Recent Scholarship
International Relations
Bucheli, Marcelo, “Negotiating under the Monroe Doctrine: Weetman Pearson and the Origins of U.S. Control of Colombian Oil,” Business History Review, 82 (Autumn 2008), 529–53.
Castledine, Jacqueline, “‘In a Solid Bond of Unity’: Anticolonial Feminism in the Cold War Era,” Journal of Women’s History, 20 (Winter 2008), 57–81.
Corley, J. Susan, “The British Press Greets the King of the Sandwich Islands: Kamehameha II in London, 1824,” Hawaiian Journal of History, 42 (2008), 69–103.
Fink, Carole, “Louis Marshall: An American Jewish Diplomat in Paris, 1919,” American Jewish History, 94 (March–June 2008), 21–40.
Gismondi, Michael, and Jeremy Mouat, “‘La Enojosa Cuestión de Emery’: The Emery Claim in Nicaragua and American Foreign Policy, c. 1880–1910,” Americas, 65 (Jan. 2009), 375–409.
Grieves, Kevin, “The U.S. Information Bulletin and Mixed Signals in the Democracy Lessons for Postwar Germany,” American Journalism, 25 (Summer 2008), 71–96.
Hackler, Rhoda E. A., “‘Earnest Persuasion but Not Peremptory Demand’: United States Government Policy toward the Kingdom of Hawai‘I, 1820–1863,” Hawaiian Journal of History, 42 (2008), 49–67.
Hajimu, Masuda, “Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes and the Social Construction of American-Japanese Relations, 1905–1913,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Jan. 2009), 1–37.
Klosowicz, Robert, “Polityka usa wobec Libanu po II wojnie swiatowej I jej wplyw na sytuacje wewnetrzna w tym kraju” (The U.S. policy toward Lebanon after World War II and its impact on a domestic situation in that country), in Swiat arabski w procesie przemian: Zmiany spoleczne i kultruowe oraz reformy polityczne (The Arab world in the process of change: Social change), ed. Andrzej Kapiszewski, 305–16. (Kraków: Ksiegarnia Akademicka, 2008. 383 pp. zl. 38.00, isbn 8-3718-8081-0.) In Polish.
Lanciotti, Norma S., “Foreign Investments in Electric Utilities: A Comparative Analysis of Belgian and American Companies in Argentina, 1890–1960,” Business History Review, 82 (Autumn 2008), 503–28.
Lehmann, Timothy C., “Keeping Friends Close and Enemies Closer: Classical Realist Statecraft and Economic Exchange in U.S. Interwar Strategy,” Security Studies (London), 18 (Jan. 2009), 115–47.
Lucas, Scott, and Kaeten Mistry, “Illusions of Coherence: George F. Kennan, U.S. Strategy, and Political Warfare in the Early Cold War, 1946–1950,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Jan. 2009), 39–66.
Mauch, Peter, “A Bolt from the Blue? New Evidence on the Japanese Navy and the Draft Understanding between Japan and the United States, April 1941,” Pacific Historical Review, 78 (Feb. 2009), 55–81.
Michalek, Krysztof, “Powinno powstac niezawisle panstwo polskie: 1918–1947” (An independent Polish state should be erected: 1918–1947), in My Naród: 90 lat stosunków dyplomatycznych miedzy Polska a usa (We the people: 90 years of Polish-U.S. diplomatic ties), ed. Henryk Szlajfer, 22–55. (Warsaw: Archiwum Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Warszawie, 2009. 98 pp. isbn 978-8-392-64622-8.) In Polish.
Niemi, William L., and David J. Plante, “Antecedents of Resistance: Populism and the Possibilities for Democratic Globalizations,” New Political Science, 30 (Dec. 2008), 427–47.
Nuenlist, Christian, “The Quiet Man: Dean Rusk and Western Europe,” Journal of Transatlantic Studies (Edinburgh), 6 (no. 3, 2008), 263–78.
Pisarski, Maciej, “Stosunki Polski ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi” (Polish-U.S. relations), Rocznik Polskiej Polityki Zagranicznej (Warsaw) (2007), 83–96. In Polish.
Pula, James S., “Przyjmijmy ich z otwartymi ramionami: 1608–1918” (Let the shoulders of our nation be opened: 1608–1918), in My Naród: 90 lat stosunków dyplomatycznych miedzy Polska a usa (We the people: 90 years of Polish-U.S. diplomatic ties), ed. Henryk Szlajfer, 6–21. (Warsaw: Archiwum Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Warszawie, 2009. 98 pp. isbn 978-8-392-64622-8.) In Polish.
Rafael de la Cova, Antonio, “The Kentucky Regiment That Invaded Cuba in 1850,” Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, 105 (Autumn 2007), 571–615.
Savel’eva, I. M., and A. V. Poletaev, “Istoricheskoe znaniia amerikantsev” (Historical knowledge of Americans), in Vremia, Istoriia, Pamiat’: Istoricheskoe soznanie v prostranstve kul’tury (Time, history, memory: Historical consciousness in cultural space), ed. L. P. Repina, 287–318. (Moscow: ivi ran, 2007. 319 pp. isbn 978-5-940-67193-0.) In Russian.
Wandycz, Piotr S., “Widzialem Polske zdradzona: Lata zimnej wojny, 1947–1988” (I saw Poland betrayed: Cold War years, 1947–1988), in My Naród: 90 lat stosunków dyplomatycznych miedzy Polska a usa (We the people: 90 years of Polish-U.S. diplomatic ties), ed. Henryk Szlajfer, 56–75. (Warsaw: Archiwum Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Warszawie, 2009. 98 pp. isbn 978-8-392-64622-8.) In Polish.
Warner, Geoffrey, “The United States and the Cyprus Crisis of 1974,” International Affairs (London), 85 (Jan. 2009), 129–43.
Webster, David, “Regimes in Motion: The Kennedy Administration and Indonesia’s New Frontier, 1960–1962,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Jan. 2009), 95–123.
Bui, Diem-My Thi, “Embodiments of Difference: Representations of Vietnamese Women in the U.S. Cultural Imaginary” (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2008). Order No. DA3314969.
Cadle, Nathaniel, “The Mediating Nation: American Literature and Globalization from Henry James to Woodrow Wilson” (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2008). Order No. DA3304331.
Chen, Liang (Larry), “From a Christian Socialist to a Christian Realist: Reinhold Niebuhr and the Soviet Union, 1930–1945” (National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2008).
DeSilvio, David M., “The Influence of Domestic Politics on Foreign Policy in the Election of 1940” (Wayne State University, 2008). Order No. DA3303514.
DeWaters, Diane K., “The World War II Conferences in Washington, D.C. and Quebec City: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill” (University of Texas, Arlington, 2008). Order No. DA3307245.
Lawler, Kristin, “Radical: The Image of the Surfer and the Politics of Popular Culture” (City University of New York, 2008). Order No. DA3310642.
Murphy, Emily Axford, “‘To Keep Our Trading for Our Livelihood’: The Derby Family of Salem, Massachusetts, and Their Rise to Power in the British Atlantic World” (Boston University, 2008). Order No. DA3314056.
Nichols, Christopher McKnight, “From Empire to Isolation: Internationalism and Isolationism in American Thought” (University of Virginia, 2008). Order No. DA3312186.
Olsen, Margaret Nunnelley, “One Nation, One World: American Clubwomen and the Politics of Internationalism, 1945–1961” (Rice University, 2008). Order No. DA3309934.
Oyen, Meredith Leigh, “Allies, Enemies, and Aliens: Migration and U.S.-Chinese Relations, 1940–1965” (Georgetown University, 2007). Order No. DA3313029.
Sargent, Daniel Jonathan, “From Internationalism to Globalism: The United States and the Transformation of International Politics in the 1970s” (Harvard University, 2008). Order No. DA3312511.
Skonieczny, Amy Marie, “Trading Stories: Narrative, Event, and Social Theory in International Economic Relations” (University of Minnesota, 2008). Order No. DA3310631.
Stewart, Caitlin Carenen, “Religious Diplomacy: American Protestants and a Jewish State, 1933–1979” (Emory University, 2008). Order No. DA3310293.
Throntveit, Trygve Van Regenmorter, “Related States: Pragmatism, Progressivism, and Internationalism in American Thought and Politics, 1880–1920” (Harvard University, 2008). Order No. DA3312543.
Urayama, Kaori, “Missile Defense, U.S.-Japan Alliance, and Sino-Japanese Relations, 1983–2007” (Boston University, 2008). Order No. DA3314085.
Verinakis, Theofanis Costas Dino, “Barbaric Sovereignty: States of Emergency and Their Colonial Legacies” (University of California, San Diego, 2008). Order No. DA3307699.
Weisbrode, Kenneth, “The State Department’s Bureau of European Affairs and American Diplomacy, 1909–1989” (Harvard University, 2008). Order No. DA3312562.
Wong, Wendy H., “Centralizing Principles: How Amnesty International Shaped Human Rights Politics through Its Transnational Network” (University of California, San Diego, 2008). Order No. DA3307141.
Wright, Thomas J., “Great Power Responses to Threat Transitions and the Legitimacy Burden: U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1943–1950” (Georgetown University, 2007). Order No. DA3313020.
Bass, Thomas A., The Spy Who Loved Us: The Vietnam War and Pham Xuan An’s Dangerous Game. (New York: Public Affairs, 2009. xviii, 297 pp. $26.95, isbn 978-1-58648-409-5.)
Braisted, William Reynolds, Diplomats in Blue: U.S. Naval Officers in China, 1922–1933. (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009. xviii, 405 pp. $75.00, isbn 978-0-8130-3288-7.)
Campus, Mauro, L’Italia, gli Stati Uniti, e il piano Marshall: 1947–1951 (Italy, the United States, and the Marshall Plan: 1947–1951). (Rome–Bari: Laterza, 2008. 240 pp. €24.00, isbn 978-8-842-08733-5.) In Italian.
Chua, Amy, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—And Why They Fall. (New York: Anchor, 2009. xxxiv, 396 pp. Paper, $16.95, isbn 978-1-4000-7741-0.)
Davidson, Lawrence, Foreign Policy, Inc.: Privatizing America’s National Interest. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2009. x, 188 pp. $27.50, isbn 978-0-8131-2524-4.)
Dejnowicz, Malgorzata, ed., Oblicze polityczne regionów Polski: Elity i spoleczenstwo. (Bialystok: Wydawnictwo Wyzszej Szkoly Finansów i Zarzadzania, 2008. isbn 978-8-360-43237-2.) In Polish. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Egorova, N. I., et al., eds., Rossiia-SShA: Politika i diplomatiia v XX–XXI vv. (Russia-usa: Politics and diplomacy in the 20th–21st centuries). (Moscow: OLMA Media Grup, 2008. 160 pp. isbn 978-5-373-02337.) In Russian.
Fiorentino, Daniele, and Matteo Sanfilippo, Le relazioni tra Stati Uniti e Italia nel periodo di Roma capitale (The relations between Italy and the United States in the age of Rome as the capital of Italy). (Rome: Gangemi, 2008. 192 pp. €22.00, isbn 978-8-849-21587-8.) In Italian.
Gran, Peter, The Rise of the Rich: A New View of Modern World History. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2009. xxxii, 269 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-8156-3171-2.)
Hodgson, Godfrey, The Myth of American Exceptionalism. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. xviii, 221 pp. $26.00, isbn 978-0-300-12570-2.)
Ikenberry, G. John, et al., The Crisis of American Foreign Policy: Wilsonianism in the Twenty-first Century. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. 157 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-691-13969-2.)
Johnstone, Andrew, Dilemmas of Internationalism: The American Association for the United Nations and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1941–1948. (Aldershot, Eng.: Ashgate, 2009. 212 pp. Ł55.00, isbn 978-0-754-66360-7.)
Jones, Howard, Crucible of Power: A History of American Foreign Relations from 1945. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. xiv, 383 pp. Cloth, $80.00, isbn 978-0-7425-6453-4. Paper, $39.95, isbn 978-0-7425-6454-1.)
Klitzing, Holger, The Nemesis of Stability: Henry A. Kissinger’s Ambivalent Relationship with Germany. (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, 2007. xiv, 515 pp. Paper, €49.50, isbn 978-3-88476-942-3.)
Kubyshkin, A. I., ed., Americana, vol. 9: Amerikantsy na Volge, volzhane v Amerike (Americana, vol. 9: Americans on the Volga, Volga people in America). (Volgograd: Izdatel’stvo Volgogradskogo gosuderstvennogo universiteta, 2008. isbn 978-5-9669-0458-6.) In Russian. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Kurzman, Charles, Democracy Denied, 1905–1915: Intellectuals and the Fate of Democracy. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008. 396 pp. $49.95, isbn 978-0-674-03092-3.)
Lulat, Y. G-M., United States Relations with South Africa: A Critical Overview from the Colonial Period to the Present. (New York: Peter Lang, 2008. lxii, 632 pp. Cloth, $149.95, isbn 978-0-8204-7907-1. Paper, $52.95, isbn 978-0-8204-7906-4.)
Marczewska-Zagdanska, Hanna, Stany Zjednoczone a Europa Srodkowo-Wschodnia w latach 1933–1841 (The United States and East-Central Europe in the years 1933–1941). (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo DiG, 2008. 657 pp. zl. 60, isbn 978-8-371-81558-4.) In Polish.
Miller, James Edward, The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950–1974. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009. xviii, 301 pp. $45.00, isbn 978-0-8078-3247-9.)
Missal, Alexander, Seaway to the Future: American Social Visions and the Construction of the Panama Canal. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008. xii, 267 pp. $34.95, isbn 978-0-299-22940-5.)
Moss, Walter G., An Age of Progress? Clashing Twentieth-Century Global Forces. (New York: Anthem, 2008. xxviii, 325 pp. $35.00, isbn 978-1-84331-301-4.)
Nelson, Anna Kasten, ed., The Policy Makers: Shaping American Foreign Policy from 1947 to the Present. (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009. viii, 188 pp. Cloth, $80.00, isbn 978-0-7425-5041-4. Paper, $26.95, isbn 978-0-7425-5042-1.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Ross-Nazzal, James, The U.S. Veto and the Polemics of the Question of Palestine in the United Nations Security Council, 1972–2007. (Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen, 2008. vi, 192 pp. $109.95, isbn 978-0-7734-5062-2.)
Selverstone, Marc J., Constructing the Monolith: The United States, Great Britain, and International Communism, 1945–1950. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2009. xiv, 304 pp. $49.95, isbn 978-0-674-03179-1.)
Sinno, Abdulkader H., ed., Muslims in Western Politics. (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2009. xiv, 301 pp. Cloth, $65.00, isbn 978-0-253-35247-7. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-253-22024-0.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Summitt, April R., John F. Kennedy and U.S.–Middle East Relations: A History of American Foreign Policy in the 1960s. (Lewiston, N.Y.: Mellen, 2008. iv, 275 pp. $109.95, isbn 978-0-7734-4942-8.)
Szlajfer, Henryk, ed., My Naród: 90 lat stosunków dyplomatycznych miedzy Polska a usa (We the people: 90 years of Polish-U.S. diplomatic ties). (Warsaw: Archiwum Ministerstwa Spraw Zagranicznych, Ambasada Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki w Warszawie, 2009. 98 pp. isbn 978-8-392-64622-8.) In Polish and English. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Thomŕs, Joan Maria, Roosevelt and Franco during the Second World War: From the Spanish Civil War to Pearl Harbor. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. viii, 272 pp. $84.95, isbn 978-0-230-60450-6.)
Wells, Allen, Tropical Zion: General Trujillo, fdr, and the Jews of Sosúa. (Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. xxxii, 447 pp. Cloth, $99.95, isbn 978-0-8223-4389-9. Paper, $27.95, isbn 978-0-8223-4407-0.)
Grady, Henry F., The Memoirs of Ambassador Henry J. Grady: From the Great War to the Cold War, ed. John T. McNay. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2009. x, 222 pp. $39.95, isbn 978-0-8262-1832-2.)
Qaimmaqami, Linda W., and Adam M. Howard, eds., Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, vol. 24: Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969–1972; Jordan, September 1970. (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 2008. xxxii, 966 pp. isbn 978-0-16-079992-1.)
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