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Bezig met laden... The Cold War and the New Imperialism: A Global History, 1945-2005door Henry Heller
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The Cold War and the New Imperialism is an account of global history since 1945, which brings massive changes in global politics, economics, and society together in a single narrative, illuminating and clarifying the dilemmas of the present. Written for the general reader, it draws together scholarly research from a wide range of sources without losing sight of the larger pattern of events. In the sixty-year period since the end of World War II, the world has indeed been remade. The war itself mobilized the political and social aspirations of hundreds of millions of people. The contest between the United States and the Soviet Union for global dominance drew every country into its field of force. Struggles for national liberation in the Third World brought an end to colonial empires. Revolutions in China, Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere shook the global order, as did failed uprisings in Paris and Prague. Since the end of the Cold War the forces of the capitalist market have overwhelmed social institutions that have given meaning to human existence for centuries. But the end of the Cold War has created as many problems for the world's remaining superpower, the United States, as it has solved. With its political, economic, and financial hegemony eroding, the United States has responded with military adventures abroad and increasing inequality and authoritarianism at home. The Cold War and the New Imperialism draws all these threads together and shows vividly that the end of history is not in sight. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Unfortunately, that's not all too much of a recommendation. The overview itself is ok, if very superficial because Heller has chosen scope over depth in every case. It is mainly good in describing the class backgrounds of the various dictators, resistance movements, militias etc. in the Third World, which is for any radical thinker useful information to have, and as a reference book of this it works well enough. However, the book is riddled with spelling errors in the foreign names ("Schumacker", "Jaruszelski"), and the analysis is annoyingly one-sided in the typical Zinnesque manner, being very selective in what is and isn't mentioned when describing the rule of certain Presidents and the like. Sometimes this makes it sound like a conspiracy book of the leftist kind, especially when railing against the "imperialism" of the NATO attack on Milosevic and the dismemberment of Yugoslavia, despite their being no evidence of this being intended as an attack on the "remaining socialism", as Heller claims.
In fact, that is another issue with the book - nothing is sourced. The book has a big bibliography in the back, it must be admitted, but because none of the statements are referenced to any of these books, we apparently have to guess what claim comes from which book. Especially with some of the more 'juicy' statements in the book, this is annoying and counterproductive.
Still, for its intent in providing a popular overview of imperialism during and after the Cold War, it's not so bad. But unless you are really looking for something like that, I wouldn't bother. (