TY - BOOK AU - SEGAL Gerald TI - The world affairs companion: the essential one-volume guide to global issues SN - 0684816709 (pbk.) PY - 1996/// CY - London PB - Simon & Schuster KW - TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY N2 - This facts-at-your-fingertips book combines compact histories of the enduring conflicts of the 20th century with up-to-date assessment of pivotal issues, people and regions. International affairs expert Gerald Segal provides analysis of topics from nuclear proliferation to terrorism, the environment to world debt, the shifting balance of power and global hotspots such as Yugoslavia and Cambodia ER -