TY - BOOK AU - W.M. Spellman TI - A concise history of the world since 1945: states and peoples SN - 9781403917881(PB) U1 - 909.825 PY - 2006/// PB - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan KW - History, Modern --1945-1989. History, Modern --1989- Cold War. Globalization. Civilization, Modern --20th century N1 - Acknowledgements * Introduction: Dynamic Tensions in Recent Global History * PART I: FROM BI-POLAR TO MULTI-POLAR WORLD * The Cold War in Global Context, 1945-1991 * The End of Empire and the Problem of Neo-Colonialism * An Elusive New World Order, 1991-2 ER -