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Global Rivalries From the Cold War to Iraq
Kees Van Der Pijl
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Description for Global Rivalries From the Cold War to Iraq
Paperback. Overview of relations between the world's major powers, by a leading professor of international relations. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 289 x 29. Weight in Grams: 678.
This book offers a highly original analysis of world events in the light of the Iraq War. It explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community and the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way states relate to each other today.
Tracing the liberal state structure back to the closing stages of the English Civil War and settlement in North America, it argues that the rise of the English-speaking West has created rivalries between contender states that are never entirely put ... Read more
This book offers a highly original analysis of world events in the light of the Iraq War. It explores the history and development of relations between major countries in the international community and the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way states relate to each other today.
Tracing the liberal state structure back to the closing stages of the English Civil War and settlement in North America, it argues that the rise of the English-speaking West has created rivalries between contender states that are never entirely put ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
678g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745325415
SKU
V9780745325415
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99-50
About Kees Van Der Pijl
Kees van der Pijl is a Fellow of the Centre for Global Political Economy and Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex. His books include The Disciple of Western Supremacy (Pluto, 2014) The Foreign Encounter in Myth and Religion (Pluto, 2010), the Deutscher prize-winning Nomads, Empires, States (Pluto, 2007).
Reviews for Global Rivalries From the Cold War to Iraq
'I can't think of a more effective way to bring economic history back into political discussions'
European Tribune 'Kees Van Der Pijl has done a remarkable job of viewing the global rivalries in a fresh perspective of 'contender states''
Free Press Journal 'This is a delightfully objective, fair and fearless analysis of a strife-tired world ... A strategist's ... Read more
European Tribune 'Kees Van Der Pijl has done a remarkable job of viewing the global rivalries in a fresh perspective of 'contender states''
Free Press Journal 'This is a delightfully objective, fair and fearless analysis of a strife-tired world ... A strategist's ... Read more