Recent Scholarship
International Relations
Aguila, Jaime R., “Mexican/U.S. Immigration Policy prior to the Great Depression,” Diplomatic History, 31 (April 2007), 207–25.
Bradley, Mark Philip, “Making Sense of the French War: The Postcolonial Moment and the First Vietnam War, 1945–1954,” in The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis, ed. Mark Atwood Lawrence and Fredrik Logevall, 16–40. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. x, 374 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-674-02371-0. Paper, $22.95, isbn 978-0-674-02392-5.)
Brown, Archie, “Perestroika and the End of the Cold War,” Cold War History (London), 7 (Feb. 2007), 1–17.
Cullather, Nick, “The Foreign Policy of the Calorie,” American Historical Review, 112 (April 2007), 337–64.
Damousi, Joy, “‘The Filthy American Twang’: Elocution, the Advent of American ‘Talkies’, and Australian Cultural Identity,” American Historical Review, 112 (April 2007), 394–416.
Del Pero, Mario, “Gli Stati Uniti e il dilemma italiano” (The United States and the Italian dilemma), in Le istituzioni repubblicane dal centrismo al centro-sinistra (1953–1968) (The Republican institutions from centrism to the center-left [1953–1968]), ed. Pier Luigi Ballini, Sandro Guerrieri, and Antonio Varsori, 212–26. (Rome: Carocci, 2006. €29.20, isbn 88-430-3675-0.) In Italian.
Del Pero, Mario, “L’Italia e gli Stati Uniti: un legame rinnovato?” (Italy and the United States: A renewed connection?), in Nazione, Interdipendenza, Integrazione. Le relazioni internazionali dell’Italia (1917–1989) (Nation, interdependence, integration. Italy’s foreign relations [1917–1989]), ed. Federico Romero and Antonio Varsori, 301–15. (Rome: Carocci, 2006. 384 pp. €27.00, isbn 88-430-3810-9.) In Italian.
Embry, Jessie L., “The Church Follows the Flag: U.S. Foreign Aid, Utah Universities, the lds Church, and Iran, 1950–64,” Journal of Mormon History, 32 (Fall 2006), 141–79.
Fernández-Kelly, Patricia, “Borders for Whom? The Role of nafta in Mexico-U.S. Migration,” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 610 (March 2007), 98–118.
Fuchs, Eckhardt, “The Creation of New International Networks in Education: The League of Nations and Educational Organizations in the 1920s,” Paedagogica Historica (Gent), 43 (April 2007), 199–209.
Gray, William Glenn, “Floating the System: Germany, the United States, and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods, 1969–1973,” Diplomatic History, 31 (April 2007), 295–323.
Hoelbling, Walter W., “‘Divided We Stand’: U. S. Rhetoric of Defense and Defensive European Politics,” in The United States and Europe: Beyond the Neo-Conservative Divide?, ed. John Baylis and Jon Roper, 216–28. (London: Routledge, 2006. isbn 0-415-36999-1.)
Isserman, Maurice, “Highest Adventure,” American Heritage, 58 (Feb.–March 2007), 58–70. Heavily illustrated.
Kaiser, David, “The Physics of Spin: Sputnik Politics and American Physicists in the 1950s,” Social Research, 73 (Winter 2006), 1225–52.
Keliher, Macabe, “Anglo-American Rivalry and the Origins of U.S. China Policy,” Diplomatic History, 31 (April 2007), 227–57.
Kennedy, Dane, “On the American Empire from a British Imperial Perspective,” International History Review (Burnaby), 29 (March 2007), 83–108.
Lake, Marilyn, “‘The Brightness of Eyes and Quiet Assurance Which Seem to Say American’: Alfred Deakin’s Identification with Republican Manhood,” Australian Historical Studies (Parkville), 38 (April 2007), 32–51.
Lumbers, Michael, “‘Staying Out of This Chinese Muddle’: The Johnson Administration’s Response to the Cultural Revolution,” Diplomatic History, 31 (April 2007), 259–94.
Malleck, Dan, “An Innovation from Across the Line: The American Drinker and Liquor Regulation in Two Ontario Border Communities, 1927–1944,” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes (Peterborough), 41 (Winter 2007), 151–71.
Nawrotzki, Kristen D., “‘Like sending coals to Newcastle’: Impressions from and of the Anglo-American Kindergarten Movements,” Paedagogica Historica (Gent), 43 (April 2007), 223–33.
Peters, Christabelle, “‘Cuba no es el Congo’: The Impact of the October 1962 Missile Crisis on Cuban International Identity,” 49th Parallel (Birmingham) (no. 18, Summer 2006), http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk.
Prados, John, “Assessing Dien Bien Phu,” in The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis, ed. Mark Atwood Lawrence and Fredrik Logevall, 215–39. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. x, 374 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-674-02371-0. Paper, $22.95, isbn 978-0-674-02392-5.)
Puig Raposo, Nuria, and Adoración Alvaro Moya, “La guerra fría y los empresarios españoles: la articulación de los intereses económicos de los Estados Unidos en España, 1950–1975” (The Cold War and Spanish entrepreneurs: The articulation of U.S. economic interests in Spain, 1950–1975), Revista de Historia Económica (Madrid), 22 (no.2, 2004), 388–424. In Spanish.
Romero, Federico, “La scelta atlantica e Americana” (The Atlantic and American choice), in Nazione, Interdipendenza, Integrazione. Le relazioni internazionali dell’Italia (1917–1989) (Nation, interdependence, integration. Italy’s foreign relations [1917–1989]), ed. Federico Romero and Antonio Varsori, 155–72. (Rome: Carocci, 2006. 384 pp. €27.00, isbn 88-430-3810-9.) In Italian.
Rotter, Andrew J., “Chronicle of a War Foretold: The United States and Vietnam, 1945–1954,” in The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis, ed. Mark Atwood Lawrence and Fredrik Logevall, 282–306. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. x, 374 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-674-02371-0. Paper, $22.95, isbn 978-0-674-02392-5.)
Segev, Zohar, “The Jewish State in Abba Hillel Silver’s Overall World View,” American Jewish Archives Journal, 56 (no.1– 2 2004), 94–127.
Seigel, Michael T., “Japan’s Peace Constitution and the Security Dilemma,” Nanzan Review of American Studies (Nagoya), 28 (2006), 13–30.
Sewell, Bevan, “A Global Policy in a Regional Setting: The Eisenhower Administration & Latin America, 1953–54,” 49th Parallel (Birmingham) (no. 18, Summer 2006), http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk.
Sherman, Matthew C., “‘The Most Serious Senator’: A Reconsideration of Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri and the North Atlantic Treaty,” Missouri Historical Review, 101 (Jan. 2007), 78–98.
Souva, Mark, and David Rohde, “Elite Opinion Differences and Partisanship in Congressional Foreign Policy, 1975–1996,” Political Research Quarterly, 60 (March 2007), 113–23.
Spokes, Mark, “A Shining Example for All the World: U.S. Hemisphere Policy and Global Strategy,” 49th Parallel (Birmingham) (no. 18, Summer 2006), http://www.49thparallel.bham.ac.uk.
Sundberg, Juanita, “Reconfiguring North-South Solidarity: Critical Reflections on Experiences of Transnational Resistance,” Antipode, 39 (Feb. 2007), 144–66.
Walker, Richard P., “The Swastika and the Lone Star: Nazi Activity in Texas pow Camps,” Military History of the West, 36 (2006), 55–88.
Young, Marilyn B., “‘The Same Struggle for Liberty’: Korea and Vietnam,” in The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis, ed. Mark Atwood Lawrence and Fredrik Logevall, 196–214. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. x, 374 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-674-02371-0. Paper, $22.95, isbn 978-0-674-02392-5.)
Zimm, John, “On to Montezuma’s Halls: The Story of Alexander Conze,” Wisconsin Magazine of History, 90 (Spring 2007), 28–41. Heavily illustrated.
Bakich, Spencer Dean, “Information, Diplomacy, and Strategy: Balancing Avoidance in Limited Warfare” (University of Virginia, 2006). Order No. DA3225061.
Bouchard, Carl, “Projets citoyens pour une paix durable, en France, en Grande-Bretagne et aux Etats-Unis (1914–1924)” (Citizen projects for a lasting peace in France, Great Britain, and the United States [1914–1924]) (University of Montreal, Canada, 2005). In French.
Dahl, Elizabeth S., “Navigating Crises in Sino-American Relations: Apology, Nationalism, and Historical Memory” (American University, 2006). Order No. DA3222262.
Donoghue, Michael E., “Imperial Sunset: Race, Identity, and Gender in the Panama Canal Zone, 1939–1979” (University of Connecticut, 2006). Order No. DA3221536.
García, Emily, “Intra-imperialisms: Reading the Revolutionary Subject in American Literature and Political Discourse, 1776–1787” (University of Florida, 2006). Order No. DA3224538.
Lefèvre, Marine, “Les États-Unis face à la Francophonie: Les Stratégies américaines en Afrique Francophone, 1960–1970” (The United States’ Response to the francophonie: American Strategies in French-Speaking Africa, 1960–1970) (Université de Montréal, Canada, 2005). Order No. DANR14452. In French.
Leonhard, Robert R., “Enlightened Defense: The National Security Policy of Thomas Jefferson” (West Virginia University, 2006). Order No. DA3225373.
Magnúsdóttir, Rósa, “Keeping Up Appearances: How the Soviet State Failed to Control Popular Attitudes toward the United States of America, 1945–1959” (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2006). Order No. DA3221815.
Payne, Brian Joseph, “Fishing a Borderless Sea: Environmental Territorialism in the North Atlantic, 1818–1910” (University of Maine, 2006). Order No. DA3220697.
Taylor, Melissa Jane, “‘Experts in misery?’ American Consuls in Austria, Jewish Refugees, and Restrictionist Immigration Policy, 1938–1941” (University of South Carolina, 2006). Order No. DA3224480.
Theisen, Joseph Charles, “Strategic Struggle for World Oil: Standard Oil of New Jersey and Hidden Elitelore in Mexico’s 1938 Expropriation” (University of California, Los Angeles, 2006). Order No. DA3226078.
Ballini, Pier Luigi, Sandro Guerrieri, and Antonio Varsori, eds., Le istituzioni repubblicane dal centrismo al centro-sinistra (1953–1968) (The Republican institutions from centrism to the center-left [1953–1968]). (Rome: Carocci, 2006. €29.20, isbn 88-430-3675-0.) In Italian.
Baylis, John, and Jon Roper, eds., The United States and Europe: Beyond the Neo-Conservative Divide? (London: Routledge, 2006. isbn 0-415-36999-1.)
Beck, Alfred M., Hitler’s Ambivalent Attaché: Lt. Gen. Friedrich von Boetticher in America, 1933–1941. (Dulles: Potomac, 2006. xvi, 323 pp. Paper, $22.95, isbn 1-57488-877-3.)
Berman, Larry, Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent. (Washington: Smithsonian Books, 2007. 328 pp. $25.95, isbn 978-0-06-088838-1.)
Beschloss, Michael, Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789–1989. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. xvi, 430 pp. $28.00, isbn 978-0-684-85705-3.)
Campbell, Kenneth J., A Tale of Two Quagmires: Iraq, Vietnam, and the Hard Lessons of War. (Boulder: Paradigm, 2007. xxiv, 136 pp. Cloth, $62.00, isbn 978-1-59451-351-0. Paper, $18.95, isbn 978-1-59451-352-7.)
Carroll, Peter N., and James D. Fernandez, eds., Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War. (New York: New York University Press, 2007. 223 pp. Paper, $27.95, isbn 978-0-8147-1681-6.) Heavily illustrated.
Chanda, Nayan, Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007. xviii, 391 pp. $27.50, isbn 978-0-300-11201-6.)
Conrad, Sebastian, and Dominic Sachsenmaier, eds., Competing Visions of World Order: Global Moments and Movements, 1880s–1930s. (New York: Palgrave, 2007. x, 266 pp. $69.95, isbn 978-1-4039-7988-9.)
Cross, Coy F., II, Lincoln’s Man in Liverpool: Consul Dudley and the Legal Battle to Stop Confederate Warships. (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2007. x, 180 pp. $28.95, isbn 978-0-87580-373-9.)
Cueto, Marcos, The Value of Health: A History of the Pan American Health Organization. (Washington: Pan American Health Organization, 2007. x, 239 pp. Paper, $29.95, isbn 1-58046-263-4.) Published in Spanish in 2004.
Del Pero, Mario, and Frederico Romero, eds., Le Crisi Transatlantiche: Continuità a Trasformazioni (Transatlantic crises: Continuity and change). (Rome: Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2007. 142 pp. €18.00, isbn 978-88-8498-357-2.) In Italian.
Fabbrini, Sergio, ed., The United States Contested. American Unilateralism and European Discontent. (London: Routledge, 2006. 234 pp. €36.00, isbn 0-415-39090-7.)
Farber, David, ed., What They Think of Us: International Perceptions of the United States since 9/11. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. xviii, 187 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-0-691-13025-5.)
Kroll, C. Douglas, “Friends in Peace and War”: The Russian Navy’s Landmark Visit to Civil War San Francisco. (Dulles: Potomac, 2007. xvi, 188 pp. $22.95, isbn 978-1-59797-054-9.)
Lawrence, Mark Atwood, and Fredrik Logevall, eds., The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. x, 374 pp. Cloth, $45.00, isbn 978-0-674-02371-0. Paper, $22.95, isbn 978-0-674-02392-5.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” /rso/.
Lorenzini, Sara, L’ Italia e il trattato di pace del 1947 (Italy and the peace treaty of 1947). (Bologna: Mulino, 2007. 218 pp. €12.00, isbn 88-15115218.) In Italian.
Mayers, David, Dissenting Voices in America’s Rise to Power. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. xii, 446 pp. Cloth, $85.00, isbn 978-0-521-87255-3. Paper, $24.99, isbn 978-0-521-69418-6.)
Möller, Frank, Thinking Peaceful Change: Baltic Security Policies and Security Community Building. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2007. xviii, 379 pp. $39.95, isbn 978-0-8156-3108-8.)
Petersen, Tore T., ed., Controlling the Uncontrollable? The Great Powers in the Middle East. (Trondheim: Tapir Academic Press, 2007. xii, 114 pp. Paper, $54.00, isbn 978-82-519-2190-9.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” /rso/.
Pizzorusso, Giovanni, Oliver Poncet, and Matteo Sanfilippo, eds., Gli archivi della Santa Sede e la storia della Francia (The archives of the Holy See and the history of France). (Viterbo: Edizioni Sette Città, 2006. €18.00, isbn 978-88-7853-069-0.) In Italian.
Randall, Stephen J., For Profits and Security: United States Foreign Oil Policy since World War I. (Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2005. 416 pp. $42.95, isbn 0-773-52922-5.)
Reid, Stuart, The Secret War for Texas. (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007. xii, 235 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-1-58544-565-3.)
Romero, Federico, and Antonio Varsori, eds., Nazione, Interdipendenza, Integrazione. Le relazioni internazionali dell’Italia (1917–1989) (Nation, interdependence, integration. Italy’s foreign relations [1917–1989]). (Rome: Carocci, 2006. 384 pp. €27.00, isbn 88-430-3810-9.) In Italian. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” /rso/.
Russell, Harold S., Time to Become Barbarian: The Extraordinary Life of General Horace Capron. (Lanham: University Press of America, 2007. xii, 263 pp. Paper, $29.00, isbn 978-0-7618-3641-4.)
Sluga, Glenda, The Nation, Psychology, and International Politics, 1870–1919. (New York: Palgrave, 2006. xii, 216 pp. $69.95, isbn 978-0-230-00717-8.)
St. Clair, William, The Door of No Return: The History of Cape Coast Castle and the Atlantic Slave Trade. (New York: BlueBridge, 2007. 282 pp. $24.95, isbn 978-1-933346-05-2.)
Stone, David, War Summits: The Meetings That Shaped World War II and the Postwar World. (Dulles: Potomac, 2006. xiv, 304 pp. Paper, $19.95, isbn 1-57488-901-X.)
Styles, John, and Amanda Vickery, eds., Gender, Taste, and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700–1830. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. x, 358 pp. $65.00, isbn 978-0-300-11659-5.) Heavily illustrated. Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” /rso/.
Humphrey, David C., ed., Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, vol. 2: Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972. (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 2006. xxx, 878 pp. $67.00, isbn 0-16-072510-0.)
Sides, Hampton, “The Trial of General Homma,” American Heritage, 58 (Feb.–March 2007), 34–47. Heavily illustrated.
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