A History of Credit and Power in the Western World

by Scott B. MacDonald

Book Overview

The end of the Cold War put the planet on a new track, abruptly replacing the familiar world of bipolarity, red phones, and intercontinental ballistic missiles with the strange new world of the Internet, e-commerce, and Palm Pilots. The "New World Order" was defined by a U.S.-led war against Iraq, bloody ethnic strife in Bosnia and Rwanda, and religious turmoil in Central Asia. This evolving global system, however, overlooked the powerful role of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765800853
• ISBN13: 9780765800855
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"