Author: GEW Social Sciences and Humanities Group

Editor: Hichem Karoui

Publisher: Global East-West For Studies & Publishing

The Bipolar Imperium (1945–1990)

The Strategic Earth, Volume IX — A Geopolitical History from Antiquity to the Digital Age

The Cold War was not just an East vs. West battle. It was a global restructuring of political and military power, economic ties, technology and strategic geography. The Bipolar Imperium, the ninth instalment of The Strategic Earth, explores the genesis, development and trajectory of this remarkable era leading up to its historic juncture.

This volume, published by the GEW Social Sciences and Humanities Group, examines the new international system that emerged after 1945, once the U.S. and the Soviet Union became the main centres of the global power. The end of World War II, the formation of competing alliances and the emergence of nuclear arms led to a strategic rivalry that would last for many years.

The story continues outside of Europe. It examines the Korean and Indochina wars, decolonisation and the political rise of the Third World, the geopolitics of oil in the Middle East, the security of Latin America, covert operations, propaganda and the evolving North-South ties between Moscow and Beijing. It also analyses détente, the re-emergence of confrontation in the 1980s, technological competition, economic impasse and the challenges that have disturbed the bipolar system.

The emphasis of the volume is the interaction of political decisions with material constraints throughout. Regional deployment was influenced by geography, the sustainability of competition by industrial capacity, regional alignments by resources, and the calculations of deterrence and security by the development of technologies. These connections make the book relevant to anyone interested in a deeper understanding of the creation and rejection of international orders.

The Bipolar Imperium is a book of interest to booksellers, librarians, and educators as well as to readers interested in modern history and international affairs who seek a thematic book in a larger historical series. It can be used as an independent study of the Cold War or as a connecting thread between the total war of the period studied in Volume VIII and the international system of the post-Cold War period studied in Volume X.

It is interdisciplinary in nature, relating to history, political science, international relations, military strategy and geopolitical analysis. The volume will find its place in the academic and general nonfiction libraries, with independent readers of world history and those interested in the roots of the security dilemmas of today.

In a series of 12 volumes that will trace the connection between geography and power from ancient times to the present, The Bipolar Imperium encourages readers to think about not only what occurred during the Cold War but also how the strategic structures of the Cold War influenced the world that came afterwards.

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