“This is a famous book, and has been for forty years, as it has grown steadily in scope and colour. “The book compels admiration for its thoroughness, its scope, the masterly ordering of its immense material.” Marked throughout by Calvocoressi’s characteristic erudition and elegance, it will continue to be essential reading for students of international politics and for all of those who simply wish to understand better the path the world has taken since the end of the Second World War. The book has long been a staple of bookshelves and reading lists across the world, and provides a reliable and interconnected account of the great sweeps of contemporary history. The ninth edition has been expanded and updated to take into account the developments of the last 10 years, including the ugly incursions of global terrorism the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Sudan the accelerating emergence of India and China as major powers the major political developments in Latin America the march of globalisation the expansion eastwards of the European Union instability in the Middle East and the vexed question of oil and energy supplies. First published in 1968, World Politics since 1945 is a classic and authoritative study of contemporary political history that has helped to divert, educate, and inform two generations of political scientists, historians and general readers.
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