Introduction
Part 1: Europe
1. Europe and the Origins of the Cold War
2. The Soviet Union, Post-Soviet Russia, Post-Soviet Ukraine, and Eastern Europe
Part 2: Asia
3. South Asia and Southwest Asia: India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
4. East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Rim Countries
5. Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Indonesia
Part 3: The Middle East
6. Modern Iran: From Secularism to the Islamic Republic
7. Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria: The Persian Gulf Wars and the Rise and Fall of ISIS
8. The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Part 4: Africa
9. North Africa: Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and the Arab Spring
10. West Africa: Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
11. Sudan, South Sudan, and the Crisis in Darfur
12. East Africa: Kenya and Somalia
13. The Rwandan Genocide and the Democratic Republic of Congo
14. Southern Africa: Zimbabwe and South Africa
Part 5: Latin America
15. South America: Venezuela, Argentina, and Chile
16. Central America: Guatemala and Nicaragua
17. The Caribbean: Haiti and Cuba
Conclusion
Biography
Jeffrey W. Jones is a Professor of Russian/Soviet and Contemporary World History at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the author of several articles and two monographs, including Smoke, Mirrors, and Memories: Legacies of the Soviet-Afghan War (2025).
