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van Alstein, Maarten, “The Meaning of Hostile Bipolarization: Interpreting the Origins of the Cold War,” Cold War History (London), 9 (Aug. 2009), 301–19.

 

Aono, Toshihiko, “Berurin kiki to ‘chûritsushugi’ 1960–61” (The Berlin crisis and third world neutralism, 1960–61), Kokusai Seiji (Tokyo), 152 (March 2008), 115–31. In Japanese.

Boraz, Steven C., “Maritime Domain Awareness,” Naval War College Review, 62 (Summer 2009), 137–46.

Bozo, Frédéric, “‘Winners’ and ‘Losers’: France, the United States, and the End of the Cold War,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Nov. 2009), 927–56.

Brinkley, Douglas, “tr’s Wild Side,” American Heritage, 59 (Fall 2009), 26–35.

Caldwell, Dan, “The Legitimation of the Nixon-Kissinger Grand Design and Grand Strategy,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 633–52.

Chorey, Nitsan, and Sarah Babb, “The Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Future of International Institutions: A Comparison of the imf and the wto,” Theory and Society (Dordrecht), 38 (Sept. 2009), 459–84.

Fardella, Enrico, “The Sino-American Normalization: A Reassessment,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 545–78.

Feaver, Peter D., “Debating American Grand Strategy after Major War,” Orbis, 53 (Fall 2009), 547–52.

Fitzgerald, Frances, “Vietnam and the United States: The Price of Intransigence,” in Getting Out: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq, ed. Michael Walzer and Nicolaus Mills, 62–71. (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. viii, 158 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8122-4216-4.)

Haglund, David G., and Justin Massie, “Has Quebec Become a Northern Mexico? Public Opinion and America’s ‘Long War,’” American Review of Canadian Studies, 39 (Winter 2009), 398–417.

Hilton, Brian, “‘Maximum Flexibility for Peaceful Change’: Jimmy Carter, Taiwan, and the Recognition of the People’s Republic of China,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 595–613.

Irwin, Ryan M., “A Wind of Change? White Redoubt and the Postcolonial Moment, 1960–1963,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Nov. 2009), 897–925.

Jang, Jun-Kab, “Johnson Hangjeongbu Chogiui Hanmi Kwangye (1964–66)” (The Johnson’s administrations early Korean-American relations (1964–66)), Yoksawa Damron/History and Discourse, 52 (April 2009), 245–71. In Korean.

Jang, Jun-Kab, “Nixonui Weagyo Jeongchak Ikgi” (A reading of Nixon’s foreign policy), Miguksa Yongu/Korean Journal of American History (Seoul), 28 (Nov. 2008), 179–205. In Korean.

Jang, Jun-Kab, “The Nixon Hangjeongbueui Asia Detentwa Hanmi Kwangye” (Nixon administration’s Asian détente and Korean-American relations), Yoksawa Gyonggye/History and Boundaries, 70 (March 2009), 195–220. In Korean.

Kimball, Jeffrey P., “The Big Picture: William Applebaum Williams, the Vietnam War, and the Economic Interpretation of U.S. Foreign Relations,” New England Journal of History, 66 (Fall 2009), 79–102.

Kotlowski, Dean J., “Breaching the Paper Walls: Paul V. McNutt and Jewish Refugees to the Philippines, 1938–1939,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Nov. 2009), 865–96.

Kraska, James, “Grasping ‘the Influence of Law on Sea Power,’” Naval War College Review, 62 (Summer 2009), 113–35.

Kuzniar, Roman, et al., “Polityka amerykanska wobec Europy Wschodniej w okresie zimnej wojny” (American policy toward Eastern Europe during the Cold War), in Radio Wolna Europa w polityce polskiej i zachodniej (Radio Free Europe in Polish politics and the West), ed. Andrzej Borzyma and Jeremi Sadowski, 32–56. (Warsaw: Stowarzyszenie Wolnego Slowa, 2009. 221 pp. isbn 978-83-924585-3-1.) In Polish.

Masco, Joseph, “‘Survival Is Your Business’: Engineering Ruins and Affect in Nuclear America,” Cultural Anthropology, 24 (Aug. 2009), 361–98.

Michalek, Krzysztof, “Ku zmianie amerykanskiej strategii wobec Europy Wschodniej: Administracja George’a Busha seniora wobec Okraglego Stolu” (On the path to change in the U.S. strategy toward Eastern Europe: The administration of George Bush Sr. and the round table talks), in Polski rok 1989: Sukcesy, zaniechania, porazki (Poland 1989: Success, failure, failure), by Marek Jablonowski, Stanislaw Stepka, and Stanislaw Sulowski, 473–89. (Warsaw: Oficyna Wydawnicza aspra-jr, 2009. isbn 978-83-7545-055-2.) In Polish.

Moyar, Mark, “Grand Strategy after the Vietnam War,” Orbis, 53 (Fall 2009), 591–610.

Munteanu, Mircea, “Communication Breakdown? Romania and the Sino-American Rapprochement,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 615–31.

Parthé, Kathleen, “The Politics of Détente-Era Cultural Texts: 1969–1976,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 723–33.

Rizas, Sotiris, “Managing a Conflict between Allies: United States Policy towards Greece and Turkey in Relation to the Aegean Dispute, 1974–76,” Cold War History (London), 9 (Aug. 2009), 367–87.

Romano, Angela, “Détente, Entente, or Linkage? The Helsinki Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe in U.S. Relations with the Soviet Union,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 703–22.

Rutland, Suzanne D., and Sol Encel, “No Room at the Inn: American Responses to Australian Immigration Policies, 1946–54,” Patterns of Prejudice (London), 43 (Dec. 2009), 497–518.

Sapolsky, Harvey M., Benjamin J. Friedman, and Daryl G. Press, “Restraining Order: For Strategty Modesty,” World Affairs, 172 (Fall 2009), 84–94.

Selvage, Douglas E., “Transforming the Soviet Sphere of Influence? U.S.-Soviet Détente and Eastern Europe, 1969–1976,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 671–87.

Shimada, Masugi, “Reisen shoki no shiminkyôiku to rekishizô” (Civic education and historiography in the early Cold War era: The role of the ‘freedom train’ movement), in Amerika minshushugi no kako to genzai (The past and present of American democracy), by Eisaku Kihira, 161–93. (Kyoto: Mineruva Shobo, 2008. 334 pp. ¥4,725, isbn 978-4-62305-140-3.) In Japanese.

Simac, Neven, “Zbigniew Brzezinski: Stvarni izbor—Amerika i ostatak svijeta” (Zbigniew Brzezinski: The real choice—America and the rest of the world), Nova prisutnost: Casopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja, 3 (no. 2, 2005), 311–26. In Croatian.

Smith, Kevin, “Reassessing Roosevelt’s View of Chamberlain after Munich: Ideological Affinity in the Geoffrey Thompson–Claude Bowers Correspondence,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Nov. 2009), 839–64.

Stueck, William, “Reassessing U.S. Strategy in the Aftermath of the Korean War,” Orbis, 53 (Fall 2009), 571–90.

Suri, Jeremi, “American Grand Strategy from the Cold War’s End to 9/11,” Orbis, 53 (Fall 2009), 611–27.

Twigge, Stephen R., “Operation Hullabaloo: Henry Kissinger, British Diplomacy, and the Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 689–701.

Tyrrell, Ian, “Reflections on the Transnational Turn in United States History: Theory and Practice,” Journal of Global History, 4 (Nov. 2009), 453–74.

Üthi, Lorenz M. L., “The Origins of Proletarian Diplomacy: The Chinese Attack on the American Embassy in the Soviet Union, 4 March 1965; From Chiang Kai-shek to Mao,” Cold War History (London), 9 (Aug. 2009), 411–26.

Walker, Breck, “‘Friends, but Not Allies’— Cyrus Vance and the Normalization of Relations with China,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 579–94.

Yi, Hyunhwee, “Miguk Daeeuijongchaekeu Gwanseukgwa 21Saegi Mijunggwangaeeu Jeonmang” (The prejudice of U.S. foreign policy and the prospect for Sino-American relations in the 21st century), Miguksa Yongu/Korean Journal of American History (Seoul), 29 (May 2009), 157–98. In Korean.

Yoshihara, Toshi, and James R. Holmes, “Thinking about the Unthinkable,” Naval War College Review, 62 (Summer 2009), 59–78.

Zelizer, Julian E., “Détente and Domestic Politics,” Diplomatic History, 33 (Sept. 2009), 653–70.

Zoubir, Yahia H., “The United States and Maghreb-Sahel Security,” International Affairs (London), 85 (Sept. 2009), 977–95.

 

Coe, Kevin M., “Words of War: Presidential Rationales for Military Action from World War II to Iraq” (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2008). Order No. DA3337741.

Dunsmore, Katherine A., “Mediating Alliance: The Role of the Press in Sustaining Reciprocity in the U.S.-Canada Relationship” (University of Washington, 2008).

Hammad, Fayez Yousef, “The Resiliency of Arab Authoritarianism and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The United States’s Role in the Cases of Egypt and Jordan” (University of Southern California, 2008). Order No. DA3341689.

Hawkins, Michael Gary, “Co-producing the Postcolonial: U.S.-Philippine Cinematic Relations, 1946–1986” (University of California, Los Angeles, 2008). Order No. DA3335885.

Sasaki-Gayle, Motoe, “Entangled with Empire: American Women and the Creation of the ‘New Woman’ in China, 1898–1937” (Johns Hopkins University, 2009). Order No. DA3339969.

Thapa, Anirudra, “The Indic Orient, Nation, and Transnationalism: Exploring the Imperial Outposts of Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literary Culture, 1840–1900” (Texas Christian University, 2008). Order No. DA3336435.

Tian, Dexin, “The Chinese Cultural Perceptions of Innovation, Fair Use, and the Public Domain: A Grass-Roots Approach to Studying the U.S.-China Copyright Disputes” (Bowling Green State University, 2008). Order No. DA3335442.

 

Giangreco, D. M., Hell to Pay: Operation Downfall and the Invasion of Japan, 1945–1947. (Annapolis: Naval Institute, 2009. xxiv, 362 pp. $36.95, isbn 978-1-59114-316-1.)

Glant, Tibor, Kettös tükörben: Magyarország helye a amerikai külpolitikában és közvéleményben az elsö világháború idején (Double reflection: Hungary’s place in U.S. diplomacy and public opinion during World War I). (Debrecen: Kossuth Egyetemi Kiadó, 2008. 307 pp. isbn 978-963-473-128-3.) In Hungarian.

Jablonowski, Marek, Stanislaw Stepka, and Stanislaw Sulowski, Polski rok 1989: Sukcesy, zaniechania, porazki (Poland 1989: Success, failure, failure). (Warsaw: Oficyna Wydawnicza aspra-jr, 2009. isbn 978-83-7545-055-2.) In Polish.

Kan, Hideki, ed., Amerika no sensô to sekaichitsujo (America’s wars and the making of a liberal world order). (Tokyo: Hôsei University Press, 2008. 412 pp. ¥3,800, isbn 978-4-588-60301-3.) In Japanese.

Kania, Marta, and Anna Kaganiec-Kamiénska, eds., Doswiadczenie demokracji w Ameryce Lacinskiej: Materialy z ogólnopolskiej konferencji zorganizowanej prez Instytut Amerykanistyki i Studiów Polonijnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 19–20 pazdziernika 2007 (The experience of democracy in Latin America: Materials from the national conference organized by the Institute of American Studies and Polish Diaspora, Jagiellonian University, 19–20 October 2007). (Krakow: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, 2008. 278 pp. isbn 978-83-233-2612-0.) In Polish. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.

Kurashina, Itsuki, Aizenhawâ seiken to nishi-Doitsu (Binding the Germans and talking with the Soviets: U.S. disarmament policy and the Junktim with German reunification, 1955–1960). (Kyoto: Minerva, 2008. 249 pp. ¥5,000, isbn 978-4-623-05183-0.) In Japanese.

Matsuda, Takeshi, Sengo Nihon ni okeru Amerika no sofutopawâ (Soft power and its perils: U.S. cultural policy in early postwar Japan and permanent dependency). (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2008. 444 pp. ¥5,800, isbn 978-4-00-023676-8.) In Japanese.

McCoy, Alfred W., Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2009. xviii, 659 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 978-0-299-23414-0.)

Onozawa, Tôru, “Pafuravi-chô Iran to gasshûkoku, 1953–63 nen” (Pahlavi dynasty Iran and the United States, 1953–63), in Amerika minshushugi no kako to genzai (The past and present of American democracy), by Eisaku Kihira, 227–67. (Kyoto: Mineruva Shobo, 2008. 334 pp. ¥4,725, isbn 978-4-62305-140-3.) In Japanese.

Sasaki, Takuya, Aizenhawâ seiken no fûjikome seisaku (The Eisenhower administration’s containment policy: The Soviet threat, the missile gap controversy, and east-west exchanges). (Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2008. 254 pp. ¥3,100, isbn 978-4-641-17340-8.) In Japanese.

Soljan, Nina Morana, Vanjske politike sad i eu prema Kini (Foreign policy of the United States and eu toward China). (Zagreb: University of Zagreb, 2009.) In Croatian.

Vukadinovic, Radovan, Amerika i Rusija (American and Russia). (Zagreb: Politicka kultura, 2008. 173 pp. isbn 978-953-258-028-0.) In Croatian.

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