ISBN:
9781349209699
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 280 p)
,
online resource
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
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Keywords:
History
;
History, Modern
;
Asia History
;
Europe History
;
America History
;
International relations
Abstract:
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
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-349-20969-9
URL:
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