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A “People” Approach to U.S.-Soviet Relations Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Petra Goedde
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How American and Soviet Women Transcended the Cold War Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 David Foglesong
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Political Economy as International History Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Alessandro Iandolo
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Spreading Intimacy and Influence: Women’s Correspondence across the Iron Curtain Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-04-11 Alexis Peri
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U.S. Foreign Policy Think Tanks and Women’s Intellectual Labor, 1920–1950 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-04-09 Katharina Rietzler
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The Loyal British Colonies and the American Revolution Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-18 Andrew O’Shaughnessy
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Accidental Activists: USAID Builds a Vietnamese Antiwar Elite Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Nguyet Nguyen
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The Power of Comparison: Two Nations, Slavery, and the Road to War Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Anne Hyde
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Vanguard of the Religious Right: U.S. Evangelicals in Israeli-Controlled South Lebanon Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-09 Laila Ballout
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An Unequal Alliance: U.S.-Saudi Oil Relations Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-02 Graf R.
McFarlandVictor. Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. 357 pp. $35.00 (paperback).
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Ice Hockey's Globalization Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-03-02 Dichter H.
BerglundBruce. The Fastest Game in the World: Hockey and the Globalization of Sports. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2021. 329 pp. $30.00 (paperback).
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Mexico’s Unique Role in Governing the Global Economy Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-02-19 Lorenzini S.
ThorntonChristy. Revolution in Development. Mexico and the Governance of the Global Economy. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2021. 310 pp. $29.95 (paperback).
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Crimefighting and Warmaking since the Vietnam War Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-02-16 Field T, Jr..
SherryMichael. The Punitive Turn in American Life: How the United States Learned to Fight Crime Like a War. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 303 pp. $32.95 (hardcover).
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Spying on Ecuador’s Left: Perception and Misperception Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Immerman R.
BeckerMarc. The CIA in Ecuador. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2020. 317 pp. $30.00 (paperback).
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The Centrality of Military Ties in the Philippine-U.S. Relationship Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-02-15 Clymer K.
CapozzolaChristopher. Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific Century. New York: Basic Books, 2020. 471 pp. $35.00 (hardcover).
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Dorothy Thompson and American Zionism* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-02-01 Walther K.
“If only one could say, and dismiss it with that, ‘These people are savages.’ They are—but they are a new and terrifying kind of savage. The twentieth century and the white civilized world produced this savage.”11
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Contributors Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-01-28
Gary Bruce is professor of history at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of numerous works on the history of East Germany, including his widely-read book The Firm: The Inside Story of the Stasi (New York, 2010).
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The Stuttgart Incident: Sexual Violence and the Uses of History* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Lawlor R.
At the height of World War II in Europe, as the Allies advanced on Germany, the U.S. military was disturbed by reports that a mass rape had taken place in the city of Stuttgart. U.S. journalists on the ground reported that a thousand German women and girls had been herded into an underground tunnel and kept there for several days while they were sexually assaulted.11 The journalists blamed African
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Machinations from on High: U.S. Aid Plan and Oil in South Korea* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Kwon O.
After World War II, the United States government took control of world oil, a maneuver that not only reflected a convergence of interests between the U.S. government and American oil companies but also brought to bear close and permanent ties with oil companies around the world. This convergence went on to inform all future U.S. foreign oil aid policies. Consequently, through its foreign aid policies
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Consular Recognition, Partial Neutrality, and the Making of Atlantic Diplomacy, 1778–1825 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Simeonov S.
On April 2, 1822, The New-York Evening Post informed its readership of the appointment of Condy Raguet as U.S. consul to Rio de Janeiro, claiming this “to be the first appointment of a diplomatic character that has been made since our acknowledgement of the Independence of South America.” Just two weeks later, an anonymous announcement in The Portsmouth Journal of Literature and Politics aimed to correct
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From Dong Dang to Da Nang: The Past, Present, and Future of America’s Thirty Years War for Asia* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-22 Preston A.
Where else to begin a SHAFR presidential address than with Henry Luce and the “American Century”? If we were gathered together in person, in Arlington, I imagine I’d be hearing audible groans right now, maybe even a few gasps. Henry Luce, that old chestnut … again? Even though you’re all muted, I can still just about hear someone muttering under their breath, “Really?”
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Black Femme Freedoms: Slavery, Resistance and Intimacy in the Atlantic World Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 Young J.
JohnsonJessica Marie. Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. 360 pp. $34.95 (hardcover).
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Patrons, Partners, and Proxies in Political Warfare Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-01-10 Foglesong D.
TromlyBenjamin. Cold War Exiles and the CIA: Plotting to Free Russia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 329 pp. $105.00 (hardcover).
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African American Adoptions and Expanding Visions of Family Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2022-01-04 Susie Woo
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The Imperial Politics of Still Lives and Landscapes Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-31 Kristin Hoganson
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Dominance by Decision, not Default Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Susan L Carruthers
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The Cultural Cold War in Yugoslavia Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Kristen Ghodsee
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The Hotel on the Hill: Hilton Hotel’s Unofficial Embassy in Rome Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Alexander Langer
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The Unsturdy Foundations of ‘Security for Oil’ Policies Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 James M Gustafson
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Carnal Conquest: Masculinity, Magazines, and the War in Vietnam Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Erin A Smith
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Protestant Anti-Imperialism and the Vindication of the Boxer Rebellion, 1899–1901 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-22 Jeffrey Rosario
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“Our Balkan Peninsula”: The Mexican Question in the League of Nations Debate Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-16 Christy Thornton
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Exporting Imperialism: Arms, Iran, and the Military-Industrial Complex, 1969–1979 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-09 Jonathan Ng
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Kniefall and Ostpolitik: Willy Brandt’s Legacy for Germany and the West Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Thomas A Schwartz
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Pan-Americanism and the Definition of the Peruvian-Chilean Border, 1883–1929 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-12-03 Evan Fernández
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U.S. Public History as Public Diplomacy Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-22 Adam Hjorthén
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Untangling the Inner Contradictions in Reagan's Soviet Policies Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-13 Spohr K.
MilesSimon. Engaging the Evil Empire: Washington, Moscow and the Beginning of the End of the Cold War.Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 248 pp. $34.95 (hardcover).
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Empire Updated Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-10 Charbonneau O.
WoodsColleen. Freedom Incorporated: Anticommunism and Philippine Independence in the Age of Decolonization. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 267 pp. $47.95 (hardcover).
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Real Catholics and Rights in Reagan's Central American Policy Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-06 Walker V.
KeeleyTheresa. Reagan’s Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 334 pp. $49.95 (hardcover).
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The Catholic Turn in Conservative U.S. Circles Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-11-02 Keeley T.
HartD.G.. American Catholic: The Politics of Faith During the Cold War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 280 pp. $29.95 (hardcover).
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Her Majesty's African-American Allies Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Horne G.
MurrayHannah-Rose. Advocates of Freedom: African American Transatlantic Abolitionism in the British Isles. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 371 pp. $30.00 (hardcover).
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No More Heroes Any More? Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-26 Scott-Smith G.
JacobsSeth. Rogue Diplomats: The Proud Tradition of Disobedience in American Foreign Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 395 pp. $34.95 (hardcover).
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Weaknesses of Empire: Rethinking Kaluaiko‘olau’s Confrontation with Hawai‘i’s Colonial State* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Hardner C.
In July 1893 the Hawaiian-language daily Ka Leo o ka Lahui ran a serialized allegory involving a kupua—a hero with supernatural abilities—named Ko‘olau. The story culminated with a great battle in Kaua‘i’s Kalalau Valley, fought between the ali‘i, or chiefs, of O‘ahu and Kaua‘i.11 As the first installments went to print, readers in Honolulu awaited word from the haole Provisional Government’s real-life
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The Reagan Turnaround on Human Rights Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Schmitz D.
SøndergaardRasmus Sinding. Reagan, Congress, and Human Rights: Contesting Morality in US Foreign Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 312 pp. $59.99 (hardcover).
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More Than Allende’s Daughter Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Zolov E.
HarmerTanya. Beatriz Allende: A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin America. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 384 pp. $34.95 (hardcover).
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“Point Four Does Not Exist”: U.S. Expertise in 1950s Nicaragua* Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Francis H.
In June 1958 the Point Four program in Nicaragua, part of a wider scheme devised by President Harry Truman to bring development aid and expertise to poor countries, was closed at the request of the Nicaraguan government. It was a defeat repeatedly foretold. The previous year Nicaraguan Minister of Agriculture Enrique Chamorro had cornered one of the program’s Nicaraguan employees, treating him to a
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Between Subalternity and Imperialism: Black Military Workers in U.S. History Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-22 Jones J.
PolkKhary Oronde. Contagions of Empire: Scientific Racism, Sexuality, and Black Military Workers Abroad, 1898–1948. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 270 pp. $27.95 (paperback).
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Ebenezer Bassett and Frederick Douglass: An Intellectual History of Black U.S. Diplomacy Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-13 Byrd B.
Scholarship in the field of Black history by scholars such as Carol Anderson, Gerald Horne, and Brenda Gayle Plummer has spurred the remaking of the study of U.S. foreign relations. In the late twentieth century, Plummer was at the forefront of this change; her scholarship drew needed attention to how the field of diplomatic history was traditionally stifled by its preoccupation with presidents, diplomats
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“You say you want a revolution …’ in the Middle East?” Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-11 Shannon M.
FischbachMichael R.. The Movement and the Middle East: How the Arab-Israeli Conflict Divided the American Left. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2020. 297 pp. $26.00 (paperback).
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Diplomacy from the Bottom Up: U.S.-Chilean Relations in the 1960s Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-10-04 Vergara Á.
Hurtado-TorresSebastián. The Gathering Storm: Eduardo Frei’s Revolution in Liberty and Chile’s Cold War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 270 pp. $49.95 (hardcover).
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The Forgotten Anarchists Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-09-03 Paul Buhle
StruthersDavid M.The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth Century Los Angeles. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2019. 210 pp. $28.00 (paperback).
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Rockin’ to Free the World?: Amnesty International’s Benefit Concert Tours, 1986–88 Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-08-02 William Michael Schmidli
“Half the world is under the age of 25, and a great part can’t read. With music, we can communicate to all people equally well in the rich and poor nations of the East and West, and demand that governments give human rights now.”11
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“A Uniquely American Display of Excellence”: Lyndon Johnson and Presidential Cultural Diplomacy Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-08-01 Thomas Tunstall Allcock
In November 1964, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his wife Lady Bird hosted the president-elect of Mexico, Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, at their Ranch on the banks of the Pedernales River in the Texas Hill Country, not far from Austin. National flags lined the path to the Ranch house, and welcoming banners hung from the porch. Guests were served Texas barbecue featuring ribs, brisket, and sausages
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U.S. People-to-People Programs: Cold War Cultural Diplomacy to Conflict Resolution Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-27 Anna Fett
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the U.S. People-to-People Program as part of his campaign to win the Cold War. The program encouraged Americans as private citizens to create contacts with foreign peoples in an effort to foster “a sympathetic understanding of the aspirations, the hopes and fears, the traditions and prides of other peoples and nations.”11 What began as a government-backed
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Settler Colonialism and Racial Capitalism in the Transpacific Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-27 Max Ward
AzumaEiichiro. In Search of Our Frontier: Japanese America and Settler Colonialism in the Construction of Japan’s Borderless Empire. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2019. 353 pp. $75.00 (hardcover).
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The Lost Paradise of Colombia's Marijuana Smugglers Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-27 Kuzmarov J.
BrittoLina. Marijuana Boom: The Rise and Fall of Colombia’s First Drug Paradise. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2020. 332 pp. $29.95 (paperback).
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Wendell Willkie's Wartime Internationalism Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-19 Imlay T.
ZippSamuel. The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020. 392 pp. $35.00 (hardcover).
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Commerce and Republicanism in the Atlantic World Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-19 Mark Meuwese
ScottJonathan. How the Old World Ended: The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution, 1500–1800. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019. 392 pp. $35.00 (hardcover).
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Constructing “Good Immigrants”: South Asian Migration during the Cold War Diplomatic History (IF 0.4) Pub Date : 2021-07-17 Seema Sohi
QuraishiUzma. Redefining the Immigrant South: Indian and Pakistani Immigration to Houston during the Cold War. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. 315 pp. $29.95 (paperback).