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Current Publications:

H-Diplo Article Review No. 398 on Andrew Preston. "Peripheral Visions: American Mainline Protestants and the Global Cold War." Cold War History 13:1 (2013)
24 May 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 397 on Ruud van Dijk. "'A Mass Psychosis': The Netherlands and NATO's Dual Track Decision, 1978-1979." Cold War History 12:3 (August 2012)
23 May 2013

Authors' Response to H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey Friedman, and Jacob Shapiro. "Testing the Surge: Why Did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007?" International Security 37:1 (Summer 2012), and on John Hagan, Joshua Kaiser, and Anna Hanson. "Correspondence: Assessing the Synergy Thesis in Iraq" International Security 37:4 (Spring 2013)
22 May 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 396 on Pierre Asselin. "We Don't Want a Munich": Hanoi's Diplomatic Strategy, 1965-1968." Diplomatic History 36: 3 (June 2012)
21 May 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Fredrik Logevall. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
20 May 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Exchange on “Democracy, Deception, and Entry into War,” [an H-Diplo | ISSF Roundtable]
17 May 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Laura Jane Gifford and Daniel K. Williams, eds., The Right Side of the Sixties: Reexamining Conservatism's Decade of Transformation
16 May 2013

Author's Response to H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Brendan Rittenhouse Green. "Two Concepts of Liberty: U.S. Cold War Grand Strategies and the Liberal Tradition." International Security 37:2 (Fall 2012)
15 May 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 395 on Tanya Harmer. "Fractious Allies: Chile, the United States and the Cold War, 1973-76." Diplomatic History 37:1 (January 2013)
14 May 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on S.R. Joey Long. Safe for Decolonisation: The Eisenhower Administration, Britain, and Singapore
13 May 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Pierre Journoud. De Gaulle et le Vietnam (1945-1969)
10 May 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 394 on Special Issue: "Intelligence in the Cold War: What Difference Did It Make." Intelligence and National Security 26:6 (December 2011)
8 May 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Alvin B. Tillery, Jr. Between Homeland and Motherland: Africa, U.S. Foreign Policy, and Black Leadership in America
6 May 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Jonathan Fenby. The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved
3 May 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 393 on Eric J. Morgan. "Black and White at Center Court: Arthur Ashe and the Confrontation of Apartheid in South Africa." Diplomatic History 36:5 (November 2012)
1 May 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Seth Jacobs. The Universe Unraveling: American Foreign Policy in Cold War Laos (2012)
29 April 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt. Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage Under Vichy, on Nimrod Amzalak. Fascists and Honourable men: Contingency and Choice in French Politics, 1918-45, and on Antonin Cohen. De Vichy à la Communauté Européenne
26 April 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 392 on Mark Kramer. "The Demise of the Soviet Bloc." The Journal of Modern History 83:4 (December 2011)
24 April 2013

Response to FRUS Review No. 21 by Pierre Asselin review on John M. Carland, ed. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: Volume IX: Vietnam, October 1972-January 1973
23 April 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Geoffrey Roberts. Molotov: Stalin's Cold Warrior (2011)
22 April 2013

H-Diplo Journal Watch [jw] Second Quarter 2013
22 April 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Benjamin S. Lambeth. “Israel’s War in Gaza: A Paradigm of Effective Military Learning and Adaptation.” International Security 37:2 (Fall 2012), and on Jerome Slater. “Just War Moral Philosophy and the 2008-09 Israeli Campaign in Gaza.” International Security 37:2 (Fall 2012)
19 April 2013

H-Diplo FRUS Review of John M. Carland, ed. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: Volume IX: Vietnam, October 1972-January 1973
17 April 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable on Kelly M. Greenhill. Weapons of Mass Migration: Forced Displacement, Coercion, and Foreign Policy (2010)
15 April 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Brendan Rittenhouse Green. "Two Concepts of Liberty: U.S. Cold War Grand Strategies and the Liberal Tradition." International Security 37:2 (Fall 2012)
12 April 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable on Stephen Biddle, Jeffrey Friedman, and Jacob Shapiro. "Testing the Surge: Why Did Violence Decline in Iraq in 2007?" International Security 37:1 (Summer 2012)
10 April 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. Arc of Empire: America's Wars in Asia from the Philippines to Vietnam (2012)
8 April 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Stephen Brooks, John Ikenberry and William Wohlforth. "Don't Come Home, America: The Case against Retrenchment." International Security 37:3 (Winter 2012/2013)
5 April 2013

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Daniel J. Lawler and Erin R. Mahan, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XIX: Part 1, Korea, 1969-1972
3 April 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Eliga H. Gould. Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire (2012)
1 April 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Francis H. Marlo. Planning Reagan’s War: Conservative Strategists and America’s Cold War Victory and on Gail E. S. Yoshitani. Reagan on War: A Reappraisal of the Weinberger Doctrine, 1980-1984
28 March 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Jason M. Colby. The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and U.S. Expansion in Central America (2011)
25 March 2013

H-Diplo Article Review No. 391 on Simon Stevens. "'From the Viewpoint of a Southern Governor': The Carter Administration and Apartheid, 1977-81." Diplomatic History 36:5 (November 2012)
21 March 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable on Keith L. Shimko. The Iraq Wars and America's Military Revolution (2010)
18 March 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Mircea Munteanu. "Over the Hills and Far Away: Romania's Attempts to Mediate the Start of U.S.-North Vietnamese Negotiations, 1967-1868." Journal of Cold War Studies 14:3 (Summer 2012)
14 March 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Richard F. Kuisel. The French Way: How France Embraced and Rejected American Values and Power (2011)
11 March 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Andrew W. Zimmerman. Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire & the Globalization of the New South (2010, 2012)
7 March 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable on Kimberly Marten. Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers in Weak States (2012)
4 March 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Donggil Kim. "Prelude to War? The Repatriation of Koreans from the Chinese PLA, 1949-50." Cold War History 12:2 (May 2012)
1 March 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on J. Simon Rofe. "Pre-war Post-war Planning: The Phoney War, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Case of the Advisory Committee on Problems of Foreign Relations." Diplomacy and Statecraft 23:2 (June 2012)
27 February 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Priscilla Roberts, ed. Bridging the Sino-American Divide: American Studies with Chinese Characteristics (2007); Priscilla Roberts and He Peiqun, eds. Bonds Across Borders: Women, China, and International Relations in the Modern World (2007); Priscilla Roberts, Mei Renyi, and Yan Xunhua ,eds. Perspectives from China on Nine-Eleven: Essays in Transnational American Studies (2011)
25 February 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Kosal Path. "The economic factor in the Sino-Vietnamese split, 1972-75: An analysis of Vietnamese archival sources." Cold War History 11:4 (November 2011)
22 February 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Antonio Varsori. "Italy and the end of communism in Albania, 1989-1991." Cold War History 12:4 (November 2012)
20 February 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu. Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War (2012)
18 February 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on M. E. Sarotte. "China's Fear of Contagion. Tiananmen Square and the Power of the European Example." International Security 37:2 (Fall 2012)
15 February 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Thomas W. Zeiler. "Requiem for the Common Man: Class, the Nixon Economic Shock, and the Perils of Globalization." Diplomatic History 37:1 (January 2013)
13 February 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Josip Glaurdic. The Hour of Europe: Western Powers and the Breakup of Yugoslavia (2011)
11 February 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Jonathan Colman. "Lost Crusader? Chester L. Cooper and the Vietnam War, 1963-68." Cold War History 12:3 (August 2012)
8 February 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Daniel Baugh. The Global Seven Years' War (2011)
6 February 2013

H-Diplo Review Essay on Charles L. Robertson. When Roosevelt Planned to Govern France (2011)
4 February 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Lana Wylie, ed. "The Politics of Canada-Cuba Relations: Emerging Possibilities and Diverse Challenges." Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 16:1 (2010)
31 January 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Tim Bird and Alex Marshall. Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way (2011)
28 January 2013

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Galen Jackson. "The Offshore Balancing Thesis Reconsidered: Realism, the Balance of Power in Europe, and America's Decision for War in 1917." Security Studies 21:3
24 January 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Rachel St. John. Line in the Sand: A History of the Western U.S. Mexico Border (2011, 2012)
21 January 2013

H-Diplo Article Review of Forum on Connie Field's Documentary Film, Have You Heard from Johannesburg: Seven Stories of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement. Diplomatic History 36:5 (November 2012): 785-814.
17 January 2013

Andrew J. Bacevich, The 2012 George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History, "The Revisionist Imperative: Rethinking Twentieth Century Wars"
The Journal of Military History 76 (April 2012): 333-342
Reprinted by H-Diplo with the permission of Andrew Bacevich and of Bruce Vandervort, Editor of the Journal of Military History
16 January 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Paul W. Mapp. The Elusive West and the Contest for Empire, 1713-1763 (2011, 2013)
14 January 2013

H-Diplo Article Review of James Stocker. "Diplomacy as Counter-Revolution? The 'Moderate States', the Fedayeen and State Department Initiatives towards the Arab-Israeli Conflict (1969 - 1970)." Cold War History 12:3 (August 2012)
10 January 2013

H-Diplo Conference Report on the Annual Conference of the German Association for Historical Peace Research (AKHF) in 2012, on “The Emergence of Humanitarian Intervention. Concepts and Practices in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.”
10 January 2013

H-Diplo Journal Watch [jw], First Quarter 2013
8 January 2013

H-Diplo Conference Report on United Atoms in a Divided World: The Early History of the International Atomic Energy Agency
8 January 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Carol C. Chin. Modernity and National Identity in the United States and East Asia, 1895-1919 (2010)
7 January 2013

H-Diplo Article Review on Special Forum on Gender and Sexuality in American Foreign Relations." Diplomatic History 36:4 (September 2012)
4 January 2013

H-Diplo Article Review of Charles Kraus. "A Border Region 'Exuded With Militant Friendship': Provincial Narratives of China's Participation in the First Indochina War, 1949-1954." Cold War History 12:3 (August 2012)
3 January 2013

H-Diplo Roundtable on Andrew J. Falk. Upstaging the Cold War: American Dissent and Cultural Diplomacy, 1940-1960 (2010, 2011)
2 January 2013

H-Diplo Article Review of Chad H. Parker. "Controlling man-made malaria: Corporate modernization and the Arabian American Oil Company's malaria control program in Saudi Arabia, 1947-1956." Cold War History 12:3 (2011)
21 December 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Tony Shaw. "Nightmare on Nevsky Prospekt: The Blue Bird as a Curious Instance of U.S.-Soviet Film Collaboration during the Cold War." Journal of Cold War Studies 14:1 (Winter 2012)
19 December 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on James D. Drake. The Nation's Nature: How Continental Presumptions Gave Rise to the United States of America (2011)
17 December 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on William Michael Morgan. Pacific Gibraltar: U.S.-Japanese Rivalry over the Annexation of Hawai`i, 1885-1898
14 December 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Linda Qaimmaqami and Edward C. Keefer, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974
12 December 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Meredith H. Lair. Armed with Abundance: Consumerism & Soldiering in the Vietnam War (2011)
10 December 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Andrew Preston. Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith: Religion in American War and Diplomacy (2012)
7 December 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Louis J. Smith, ed. Foreign Relations of the Unites States volume E-7: Documents on South Asia, 1969-1972, and Paul J. Hibbeln and Peter A. Kraemer, eds. Foreign Relations of the Unites States volume E-8 Documents on South Asia, 1973-1976
6 December 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer and William B. McAllister, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume E-14, Part 1, Documents on the United Nations, 1973-1976
4 December 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Jay Sexton. The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America (2011)
3 December 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Harish C. Mehta. "Soviet Biscuit Factories and Chinese Financial Grants: North Vietnam's Economic Diplomacy in 1967 and 1968." Diplomatic History 36:2 (April 2012)
30 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable on Jonathan Paquin. A Stability-Seeking Power: U.S. Foreign Policy and Secessionist Conflicts (2010)
28 November 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Jeffrey R. Macris. The Politics and Security of the Gulf: Anglo-American Hegemony and the Shaping of a Region (2010)
26 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Article on Victor Davis Hanson, ed. Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome (2010)
23 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Mark L. Haas. The Clash of Ideologies: Middle Eastern Politics and American Security (2012)
21 November 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Aryo Makko. "Sweden, Europe and the Cold War. A Reappraisal." Journal of Cold War Studies 14:2 (Spring 2012)
20 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Natasha Hamilton-Hart. Hard Interests, Soft Illusions: Southeast Asia and American Power (2012)
19 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Sarah E. Kreps. Coalitions of Convenience: United States Military Interventions After the Cold War (2011)
16 November 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Alessandro Brogi. "Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce and the Evolution of Psychological Warfare in Italy." Cold War History 12:2 (May 2012)
15 November 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on Curt Cardwell. NSC 68 and the Political Economy of the Early Cold War (2011)
14 November 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Frank Costigliola. Roosevelt's Lost Alliances: How Personal Politics Helped Start the Cold War (2012)
12 November 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on George W. Liebmann. The Last American Diplomat: John D. Negroponte and the Changing Face of American Diplomacy (2012)
9 November 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Hannah Gurman. The Dissent Papers: The Voices of Diplomats in the Cold War and Beyond (2012)
7 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Richard K. Betts. American Force: Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security (2012)
5 November 2012

Response to H-Diplo Roundtable Review of James G. Hershberg. Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam (2012)
2 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Boaz Atzili. Good Fences, Bad Neighbors: Border Fixity and International Conflict (2012)
2 November 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of James G. Hershberg. Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam (2012)
1 November 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Nuno Monteiro. "Unrest Assured: Why Unipolarity is not Peaceful." International Security 36:3 (Winter 2011/12)
31 October 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Paul C. Avey, "Confronting Soviet Power: U.S. Policy during the Early Cold War," International Security 36:4 (Spring 2012)
30 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Katherine Unterman. "Boodle over the Border: Embezzlement and the Crisis of International Mobility, 1880-1890." Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 11.2 (April 2012)
29 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Charles Dorn and Kristen Ghodsee. "The Cold War Politicization of Literacy: Communism, UNESCO, and the World Bank," Diplomatic History 36:2 (April 2012)
26 October 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Charles Kupchan. How Enemies Become Friends (2010)
25 October 2012

Response to H-Diplo Article Review No. 368b by Judith Yaphne on Hal Brands and David Palkki. "'Conspiring Bastards': Saddam Hussein's Strategic View of the United States." Diplomatic History 36:3 (June 2012)
24 October 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Patrick B. Johnston. "Does Decapitation Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Leadership Targeting in Counterinsurgency Campaigns." International Security 36:4 (Spring 2012)
24 October 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Eliot A. Cohen. Conquered into Liberty: Two Centuries of Battle Along the Great Warpath That Made the American Way of War (2011)
22 October 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Justus D. Doenecke. Nothing Less Than War: A New History of America's Entry into World War I
19 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review No. 371 on Sean L. Malloy. "'A Very Pleasant Way to Die': Radiation Effects and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb Against Japan." Diplomatic History 36:3 (June 2012)
17 October 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Wang Yuan-kang. Harmony and War: Confucian Culture and Chinese Power Politics (2011)
15 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review Essay on Special Forum: Domestic Regionalism and U.S. Foreign Relations, Diplomatic History 36:3 (June 2012): 451-514
12 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on Hal Brands and David Palkki. "'Conspiring Bastards': Saddam Hussein's Strategic View of the United States." Diplomatic History 36:3 (June 2012)
10 October 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Daniel Byman, A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism (2011)
10 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review No. 369 on Jamie Miller. "Things Fall Apart: South Africa and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire, 1973-74." Cold War History 12:2 (May 2012)
8 October 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer and David C. Geyer, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: Soviet Union, October 1970-October 1971, Volume XIII
5 October 2012

H-Diplo Article Review No. 368 on Hal Brands and David Palkki. "'Conspiring Bastards': Saddam Hussein's Strategic View of the United States." Diplomatic History 36:3 (June 2012)
3 October 2012

Reply to H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay No. 11
2 October 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Philip E. Muehlenbeck. Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy's Courting of African Nationalist Leaders (2012)
1 October 2012

Additional 2012 Publications:

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer and Myra Burton, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: Volume XXVIII Southern Africa
28 September 2012

Author's Response to H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Frank P. Harvey. Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence (2011)
28 September 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Ellen Mickiewicz. "Efficacy and Evidence: Evaluating U.S. Goals at the American National Exhibition in Moscow, 1959." Journal of Cold War Studies 13:4 (Fall 2011): 138-171
26 September 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review on Tanya Harmer. Allende's Chile & the Inter-American Cold War (2011)
24 September 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on Thomas Robertson. The Malthusian Moment: Global Population Growth and the Birth of American Environmentalism (2012)
21 September 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Fanar Haddad. Sectarianism in Iraq: Antagonistic Visions of Unity (2011)
20 September 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer and M. Todd Bennett, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976. Volume XXXIV. National Security Policy, 1969-1972 (2011)
18 September 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on George H. Nash, ed. Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath (2011)
17 September 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on Zbigniew Brzezinski. Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power. New York: Basic Books, 2012
14 September 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on "Forum: De Gaulle, French Foreign Policy, and the Cold War" in the Journal of Cold War Studies 14:1 (Winter 2012): 48-98.
12 September 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review on Christopher Goscha. Vietnam. Un État né de la Guerre 1945-1954 (2011)
10 Spetember 2012

Author's Response to Joshua Shifrinson. Review of Anthony D'Agostino, The Rise of Global Powers: International Politics in the Era of the World Wars. H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews. July, 2012
8 September 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Frank P. Harvey. Explaining the Iraq War: Counterfactual Theory, Logic and Evidence (2011)
7 September 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on Hal Brands. "Saddam Hussein, the United States, and the Invasion of Iran: Was There a Green Light?" Cold War History 12:2 (May 2012)
5 September 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Marc Trachtenberg. The Cold War and After: History, Theory, and the Logic of International Politics (2012)
3 September 2012

H-Diplo Conference Report on "Writing Pugwash Histories. From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Kabul and Gaza"
6 August 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Dan Reiter. How Wars End (2009)
1 August 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Review Essay on Robert A Pape and James K. Feldman. Cutting the Fuse: The Explosion of Global Suicide Terrorism and How to Stop It (2010)
31 July 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on John Price. Orienting Canada: Race, Empire, and the Transpacific (2011)
30 July 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on John M. Owen. The Clash of Ideas in World Politics: Transnational Networks, States, and Regime Change, 1510-2010 (2010)
27 July 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Rosemary Foot and Andrew Walter. China, the United States, and Global Order (2011)
25 July 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Matthew F. Jacobs. Imagining the Middle East: The Building of an American Foreign Policy, 1918-1967 (2011)
23 July 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on Antony Best. "'We are Virtually at War with Russia': Britain and the Cold War in East Asia, 1923-40." Cold War History 12: 2 (May 2012)
20 July 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on Anand Toprani. "The French Connection: A New Perspective on the End of the Red Line Agreement, 1945-1948." Diplomatic History 36:2 (April 2012)
18 July 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Sarah B. Snyder. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War: A Transnational History of the Helsinki Network (2011)
16 July 2012

H-Diplo Journal watch [jW] Third Quarter 2012
15 July 2012

H-Diplo Article Review on Holger Nehring and Benjamin Ziemann. "Do all paths lead to Moscow? The NATO Dual-track Decision and the Peace Movement - A Critique." Cold War History 12:1 (February 2012)
13 July 2012

Review Essay on Robert Kagan The World America Made (2012)
11 July 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Joshua Rovner. Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence (2011)
9 July 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of "Forum: Reassessing How the Sino-Soviet Split Unfolded. Perspectives on Sergey Radchenko's Two Suns in the Heaven." Journal of Cold War Studies 14:1 (Winter 2012): 96-110
5 July 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Artemy Kalinovsky and Sergey Radchenko, eds. The End of the Cold War and the Third World. New Perspectives on Regional Conflict (2011)
2 July 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Talbot Imlay, "Democracy and War: Political Regime, Industrial Relations, and Economic Preparations for War in France and Britain up to 1940," Journal of Modern History 79 (March 2007): 1-47; and
Talbot Imlay, "Preparing for Total War: The Conseil Supérieur de la Défense Nationale and France's Industrial and Economic Preparations for War after 1918," War in History 15: 1 (2008): 43-71.
29 June 2012

Author's Response to H-Diplo | ISSF Article Review by Robert Vitalis of David Ekbladh. "Present at the Creation: Edward Mead Earle and the Depression-Era Origins of Security Studies." International Security 36:3 (Winter 2011/12)
28 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Aaron L. Friedberg. A Contest for Supremacy: China, America, and the Struggle for Mastery in Asia (2011)
27 June 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, ed. The Cold War in East Asia, 1945-1991 (2011)
25 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on G. John Ikenberry. Liberal Leviathan (2011)
22 June 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Rudiger Graf. "Making Use of the "Oil Weapon" Western Industrial nations and Arab Petropolitics in 1973-74." Diplomatic History 36:1 (January 2012): 185-208
20 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Jordan Tama. Terrorism and National Security Reform: How Commissions Can Drive Change During Crises (2011)
18 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on David Ekbladh. “Present at the Creation: Edward Mead Earle and the Depression-Era Origins of Security Studies.” International Security 36:3 (Winter 2011/12)
15 June 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Bradley Lynn Coleman and Edward C. Keefer, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume X, Vietnam, January 1973 - July 1975.
13 June 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Greg Donaghy and Michael Carroll (eds.). In the National Interest: Canadian Foreign Policy and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, 1909-2009 (2011)
11 June 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Christopher Hull. "Parallel Spheres: Anglo-American Cooperation Over Cuba, 1959-61." Cold War History 12:1 (February 2012)
6 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Paul R. Pillar. Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform (2011)
4 June 2012

Reply to H-Diplo Roundtable, Vol. XIII, No. 26 on Peter L. Hahn, Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I (2012)
1 June 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Gregory D. Miller. The Shadow of the Past: Reputation and Military Alliances before the First World War (2012)
31 May 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Lana Wylie. Perceptions of Cuba: Canadian and American Policies in Comparative Perspective (2010)
29 May 2012

Response to H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Bruce W. Bennett and Jennifer Lind. "The Collapse of North Korea: Military Missions and Requirements." International Security 36: 2 (Fall 2011): 84-119.
25 May 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Douglas Kraft and James F. Siekmeier, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume E-10, Documents on American Republics, 1969-1972
24 May 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Daniel Weimer. Seeing Drugs: Modernization, Counterinsurgency, and U.S. Narcotics Control in the Third World, 1969-1976
21 May 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Asa McKercher. "'The Most Serious Problem'? Canada-U.S. Relations and Cuba, 1962." Cold War History 12:1 (February 2012)
18 May 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer and Erin R Mahan, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976: SALT I, 1969-1972. Volume XXXII
16 May 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Greg Grandin and Gilbert M. Joseph, eds. A Century of Revolution: Insurgent and Counterinsurgent Violence During Latin America's Long Cold War (2010)
14 May 2012

Review Essay on T.G. Otte. The Foreign Office Mind: The Making of British Foreign Policy, 1865-1914 (2011)
11 May 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Alexander Poster. "The Gentle War: Famine Relief, Politics, and Privatization in Ethiopia, 1983-1986." Diplomatic History 36:2 (April 2012)
9 May 2012

Marc Trachtenberg response to H-Diplo Roundtable Review of John Lewis Gaddis. George F. Kennan: An American Life (2011)
8 May 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Peter L. Hahn. Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I (2012)
7 May 2012

H-Diplo Article Review of Aurélie Gfeller. "A European Voice in the Arab World: France, the Superpowers and the Middle East, 1970-74." Cold War History 11:4 (November 2011)
4 May 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Eric T. Jennings. Imperial Heights. Dalat and the Making and Undoing of French Indochina (2011)
2 May 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Melvyn P. Leffler and Jeffrey W. Legro, eds. In Uncertain Times: American Foreign Policy after the Berlin Wall and 9/11 (2011)
30 April 2012

Review Essay on Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz Band 23 (1.1.1964-31.12.1966)
27 April 2012

Review Essay on Sarah D. Shields. Fezzes in the River: Identity Politics and European Diplomacy in the Middle East on the Eve of World War II (2011)
25 April 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Loch K. Johnson. The Threat on the Horizon: An Inside Account of America's Search for Security after the Cold War
23 April 2012

H-Diplo Journal watch [jW] Second Quarter 2012
20 April 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Review Essay on Samuel Moyn. The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History and Michael Barnett. Empire of Humanity: A History of Humanitarianism
20 April 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward O. Keefer and Stephen Phillips, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume E-13, Documents on China, 1969-1972
18 April 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of John Lewis Gaddis. George F. Kennan: An American Life (2011)
16 April 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Bruce W. Bennett and Jennifer Lind. "The Collapse of North Korea: Military Missions and Requirements." International Security 36: 2 (Fall 2011): 84-119.
13 April 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Jeremi Suri. Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building From the Founders to Obama (2011)
11 April 2012

Review of "Special Forum: Musical Diplomacy: Strategies, Agendas, Relationships." Diplomatic History 36:1 (January 2012)
9 April 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Terry H. Anderson. Bush's Wars (2011)
5 April 2012

Review of Barbara Keys. "Bernath Lecture: Henry Kissinger: The Emotional Statesman." Diplomatic History 35:4 (September 2011)
4 April 2012

Response to H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review, 2012: 3 on Nicolas Guilhot’s “Cyborg Pantocrator: International Relations Theory from Decisionism to Rational Choice.” Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 47:3 (Summer 2011)
by John Prados
3 April 2012

Review Essay on Norman A. Graebner, Richard Dean Burns, and Joseph M. Siracusa. Foreign Affairs and the Founding Fathers: From Confederation to Constitution, 1776-1787 (2011)
2 April 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Nicolas Guilhot. "Cyborg Pantocrator: International Relations Theory From Decisionism to Rational Choice." Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences 47:3 (Summer 2011)
31 March 2012

Roundtable on Stephen G. Rabe. The Killing Zone: The United States Wages Cold War in Latin America (2011)
29 March 2012

Review Essay on Charlotte Alston. Piip, Meierovics and Voldemara: The Baltic States (Makers of the Modern World Series) (2010)
28 March 2012

“As Historians, We Have Responsibilities: Final Comments on Discrepancies between Qing Simei’s Citations and Sources” in H-Diplo Roundtable, Vol. XI, No. 44 by Chen Jian, Cornell University
27 March 2012

Review of Kristina Spohr Readman. "Conflict and Cooperation in Intra-Alliance Nuclear Politics: Western Europe, the United States, and the Genesis of NATO's Dual-Track Decision, 1977-1979." Journal of Cold War Studies 13:2 (Spring 2011)
26 March 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review of Paul K. MacDonald and Joseph M. Parent. "Graceful Decline? The Surprising Success of Great Power Retrenchment." International Security 35:4 (Spring 2011)
23 March 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Stephen L. Carter. The Violence of Peace: America's Wars in the Age of Obama (2011)
22 March 2012

H-Diplo Review Essay on Christian Nuenlist, Anna Locher, and Garret Martin. Globalizing de Gaulle: International Perspectives on French Foreign Policies, 1958-1969
20 March 2012

Review of Jovan Cavoski. "Overstepping the Balkan boundaries: The lesser known history of Yugoslavia's early relations with Asian countries (new evidence from Yugoslav/Serbian archives)." Cold War History 11:4 (November 2011)
19 March 2012

Author's Response by Emmet Kennedy to Article Review No. 346
16 March 2012

Review of Mario Del Pero. "'Which Chile, Allende?' Henry Kissinger and the Portuguese revolution." Cold War History 11:4 (November 2011)
16 March 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Artemy M. Kalinovsky. A Long Goodbye: The Soviet Withdrawal from Afghanistan (2011)
14 March 2012

Review of Roham Alvandi. "Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The Origins of Iranian Primacy in the Persian Gulf." Diplomatic History 36:2 (April 2012)
12 March 2012

Review of Stephen Macekura. "The Limits of the Global Community: The Nixon Administration and Global Environmental Politics." Cold War History 11:4 (November 2011)
9 March 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Thomas J. Christensen. Worse than a Monolith: Alliance Politics and Problems of Coercive Diplomacy in Asia (2011)
7 March 2012

Review of Noel D. Cary. "Olympics in Divided Berlin? Popular Culture and Political Imagination at the Cold War Frontier." Cold War History 11:3 (August 2011)
5 March 2012

Author's Response by Pierre Asselin to Article Reviews No. 327 and No. 345
{Updated with response by Ang Cheng Guan}
5 March 2012

Review of Emmet Kennedy. "Ambassador Carlton J.H. Hayes' Wartime Diplomacy: Making Spain a Haven from Hitler". Diplomatic History 36: 2 (April 2012)
2 March 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Michael C. Horowitz. The Diffusion of Military Power: Causes and Consequences for International Relations (2010)
29 February 2012

Review of Pierre Asselin. "Revisionism Triumphant: Hanoi's Diplomatic Strategy in the Nixon Era." Journal of Cold War History 13:4 (Fall 2011)
27 February 2012

Review of Weston Ullrich. "Preventing 'peace': The British Government and the Second World Peace Congress." Cold War History 11:3 (August 2011)
24 February 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Dominic Tierney. How We Fight: Crusades, Quagmires and the American Way of War (2010)
22 February 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Article Review on Thomas C. Field, Jr. "Ideology as Strategy: Military-led Modernization and the Origins of the Alliance for Progress in Bolivia." Diplomatic History 36:1 (January 2012)
20 February 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Edward C. Keefer, Nina Howland, and Craig Daigle, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, Vol. XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973 (2011)
17 February 2012

Author's Response to Review of Vanni Pettinà. "The Shadows of Cold War over Latin America: The U.S. Reaction to Fidel Castro's Nationalism, 1956-59." Cold War History 11: 3 (August 2011)
15 February 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Elizabeth N. Saunders. Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions (2011)
15 February 2012

Review of Andrea Bevenuti and David Martin Jones. "Myth and Misrepresentation in Australian Foreign Policy: Menzies and Engagement with Asia." Journal of Cold War Studies 13: 4 (Fall 2011)
13 February 2012

H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable Review of Richard Ned Lebow. A Cultural Theory of International Relations (2009)
9 February 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Elena Aga-Rossi and Victor Zaslavsky. Stalin and Togliatti: Italy and the Origins of the Cold War (2011)
8 February 2012

Review of Milan Babík. "George D. Herron and the Eschatological Foundations of Woodrow Wilson's Foreign Policy, 1917-1919." Diplomatic History 35:5 (November 2011)
6 February 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Christopher J. Bright. Continental Defense in the Eisenhower Era: Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War (2010)
1 February 2012

Review of Vanni Pettinà. "The Shadows of Cold War over Latin America: The U.S. Reaction to Fidel Castro's Nationalism, 1956-59." Cold War History 11: 3 (August 2011)
30 January 2012

H-Diplo FRUS Review of Kathleen B. Rasmussen and Edward C. Keefer, eds. Foreign Relations of the United States 1969-1976, Vol. XXXI, Foreign Economic Policy, 1973-1976 (2009)
24 January 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Alessandro Brogi. Confronting America: the Cold War between the United States and the Communists in France and Italy (2011)
23 January 2012

H-Diplo Journal watch [jW] First Quarter 2012
20 January 2012

Review of Marc DeVore. "The United Kingdom's last hot war of the Cold War: Oman, 1963-75." Journal of Cold War History 11:3 (August 2011)
18 January 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Sean McMeekin. The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power (2010)
16 January 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Nicholas Khoo. Collateral Damage; Sino-Soviet Rivalry and the Termination of the Sino-Vietnamese Alliance (2011)
11 January 2012

Review of Christopher R.W. Dietrich. "'Arab Oil Belongs to the Arabs': Raw Material Sovereignty, Cold War Boundaries, and the Nationalisation of the Iraq Petroleum Company, 1967-1973." Diplomacy & Statecraft 22:4 (2011)
9 January 2012

H-Diplo Roundtable on Melvyn P. Leffler and Odd Arne Westad (eds). The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Volume III: Endings (2010, 2012)
6 January 2012

Review Essay on Alan Sharp. Consequences of Peace: The Versailles Settlement: Aftermath and Legacy (Makers of the Modern World series)
3 January 2012

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H-Diplo has launched a new series of roundtable book reviews, article reviews, and essays on recent research in the field of international security studies. This series is made possible by the support of the International Security Studies Forum (ISSF), a partnership between the International Studies Association's Security Studies Section and the journals International Security, Security Studies, and the Journal of Strategic Studies. We thank all of the ISSF sponsoring institutions and organizations, a complete list of which can be found on the ISSF website. The new project on international security studies furthers the connection between the academic disciplines of diplomatic history and international relations. MORE