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Global Rivalries: From the Cold War to Iraq

By Kees Van Der Pijl

Book information

Publisher
Pluto Press
Year
2006
ISBN
0745325424, 9780745325422
Open Library ID
OL7955767M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2600156 bytes)
Pages
480\480
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This is a groundbreaking new work from a leading scholar in the field of international relations. Offering a highly original analysis of world events, especially in the light of the Iraq War, Kees van der Pijl 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, he argues that the rise of the English-speaking West has created rivalries between contender states that are never entirely put to rest. With each round of Western expansion, new rivalries are created. Offering a truly global analysis that covers every area of the world—from Europe and America to China, the Middle East, Latin America and Russia—he analyses the development of international relations after World War II, and questions whether the neoliberal project and its human rights ideology have collapsed back into authoritarianism under the guise of the "war on terror."

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