"Persuasively links the Cold War and struggles against imperial rule. The authors provide a cogent and concise description of the post-World War II era and reveal the strong links between the Cold War and anticolonialism movements"-- Provided by publisher.

"This innovative history is one of the only books to explore the post-World War II era from the perspective of the international struggle against imperialism. Edward H. Judge and John W. Langdon consider the resistance to imperialism and the Cold War not as distinct developments but rather as interwoven aspects of a complex global battle involving old colonial powers, anti-imperialist movements, emerging states, and the Cold War superpowers. The authors highlight the actions and outlooks of colonized peoples and emerging nations, while also examining their interactions with the dominant powers of East and West. Through a global overview and regional cases, they provide both the overall context of the Cold War era and the distinctive aspects of the anti-imperialist struggles in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet Union. Tracing the transformation away from a world order based on large multicultural colonial empires to a global system encompassing the interactions of myriad large and small national states, Judge and Langdon vividly show how powerful nations may have publicly rejected imperialism, yet continued to dominate through less formal political, cultural and economic means."--Dust jacket.