Keylor, The Twentieth-Century World - An International History

Abstract

This is an excellent text for an upper-level course in international affairs. It is about national interests, the "power, prestige, and prosperity" of nations in the twentieth century. Drawing upon secondary sources, Keylor has sifted them and written a clear story about power politics. He has made a special effort to include in this new edition explanations about the economic relations among nations and a narrative of the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe with the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Recent events in the Mid-East and Yugoslavia are also included.