Ensayo de interpretación histórica, donde el especialista en estrategias militares e historia de posguerra, John Lewis Gaddis emplea la información liberada en los años siguientes a la disolución del bloque soviético para ofrecer una nueva visión acerca de la Guerra Fría. el autor emplea en su exposición minutas de las reuniones del Politburo, información de los archivos, recientemente abiertos, de la Unión Soviética y Asia, conversaciones entre dirigentes oídas y anotadas por sus ayudantes y, sobre todo, las palabras de los protagonistas del conflicto.

En un intento por entender la motivación y los mecanismos del suicidio terrorista de los atentados contra las torres gemelas, el autor se impone una reflexión que lo lleva a buscar las raíces tanto del terrorismo fundamentalista religioso como del terrorismo de Estado. En tres capítulos, hace una revisión de todo aquello que mueve a esta forma de violencia, cuestiona el papel de México en este escenario global, para terminar con un análisis de la política exterior mexicana y sus mitos, de forma que se puedan plantear estratégicamente las relaciones de México con el planeta en la era del terror.

Durante casi 45 años la Guerra Fría ha sido un factor central en las relaciones internacionales. Ha condicionado la política exterior e interior de EE.UU. y la URSS, y también las de una gran parte de las naciones del mundo, del Norte y del Sur, del Este y del Oeste. Este peculiar conflicto que se inició en 1947 y ha finalizado en los años 1989/1990, forma parte ya de la Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales. Este es, pues, el momento más adecuado para que los historiadores e investigadores sociales podamos analizar científicamente este hecho, con rigor y serenidad, eliminando prejuicios y estereotipos bien asentados durante más de cuatro décadas. Este libro sobre Los orígenes de la Guerra Fría, trata de ser una representación de la participación española, muy escasa, en esos debates. El libro se estructura en tres partes, y en ellas se aborda el proceso que da paso al estallido de la Guerra, los hechos que definen a la primera fase de la misma (1947-1953) y las viejas y nuevas interpretaciones sobre la Guerra Fría.

This volume explores several notable themes related to foreign affairs in Latin America and the reconfiguration of the power of the different states in the region. It offers insightful historical perspectives for understanding national, regional and global issues from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, from analysis of the traditional "hegemony" of the United States over Latin America through its military, and political influence due to the presence of the European Union, Russia, and China. These views cannot be reduced to a simplistic vision of the dominant and subordinate; rather, they attempt to seek lines of continuity by highlighting traditional interpretations of new scenarios such as regional trading and security blocs. The volume refuses to impose a traditional and uncritical linear historical narrative onto the reader but instead proposes an alternative interpretation of the past and its relation to the present. Finally, the growing importance of international mechanisms in enabling the success of certain Latin American regimes is also highlighted, in particular the influence of regional diffusion through international organizations or other networks.

Our world today is not only a world in crisis but also a world in profound movement, with increasingly large numbers of people joining or forming movements: local, national, transnational, and global. The dazzling diversity of ideas and experiences recorded in this collection capture something of the fluidity within campaigns for a more equitable planet. This book, taking internationalism seriously without tired dogmas, provides a bracing window into some of the central ideas to have emerged from within grassroots struggles from 2006 to 2010. The essays here cross borders to look at the politics of caste, class, gender, religion, and indigeneity, and move from the local to the global. What Makes Us Move?, the first of two volumes, provides a background and foundation for understanding the extraordinary range of uprisings around the world: Tahrir Square in Egypt, Occupy in North America, the indignados in Spain, Gezi Park in Turkey, and many others. It draws on the rich reflection that took place following the huge wave of creative direct actions that had preceded it, from the 1990s through to the early 2000s, including the Zapatistas in Mexico, the Battle of Seattle in the United States, and the accompanying formations such as Peoples’ Global Action and the World Social Forum. Edited by Jai Sen, who has long occupied a central position in an international network of intellectuals and activists, this book will be useful to all who work for egalitarian social change—be they in universities, parties, trade unions, social movements, or religious organisations. Contributors include Taiaiake Alfred, Tariq Ali, Daniel Bensaid, Hee-Yeon Cho, Ashok Choudhary, Lee Cormie, Jeff Corntassel, Laurence Cox, Guillermo Delgado-P, Andre Drainville, David Featherstone, Christopher Gunderson, Emilie Hayes, Francois Houtart, Fouad Kalouche, Alex Khasnabish, Xochitl Leyva Solano, Roma Malik, David McNally, Roel Meijer, Eric Mielants, Peter North, Shailja Patel, Emir Sader, Andrea Smith, Anand Teltumbde, James Toth, Virginia Vargas, and Peter Waterman.

This volume considers the confluence of World History and historical materialism, with the following guiding question in mind: given developments in the field of historical materialism concerned with the intersection of race, gender, labour, and class, why is it that within the field of World History, historical materialism has been marginalized, precisely as World History orients toward transnational socio-cultural phenomenon, micro-studies, or global histories of networks? Answering this question requires thinking, in an inter-related manner, about both the development of World History as a discipline, and the place of economic determinism in historical materialism. This book takes the position that historical materialism (as applied to the field of World History) needs to be more open to the methodological diversity of the materialist tradition and to refuse narrowly deterministic frameworks that have led to marginalization of materialist cultural analysis in studies of global capitalism. At the same time, World History needs to be more self-critical of the methodological diversity it has welcomed through a largely inclusionary framework that allows the material to be considered separately from cultural, social, and intellectual dimensions of global processes.

Sport during Cold War has recently begun to be studied in more depth. Some scholars have edited a book about the US and Soviet sport diplomacy and show ow the government of these two countries have used sport during this period, notably as a tool of "soft power" during the Olympic games. Our goal is to continue in this direction and to focus more on the sport field as a place of exchanges during the Cold War. Regarding this point, our aim is to show that there were events "beyond boycotts"many and that unknown connections existed inside sport. Morevoer, many actors were involved in these exchanges. Thus, it is important not only to focus on the action of States, but also on private actors (international sporting bodies and journalists), considering that they acted around sport (an "apolitic" field) as it was tool to maintain links between the two blocs. Our project offers a good opportunity for young scholars to present original research based on new materials (notably the use of institutional or personals archives). Morevoer, it is also a step forward with a view to conduct research within a global history paradigm, one that is still underused in sport academic fields.