http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/ This is the RSS feed for H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews, which are panel scholarly reviews on new and notable works on foreign relations and international history, broadly defined. en-us Copyright 2007-2008, H-Diplo. All Rights Reserved. h-diplo@h-net.msu.edu (George Fujii) h-diplo@h-net.msu.edu (George Fujii) Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/graphics/hdiplo_logo.gif http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/ http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no18 Ian Shapiro. Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy against Global Terror. Princeton University Press, 2007. 208 pp. ISBN: 978-0-691-12928-0 (cloth). $24.95. ISBN: 978-0-691-13707-0 (paper). $14.95. Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Curt Cardwell, Campbell Craig Lloyd Gardner, Mary Sarotte Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no17 Gregg Brazinsky. Nation Building in South Korea: Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. xiv, 311 pp. $45.00, ISBN 978-0-8078-3120-5. Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Sung-Yoon Lee, Sang-Yoon Ma, James I. Matray, Michael Robinson, Brad Simpson Thu, 31 July 2008 13:00:00 PDT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no16 Author: Kristin Hoganson Title: Consumers’ Imperium: The Global Production of American Domesticity, 1865-1920 Reviewers: Christopher Endy, Mary Renda, Ian Tyrrell, Mari Yoshihara Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:05:00 PDT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no15 Author: Richard K. Betts Title: Enemies of Intelligence: Knowledge and Power in American National Security Reviewers: Joshua Rovner, Erik J. Dahl, Glenn Hastedt, Richard Russell Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:05 PDT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no14 Author: David F. Schmitz Title: The Triumph of Internationalism: Franklin D. Roosevelt and a World in Crisis, 1933-1941 Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Mark Gilderhus, Alonzo L. Hamby, T. Christopher Jespersen, J. Simon Rofe Mon, 1 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no13 Author: Walter Hixson Title: The Myth of American Diplomacy: National Identity and U.S. Foreign Policy Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Robert Dean, Kurk Dorsey, Jeffrey A. Engel, Bruce Kuklick {d31261b8-7f14-3301-e15-418baaee2507} Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:47:42 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no12 Author: Edwin Martini Title: Invisible Enemies: The American War on Vietnam, 1975-2000 Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Michael Allen, Robert Brigham, Matthew Masur, James McAllister {dad4952e-c954-4a30-7263-d97d22f9f6f0} Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:25:39 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no11 Author: Yafeng Xia Title: “The Study of Cold War International History in China: A Review of the Last Twenty Years.” Journal of Cold War Studies 10.1 (Winter 2008) Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Xiaobing Li, Xiaoyuan Liu, Lorenz Lüthi {7edad5ae-775a-c975-8fa7-ab10c19a8975} Sat, 31 May 2008 06:24:41 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no10 Author: Vladislav Zubok Title: A Failed Empire: The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Kevin O'Connor, Geoffrey Roberts {f79b3b98-a9d0-2d5e-f69-1cb121f49409} Sun, 18 May 2008 21:23:24 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundatables/#vol9no6 H-Diplo Roundtable on Robert W. Tucker, Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America's Neutrality, 1914-1917. Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Christopher Ball, John Milton Cooper, Jr., Ross Kennedy, Elizabeth McKillen, Klaus Schwabe {3f98eb6-1ac0-edfa-de63-38074bb3b84e} Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:04:46 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no4 H-Diplo Roundtable Review on Melvyn P. Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War. Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, John L. Harper, Geir Lundestad, Elizabeth Spalding, Jeremi Suri {ee4c132b-7471-df33-eb7a-cc983436c1fe} Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:52:32 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no3 H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Kathryn C. Statler, Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Philip Catton, Laurent Cesari, Michael Creswell, Ginger R. Davis {cf55a4ba-9fbe-63a6-5175-4cb8c1fd55c6} Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:51:26 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no2 Author: Philip Gordon Title: Winning the Right War: The Path to Security for America and the World Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, James Goldgeier, Michael Mazarr, Tony Smith, Nicholas Thompson {30dd46f3-d6e6-b70d-998b-167bec7a2da} Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:46:55 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no1 H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no1 Volume IX, No. 1 (2008) 27 January 2008 Barbara J. Keys. Globalizing Sport: National Rivalry and International Community in the 1930s. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, October 2006. $49.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-0-674-02326-0. Roundtable Editor: Thomas Zeiler Reviewers: Heather L. Dichter, Sayuri Guthrie-Shimizu, and Steven W. Pope {66169480-81b6-a4c1-6e1e-e81fa2621ba} Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:43:27 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.18 Roundtable review of John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, _The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy_ by Christopher L. Ball, Andrew Preston, David Schoenbaum, Tony Smith {c8dfe489-49d-97dd-205d-a315e1867ea} Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:54:13 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.17 Roundtable review of Michael H. Hunt, The American Ascendacy, How the United States Gained and Wielded Global Dominance (University of North Carolina Press, April 2007). {a879d816-beb1-c210-ef3c-f7806078da8e} Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:28:15 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.16 Review of Marc Trachtenberg, The Craft of International History. A Guide to Method {94737018-c626-c2d7-2afb-3ef2e070284f} Thu, 06 Dec 2007 08:24:50 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.15 Roundtable review of George White, Jr., Holding the Line: Race, Racism, and American Foreign Policy toward Africa, 1953-1961. Lanham: MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005. {7d94ae94-81e5-359c-c063-cc848e06be9e} Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:10:42 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.14 Roundtable Review of Tony Smith. A Pact With the Devil: Washington’s Bid for World Supremacy and the Betrayal of the American Promise . New York: Routledge, March 2007. ISBN: 978-0-415-95245-3 (hardback); 978-0-203-94114-0 (electronic). (hardcover, ISBN: 0-393-05809-3). {5d2eacb-da37-95fa-2a78-34f7b64fd55d} Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:39:48 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.13 Review of Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy Naftali. Khrushchev’s Cold War: The Inside Story of an American Adversary. New York: W.W. Norton, February 2006 (hardcover, ISBN: 0-393-05809-3); October 2007 (paperback, ISBN: 978-0-393-33072-4). H-Diplo, roundtables, Khrushchev, Cold War {a983fa57-c255-61d6-ebaa-a839ca6fd5ff} Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:37:41 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.12 Roundtable Review on Odd Arne Westad . The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times. New York: Cambridge University Press, October 2005. ISBN-13: 978-0-52185-364-4. $35.00 (hardback). ISBN-13: 978-0-52170-314-7. $19.99 (paperback, published March 2007). Published by H-Diplo on 9 October 2007 H-Diplo, roundtables, international history {6fd5b856-4fe6-4917-ca98-2d6c6745b3da} Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:07:08 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.11 H-Diplo Roundtable on William D. Irvine. Between Justice and Politics: The Ligue des droits de l’homme, 1898-1945. Stanford University Press, 2007. 288 pp., bibliography and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-80475-317-3. $60.00 (cloth). Roundtable Editor: Joel Blatt Reviewers: Cylvie Claveau, Bertram Gordon, Talbot Imlay, Norman Ingram, Wendy Perry, David L. Schalk H-Diplo Roundtable Editor: Diane Labrosse H-Diplo, roundtables, France {1cb95e43-437e-bf73-4873-38a677f9d51} Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:07:16 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#stoler Roundtable review of Mark Stoler, _Allies in War: Britain and America against the Axis Powers. {19c31b2d-7c75-db95-5ce5-595f2a409baf} Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:20:13 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#dallek-macmillan Roundtable review of Robert Dallek, _Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power_ (2007), and of Margaret MacMillan, _Nixon and Mao: The Week that Changed the World (2007). The latter work was previously published in Canada as _Nixon in China: The Week that Changed the World_ and in the UK as _Seize the Hour: When Nixon Met Mao_. {abec3d16-9a8-f382-9afb-f675c5f259} Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:03:35 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#miscamble Roundtable on Wilson D. Miscamble, From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and the Cold War Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#roberts Roundtable on Geoffrey Roberts, Stalin's Wars. From World War to Cold War 1939-1953 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#moyar Roundtable on Mark Moyar, Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#jacobs Roundtable on Seth Jacobs, America' Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#schwabe Roundtable on Klaus Schwabe, Weltmacht und Weltordnung: Amerikanische Außenpolitik von 1898 bis zur Gegenwart. Eine Jahrhundertgeschichte. Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#kagan Roundtable on Robert Kagan, Dangerous Nation: America's Place in the World from its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the 20th Century Sun, 29 Apr 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#beisner Roundtable on Robert Beisner, Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#statlerjohns Roundtable on Kathryn Statler and Andrew Johns, eds., The Eisenhower Administration, the Third World, and the Globalization of the Cold War Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#osgood Roundtable on Kenneth Osgood, Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#maier Roundtable on Charles S. Maier, Among Empires: American Ascendancy and Its Predecessors Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#kuklick Roundtable on Bruce Kuklick, Blind Oracles: Intellectuals and War from Kennan to Kissinger Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#alterman Roundtable on Eric Alterman, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/ For earlier roundtables, please visit the H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews website. Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:00:00 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#8.18 Reviewed Works: John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2007. Hardcover, $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-374-17772-0. Roundtable Editor: Christopher L. Ball Reviewers: Andrew Preston, David Schoenbaum, Tony Smith {ac9d5676-ea5d-7437-4116-d6f65f01d049} Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:18:15 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/#vol9no5 H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews, Vol. IX, No. 5 David S. Foglesong. The American Mission and the “Evil Empire”: The Crusade for a “Free Russia” since 1881. New York: Cambridge University Press, October 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0521855907 (hardback); 978-0521671835 (paperback). Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Walter L. Hixson, Deborah Welch Larson, Katherine A.S. Sibley, Victoria Zhuravleva Stable URL: http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/PDF/AmericanMission-roundtable.pdf {2b9e3ef7-b870-3305-590e-1012f654b3ed} Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:40:59 GMT http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/roundtables/vol9no8 H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews, Volume IX, No 8 (2008) Todd Estes. The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture. Amherst, Mass.: University of Massachusetts Press, February 2006. $34.95 (cloth). ISBN: 978-1-55849-515-9. Roundtable Editor: Thomas Maddux Reviewers: Jerald A. Combs, Seth Cotlar, Matthew Rainbow Hale, Matt J. Schumann, William Earl Weeks {1c326ff4-6fd3-c23e-af9e-1095a9c2c0fd} Thu, 01 May 2008 21:39:50 GMT