-Indonesia 'Confrontation' of C. South Asia: The Indo-Pakistan Wars of 1965 and D. The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Six-Day War 370 E. Sub-Saharan Africa: The Nigerian Civil War 380 Part IV: The Detente Era, Introduction An Era of Negotiations, A. 'Triangular Diplomacy' and the East Asian Balance 406 B. The Moscow Summit and SALT I 411 C. The Vietnam Settlement, 'Stagflation' and the Trials of Detente, A. The October 1973 Middle East War 423 B. The Era of 'Stagflation' 430 C. Political Problems in Europe 434 D. European Detente at its High Point 441 E. Crises in the Less Developed World Detente in Decline, A. Detente and the Carter Presidency 454 B. The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Process 459 C. TheOgadenWar 468 D. Sino-US 'Normalization' and the Sino-Vietnamese War 471 E. The SALT II Treaty The Return to Confrontation, A. NATO's 'Dual Track' Decision 482 B. The Iranian Revolution 485

5 xiv Detailed contents C. Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan 489 D. The Revival of Cold War 493 Part V: From Confrontation to Communist Collapse, Introduction The'Second'Cold War, A. US-Soviet Relations and the New Cold War 515 B. The Polish Crisis of C. Nuclear Arms Control and the 'Year of the Missile' 527 D. The War in Afghanistan to Middle East Conflicts in the 1980s 538 A. Lebanon and the Israeli Invasion 538 B. The Arab-Israeli Dispute and the Palestinian Question 544 C. The Iran-Iraq War of D. Libya and 'International Terrorism' Instability in Latin America 558 A. The Reagan Doctrine and El Salvador 558 B. Nicaragua and the 'Contragate' Scandal 563 C. Two American Invasions: Grenada and Panama 569 D. The 'Lost Decade': Latin America's 'Debt Crisis' The Decline of the Cold War, A. The Impact of Gorbachev, B. Is the Cold War Over? C. Ending the Cold War in the Less Developed World: Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia 589 D. The Demise of Soviet Communism in Eastern Europe 595 Part VI: The Post-Cold War World, Introduction Europe and the Former Soviet Union 623 A. German Reunification 623 B. TheBreak-UpoftheUSSRand the Wars of Succession 628 C. Yugoslavia's Break-Up and the Bosnian War 635

6 Detailed contents xv D. NATO and European Security. 643 E. From European Community to European Union US Predominance and the Search for a Post-Cold War Order 653 A. US Foreign Policy in the 1990s: the Search for Direction 653 B. Enforcing Order: the Gulf War of C. Washington and Moscow in the 1990s 669 D. The Clinton Administration and 'Rogue States' 676 E. 'Humanitarian Intervention' in Somalia and Haiti Stability and Instability in the Developing World 688 A. Southern Africa: The End of Apartheid 688 B. Central Africa: Rwanda and Zaire 692 C. The Middle East: Progress and Retreat on Palestine 699 D. East Asia's Changing Balance 705 E. ASEAN, the'tigers'and the Post-1997 Economic Crisis 712 Bibliography 719 Index - 729

CONTENTS. List of illustrations Notes on authors Acknowledgements Note on the text List of abbreviations

CONTENTS. List of illustrations Notes on authors Acknowledgements Note on the text List of abbreviations CONTENTS List of illustrations Notes on authors Acknowledgements Note on the text List of abbreviations xiv xvii xviii xx xxi INTRODUCTION 1 The second édition 1 Introduction to the twentieth century 2