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H-Diplo Publication Schedule, 09 to 20 December

12/07/2024 - 6:55pm

H-Diplo Publications: roundtables, reviews, essays, & more...

Title	Post Date
H-Diplo\|RJISSF Roundtable Review 16-17 on Lonergan and Lonergan, _Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace_	12/05/2024 - 6:31pm
H-Diplo Review Essay 599: Witherspoon on Boulton and Gibson, eds., _Red Reckoning_	12/04/2024 - 6:38pm
H-Diplo Article Review 1229: Song on Waterhouse, "Protesting Architects"	12/03/2024 - 6:13pm
H-Diplo Review Essay 598: Hart on Gallagher, _Nazis of Copley Square_	12/03/2024 - 5:39am
H-Diplo\|RJISSF Roundtable Review 16-16 on Walton, _Spies_	12/02/2024 - 6:01am
H-Diplo Roundtable XXVI-12 on Lynch, _Wrestling with God_	11/29/2024 - 6:16am
H-Diplo Roundtable XXVI-11 on Zala et al., _Documents Diplomatiques Suisses, 1992_	11/28/2024 - 7:43am
H-Diplo Review Essay 597: Leoni on Li, _Fighting on the Cultural Front_	11/27/2024 - 8:32am
Correction: H-Diplo\|RJISSF Roundtable Review 16-14 on Edwards, _Prisoners of their Premises_	11/26/2024 - 9:54am
H-Diplo\|RJISSF Review Essay 111: Yaacob on Guan, _Reassessing Lee Kuan Yew's Strategic Thought_	11/26/2024 - 9:33am

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H-Diplo Publication Schedule, 09 to 20 December

The H-Diplo publication schedule for the period 09 to 20 December is as follows:

Week of 09 December:

1. H-Diplo Roundtable Review of Julia Irwin, Catastrophic Diplomacy: US Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century. University of North Carolina Press, 2024.

Introduction by Megan Black, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Reviewers:

Shoon Murray, American University

Kevin O’Sullivan, University of Galway

Davide Rodogno, Geneva Graduate Institute

Ian Seavey, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Lauren Turek, Trinity University

Response by Julia Irwin, Louisiana State University

2. H-Diplo

Soyer on Marcus, 'How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500'

Author

Marcus, Ivan G.

Reviewer

Soyer, Francois

Marcus, Ivan G.. How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 384 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691258201.

Reviewed by Francois Soyer (University of New England)
Published on H-Diplo (December, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable Review 16-17 on Lonergan and Lonergan, _Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace_

H-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum

Roundtable Review 16-17

Erica D. Lonergan and Shawn W. Lonergan, Escalation Dynamics in Cyberspace. Oxford. Oxford University Press, 2023. ISBN: 9780197550885 (hardcover, $99.00).

6 December 2024 | PDF: https://issforum.org/to/jrt16-17 | Website: rjissf.org | Twitter: @HDiplo

Editor: Diane Labrosse
Commissioning Editor: Jennifer Erickson
Production Editor: Christopher Ball
Pre-Production Copy Editor: Katie A. Ryan

Contents

Introduction by Robert Mandel, Lewis & Clark College. 2

Review by Gil Baram, University of California Berkeley. 7

Revie

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The Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) invites submissions for two awards of $1,000 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined. These awards are intended for graduate students in the process of researching and writing their dissertations, not for students completing and defending in 2025. For the 2025 award, the committee invites applications from any Ph.D. candidate who will have completed qualifying exams by the end of 2024.

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H-Diplo Review Essay 599: Witherspoon on Boulton and Gibson, eds., _Red Reckoning_

H-Diplo Review Essay 599

Mark Boulton and Tobias T. Gibson, eds. Red Reckoning: The Cold War and the Transformation of American Life. Louisiana State University Press, 2023. ISBN: 9780807180082

5 December 2024 | PDF: https://hdiplo.org/to/E599 | X: @HDiplo | BlueSky: @h-diplo.bsky.social

Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Daniel R. Hart | Production Editor: Christopher Ball

Review by Kevin B. Witherspoon, Lander University

In Red Reckoning, editors Mark Boulton and Tobias Gibson have assembled fifteen essays that collectively explore the profound and lasting impact of the Cold War on

H-Diplo Article Review 1229: Song on Waterhouse, "Protesting Architects"

H-Diplo Article Review 1229

Amanda Waterhouse. “Protesting Architects: Development and Dissent at Colombia’s University of Valle.” Diplomatic History 48:1 (2024): 48-76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhad076

4 December 2024 | PDF: https://hdiplo.org/to/AR1229 | X: @HDiplo | BlueSky: @h-diplo.bsky.social

Editor: Diane Labrosse | Commissioning Editor: Seth Offenbach | Production Editor: Christopher Ball

Review by Dieyun Song, University of Miami

“Protesting Architects: Development and Dissent at Colombia’s University of Valle” by Amanda Waterhouse is a refreshing, innovative, and stimulating

Soyer on Marcus, 'How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500'

Author

Marcus, Ivan G.

Reviewer

Soyer, Francois

Marcus, Ivan G.. How the West Became Antisemitic: Jews and the Formation of Europe, 800–1500. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024. 384 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 9780691258201.

Reviewed by Francois Soyer (University of New England)
Published on H-Diplo (December, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Reed on Floyd, 'The Duty to Secure: From Just to Mandatory Securitization'

Author

Floyd, Rita

Reviewer

Reed, Kyle

Floyd, Rita. The Duty to Secure: From Just to Mandatory Securitization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. 256 pp. $34.99 (paper), ISBN 9781009468930.

Reviewed by Kyle Reed (University of Amsterdam)
Published on H-Diplo (December, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Leveringhaus on Cabestan, 'Facing China: The Prospect for War and Peace'

Author

Cabestan, Jean-Pierre

Reviewer

Leveringhaus, Nicola

Cabestan, Jean-Pierre. Facing China: The Prospect for War and Peace. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023. 248 pp. $34.00 (paper), ISBN 9781538169896.

Reviewed by Nicola Leveringhaus (King's College London)
Published on H-Diplo (November, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Chong on Womack, 'Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order'

Author

Womack, Brantly

Reviewer

Chong, Ja-Ian

Womack, Brantly. Recentering Pacific Asia: Regional China and World Order. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. xvii + 255 pp. $105.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781009393812.

Reviewed by Ja-Ian Chong (National University of Singapore)
Published on H-Diplo (November, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Zborovsky on Kelner, 'A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews'

Author

Kelner, Shaul

Reviewer

Zborovsky, Alexandra

Kelner, Shaul. A Cold War Exodus: How American Activists Mobilized to Free Soviet Jews. New York: New York University Press, 2024. 456 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781479879397.

Reviewed by Alexandra Zborovsky (University of Pennsylvania)
Published on H-Diplo (November, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Osborne on Mohun, 'American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa'

Author

Mohun, Arwen

Reviewer

Osborne, Myles G.

Mohun, Arwen. American Imperialist: Cruelty and Consequence in the Scramble for Africa. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023. 328 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 9780226828190.

Reviewed by Myles G. Osborne (University of Colorado Boulder)
Published on H-Diplo (November, 2024)
Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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