Лучшие книги Одда Арне Вестада

За последние два столетия ситуация в Поднебесной формировалась под влиянием происходивших в мире событий и преобразований, империализма, коммунизма и современного капитализма. В своей книге профессор зарубежной истории, директор Центра изучения холодной войны Лондонского экономического института Одд Арне Вестад ищет основы для понимания внешней политики Китая в истории отношений этой страны с остальным миром начиная с 1750 года, года укрепления власти Цинской империи над всем Китаем и распространения своего правления за пределы страны. Автор стремится разобраться, что же в конце концов представляет собой Китай в историческом, географическом…

A completely revised and updated edition of this highly acclaimed account of human endeavor.
A work of breathtaking scope, The Penguin History of the World tells the story of humanity in its entirety - all the triumphs and tragedies, grandeur and folly that have shaped the human experience laid out in a single, authoritative book. Beautifully written and presented in a style that is at once comprehensive and accessible, celebrated historian J. M. Roberts leads us from the prehistoric conditions that gave rise to human life through to the complex world we find ourselves in today. Now in its sixth edition, this landmark bestseller has been completely overhauled by historian Odd Arne Westad to include new research and discoveries that have occurred since its original 1976 publication, making it as necessary and relevant as ever.

The Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States indelibly shaped the world we live in today--especially international politics, economics, and military affairs. This volume shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the 20th century created the foundations for most of today's key international conflicts, including the "war on terror." Odd Arne Westad examines the origins and course of Third World revolutions and the ideologies that drove the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. towards interventionism. He focuses on how these interventions gave rise to resentments and resistance that, in the end, helped to topple one and to seriously challenge the other superpower. In addition, he demonstrates how these worldwide interventions determined the international and domestic framework within which political, social and cultural changes took place in such countries as China, Indonesia, Iran, Ethiopia, Angola, Cuba, and Nicaragua. According to Westad, these changes, plus the ideologies, movements and states that interventionism stirred up, constitute the real legacy of the Cold War. Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2004 he was named head of department and co-director of the new LSE Cold War Studies Centre. Professor Westad is the author, or editor, of ten books on contemporary international history including Decisive Encounters: The Chinese Civil War, 1946-1950 (2003) and, with Jussi Hanhimaki, The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts (2003). In addition, he is a founding editor of the journal Cold War History.

Книга включает написанные ведущими учеными статьи по актуальным, в свое время слабо или тенденциозно освещенным проблемам новейшей истории: советско-югославский конфликт 1948 г., венгерские события 1956 г., "пражская весна" 1968 г. и др.
Предназначена учителям, будет интересна также широкому кругу читателей.