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.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Masterpiece - The Most Comprehensive set in the English LanguageBy Sam ZaneThis is a comprehensive work covering Islamic history from its beginning and formation until modern times. The work is indispensable for anyone interested in understanding Islam; Muslims and Islamic cultures. The set is an objective scholarly production written by experts in their respective field. In this day and age where Western understanding of Islam does not exceed the understanding of Muslim fundamentalists to the religion; where Islamic civilization and its contribution to humanity is reduced to an imposter on the world; this set is a must read. The volumes cover a varied array of subjects within Islam; the Islamic world and its various cultures throughout history including; among many; literature; music; cookery; cinema and TV. If one is trying to acquire an in-depth understanding of the subject matter this is as close as one can get to a profound education. Below is a breakdown of every volume for you to peruse.On a side note: The claim that the book does not mention the Barbary pirates is inaccurate. It is mentioned in Volume II; Part IV chapter 18 titled Ottoman Maghrib written by Houari Touati. In addition; the ordeal of the Barbary pirates is mentioned in the same volume but in Part V chapter 20 written by Mercedes Garcia Arenal under a subtitle called the "Renegades". Specifically on p.598; the book talks about how the great naval clashes ended in the 977–87/1570s; and how the taking of captives continued to thrive in what Braudel has called ‘la petite guerre’; the war of the Barbary corsairs. It is also mentioned that for more than two centuries; based in Mediterranean ports from Tripoli in Libya to Tetouan and Rabat in Morocco; Muslim corsair ships preyed on the coasts and shipping routes of the northern Mediterranean. Nonetheless; the corsair war reached its peak between 987/1580 and 1049/1640; when its main base was the Regency of Algiers; set up by the Barbarossa brothers in 923/1518.Furthermore; the Barbary corsairs or pirates are mentioned sporadically throughout volume II which covers the time from the 11th century until the 18th century.Vol. I - The Formation of the Islamic World Sixth to Eleventh Centuries:Introduction: Chase F. RobinsonPart I - THE LATE ANTIQUE CONTEXT:1. The resources of Late Antiquity: John Haldon2. The late Roman/early Byzantine Near East: Mark Whittow3. The late Sasanian Near East: Josef Wiesehofer4. Pre Islamic Arabia: Michael LeckerPart II - UNIVERSALISM AND IMPERIALISM5. The rise of Islam: Chase F. Robinson6. The empire in Syria: Paul M. Cobb7. The empire in Iraq: Tayeb El Hibri8. The waning of empire: Michael Bonner9. The late Abbasid pattern: Hugh KennedyPart III - REGIONALISM10. Arabia: Ella Landau Tasseron11. The Islamic: Elton l. Daniel12. Syria: R. Stephen Humphreys13. Egypt: Michael Brett14. The Iberian Peninsula and North Africa: Eduardo Manzano MorenoPart IV - THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF EARLY ISLAMIC HISTORY15. Modern approaches to early Islamic history: Fred M. Donner16. Numismatics: Stefan Heidemann17. Archaeology and material culture: Marcus MilwrightConclusion: From formative Islam to classical Islam: Chase F. RobinsonVol II - The Western Islamic World Eleventh to Eighteenth CenturiesIntroduction: Maribel FierroPart I - AL-ANDALUS AND NORTH AND WEST AFRICA (ELEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES)1. Al Andalus and the Maghrib (from the fifth/eleventh century to the fall of the Almoravids): Marıa Jesus Viguera Molins2. The central lands of North Africa and Sicily; until the beginning of the Almohad period: Michael Brett3. The Almohads and the Hafsids: Maribel Fierro4. The post Almohad dynasties in Al Andalus and the Maghrib (seventh ninth/thirteenth fifteenth centuries): Fernando Rodrıguez Mediano5 . West Africa and its early empires: Ulrich RebstockPart II - EGYPT AND SYRIA (ELEVENTH CENTURY UNTIL THE OTTOMAN CONQUEST)6. Bilad Al Sham; from the Fatimid conquest to the fall of the Ayyubids: Anne Marie Edde7. The Fatimid Caliphate and the Ayyubids in Egypt: Yaacov Lev8. The Mamluks in Egypt and Syria: the Turkish Mamluk sultanate and the Circassian Mamluk sultanate: Amalia Levanoni9 . Western Arabia and Yemen (Fifth/eleventh century to the Ottoman conquest): Esther PeskesPart III - MUSLIM ANATOLIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE10. The Turks in Anatolia before the Ottomans: Gary Leiser11. The rise of the Ottomans: Kate Fleet12. The Ottoman empire (tenth/sixteenth century): Colin Limber13. The Ottoman empire: the age of ‘political households (eleventh twelfth/seventeenth eighteenth centuries): Suraiya Faroqhi14. Egypt and Syria under the Ottomans: Bruce Masters15. Western Arabia and Yemen during the Ottoman period: Bernard HaykelPart IV - NORTH AND WEST AFRICA (SIXTEENTH TO EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES)16. Sharifian rule in Morocco (tenth twelfth/sixteenth eighteenth centuries): Stephen Cory17. West Africa (tenth twelfth/sixteenth eighteenth centuries): Ulrich Rebstock18. Ottoman Maghrib: Houari TouatiPart VRULERS; SOLDIERS; PEASANTS; SCHOLARS AND TRADERS19 . State formation and organisation: Michael Brett20. Conversion to Islam: from the ‘age of conversions’ to the millet system: Mercedes Garcia Arenal21. Taxation and armies: Albrecht Fuess22. Trade22-A. Muslim trade in the late medieval Mediterranean world: Olivia Remie Constable22-B. Overland trade in the western Islamic world (Fifth ninth/eleventh fifteenth centuries): John l. Meloy22-C. Trade in the Ottoman lands to 1215/1800: Bruce Masters23 . The ulama: Manuela MarinVol. III - The Eastern Islamic World Eleventh to Eighteenth CenturiesIntroduction: Islam in a plural Asia: David O. Morgan and Anthony ReidPart I - THE IMPACT OF THE STEPPE PEOPL E S1. The steppe peoples in the Islamic world Edmund Bosworth2. The early expansion of Islam in India: Andre Wink3. Muslim India: the Delhi sultanate: Peter Jackson4. The rule of the infidels: the Mongols and the Islamic world: Beatrice Forbes Manz5. Tamerlane and his descendants: from paladins to patrons: Maria E. SubtelnyPart II - THE GUNPOWDER EMPIRES6. Iran under Safavid rule: Sholeh A. Quinn7. Islamic culture and the Chinggisid restoration: Central Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: R. D. Mcchesney8. India under Mughal rule: Stephen DalePart III - THE MARITIME OECUMENE9. Islamic trade; shipping; port states and merchant communities in the Indian Ocean; seventh to sixteenth centuries: Michael Pearson10 . Early Muslim expansion in South East Asia; eighth to fifteenth centuries: Geoff Wade11 . Follow the white camel: Islam in China to 1800: Zvi Ben Dor Benite12 . Islam in South East Asia and the Indian Ocean littoral; 1500 1800: expansion; polarisation; synthesis: Anthony Reid13 . South East Asian localisations of Islam and participation within a global umma; c. 1500 1800: R. Michael Feener14 . Transition: the end of the old order Iran in the eighteenth century: G. R. GarthwaitePart IV - THEMES15. Conversion to Islam: Richard W. Bulliet16. Armies and their economic basis in Iran and the surrounding lands; c. 1000 1500 539: Reuven Amitai17. Commercial structures: Scott C. Levi18. Transmitters of authority and ideas across cultural boundaries;eleventh to eighteenth centuries: Muhammad Qasim ZamanVol. IV - Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth CenturyIntroduction: Robert IrwinPart I - RELIGION AND LAW1. Islam: Jonathan Berkey2. Sufism: Alexander Knysh3. Varieties of Islam: Farhad Daftary4. Islamic law: history and transformation: Wael B. Hallaq5. Conversion and the ahl al dhimma: David J. Wasserstein6. Muslim societies and the natural world: Richard W. BullietPart II - SOCIETIES; POLITICS AND ECONOMICS7. Legitimacy and political organisation: caliphs; kings and regimes: Said Amir Arjomand8. The city and the nomad: Hugh Kennedy9. Rural life and economy until 1800: Andrew M. Watson10. Demography and migration: Suraiya N. Faroqhi11. The mechanisms of commerce: Warren C. Schultz12. Women; gender and sexuality: Manuela MarinPart III - LITERATURE13. Arabic literature: Julia Bray14. Persian literature: Dick Davis15. Turkish literature 424: cigdem Balim Harding16. Urdu literature: Shamsur Rahman Faruqi17 . History writing: Li Guo18 . Biographical literature: Michael Cooperson19 . Muslim accounts of the dar alharb: Michael Bonner and Gottfried HagenPart IV - LEARNING; ARTS AND CULTURE20. Education: Francis Robinson21. Philosophy: Richard C. Taylor22. The sciences in Islamic societies (750 1800): Sonja Brentjes with Robert G. Morrison23. Occult sciences and medicine: S. Nomanul Haq24. Literary and oral cultures: Jonathan Bloom25. Islamic art and architecture: Marcus Milwright26. Music: Amnon Shiloah27. Cookery: David WainesVol. V - The Islamic World in the Age of Western DominanceIntroduction: Francis RobinsonPart I - THE ONSET OF WESTERN DOMINATION c. 1800 TO c. 19191. The Ottoman lands to the post First World War settlement: Carter Vaughn Findley2. Egypt to c. 1919: Kenneth M. Cuno3. Sudan; Somalia and the Maghreb to the end of the First World War: Knut S. Vikør4. Arabia to the end of the First World War: Paul Dresch5. Iran to 1919: Ali M. Ansari6. Russia; Central Asia and the Caucasus to 1917: Adeeb Khalid7. Afghanistan to 1919: Nazif M. Shahrani8. South Asia to 1919: Francis Robinson9. South East Asia and China to 1910: William Gervase Clarence Smith10 . Africa south of the Sahara to the First World War: Roman LoimeierPart II - INDEPENDENCE AND REVIVAL c. 1919 TO THE PRESENT11. Turkey from the rise of Ataturk: Resat Kasaba12. West Asia from the First World War: Charles Tripp13. Egypt from 1919: Joel Gordon14. Sudan from 1919: Carolyn Fluehr Lobban and Richard A. Lobban; Jr.15. North Africa from the First World War: Kenneth J. Perkins16. Saudi Arabia; southern Arabia and the Gulf states from the First World War: David Commins17. Iran from 1919: Misagh Parsa18. Central Asia and the Caucasus from the First World War: Muriel Atkin19. Afghanistan from 1919: Nazif M. Shahrani20. South Asia from 1919: Vali Nasr21. South East Asia from 1910: Robert W. Hefner22. Africa south of the Sahara from the First World War: John H. Hanson23. Islam in China from the First World War: Dru C. Gladney24. Islam in the West: Humayun AnsariVol. VI - Muslims and Modernity Culture and Society since 1800Introduction:1. Muslims and modernity: culture and society in an age of contest and plurality: Robert W. HefnerPart I - SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS2. New networks and new knowledge: migrations; communications and the re!guration of the Muslim community in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: R. Michael Feener3. Population; urbanisation and the dialectics of globalisation: Clement M. Henry4. The origins and early development of Islamic reform: Ahmad S. Dallal5. Reform and modernism in the middle twentieth century: John O. Voll6. Islamic resurgence and its aftermath: Saıd Amir Arjomand7. The new transnationalism: globalising Islamic movements: Peter Mandaville8. Muslims in the West: Europe: John R. Bowen9. Muslims in the West: North America: Karen Ksaksen Leonard10 . New frontiers and conversion: Robert LaunayPart II - RELIGION AND LAW11. Contemporary trends in Muslim legal thought and ideology: Sami Zubaida12. A case comparison: Islamic law and the Saudi and Iranian legal systems: Frank E. Vogel13. Beyond dhimmihood: citizenship and human rights: Abdullahi Ahmed An Naim14. The ulama: scholarly tradition and new public commentary: Muhammad Qasim Zaman15. Su!sm and neo Su!sm: Bruce B. LawrencePart III - POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT 38516. Islamic political thought: l. Carl Brown17. Women; family and the law: the Muslim personal status law debate in Arab states: Lynn Welchman18 . Culture and politics in Iran since the 1979 revolution: Nikki R. Keddie19 . Modern Islam and the economy: Timur KuranPart IV - CULTURES; ARTS AND LEARNING20. Islamic knowledge and education in the modern age: Robert W. Hefner21. History; heritage and modernity: cities in the Muslim world between destruction and reconstruction: Jens Hanssen22. Islamic philosophy and science: S. Nomanul Haq23. The press and publishing: Ami Ayalon24. The modern art of the Middle East: Venetia Porter25. Cinema and television in the Arab world: Walter Armbrust26. Electronic media and new Muslim publics: Jon W. Anderson0 of 13 people found the following review helpful. How convenient to leave out any mention of the Barbary ...By Garald MaxedonHow convenient to leave out any mention of the Barbary pirates and how they were dealt with by Thomas Jefferson in the section on the Ottoman Empire. Comprehensive is not a word that should be used for this work of fiction.
