Original edition published in 2004.
Introduction: the post-1945 watershed
Part I. Hopes and fears contend, 1945-1953
The Cold War: toward Soviet-American confrontation
The international economy: out of the ruins
The third world: first tremors in Asia
Part II. The Cold War system under stress, 1953-1968
The Cold War: a tenuous accommodation
Abundance and discontent in the developed world
Third-world hopes at high tide
Part III. From Cold War to globalization, 1968-1991
The Cold War comes to a close
Global markets: one system, three centers
Divergent paths in the third world
Part IV. Integration and fragmentation: the 1990s and beyond
The power and perils of globalization
A regionally configured world
Final reflections on the post-1945 world: the limits and uses of history.
The world transformed : 1945 to the present by Michael H. Hunt. ISBN 9780199371020. Published by Oxford University Press in 2016. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.