GLOBAL RIVALRIES FROM THE COLD WAR TO IRAQ.

VAN DER PIJL, Kees.

ISBN 10: 0745325424 / ISBN 13: 9780745325422

Published by Pluto Press, London,, 2006

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First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. Original publishers black cloth boards. Issued without dust jacket. 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. He examines the impact that successive wars and changes in the global political economy have had on the way states relate to each other. ISBN: 0745325424 Pages: 488 Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: GLOBAL RIVALRIES FROM THE COLD WAR TO IRAQ.
• Publisher: Pluto Press, London,
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745325424
• ISBN 13: 9780745325422
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • War / Military
  • History

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Synopsis

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."

About the Author

Kees Van der Pilj is Professor of International Relations at the School of European Studies, University of Sussex. His books include, among others, The Making of the Atlantic Ruling Class (Verso, 1984) and Transnational Classes and International Relations (Routledge, 1998).