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DECOLONIZATION - JAN C JANSEN JÜRGEN OSTERHAMME...

The end of colonial rule in Asia  Africa  and the Caribbean was one of the most important and
dramatic developments of the twentieth century. In the decades after World War II  dozens of
new states emerged as actors in global politics. Long-established imperial regimes collapsed 
some more or less peacefully  others amid mass violence. This book takes an incisive look at
decolonization and its long-term consequences  revealing it to be a coherent yet
multidimensional process at the heart of modern history. Jan Jansen and Jürgen Osterhammel
trace the decline of European  American  and Japanese colonial supremacy from World War I to
the 1990s. Providing a comparative perspective on the decolonization process  they shed light
on its key aspects while taking into account the unique regional and imperial contexts in which
it unfolded. Jansen and Osterhammel show how the seeds of decolonization were sown during the
interwar period and argue that the geopolitical restructuring of the world was intrinsically
connected to a sea change in the global normative order. They examine the economic
repercussions of decolonization and its impact on international power structures  its
consequences for envisioning world order  and the long shadow it continues to cast over new
states and former colonial powers alike.

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