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British Association for American Studies Annual Conference, 25-27 April 2019
British Association for American Studies Annual Conference
25-27 April 2019 — University of Sussex, Brighton, England
Keynote Speakers: Barbara Savage (University of Pennsylvania/University of Oxford), Robyn Wiegman (Duke University), Jonathan Bell (UCL)
Proposals are welcomed for the 64th BAAS conference, the largest American Studies convention outside North America. Proposals are welcomed on any subject in American Studies. The deadline for proposals is 15 November.
Re: ISSF Article Review 104 on China
If I might add a bit to David Welch's correct comment: The Japanese constitution forbade Japan to have military forces. In effect it set a limit of zero percent on Japan's defense spending. For a long time, the Japanese government pretended that its military spending would not be in violation of the constitution if it stayed below one percent of GDP. But I believe (my memory is vague on this point) that the first time it exceeded the one percent limit was in the late 1980s.
CfP: Barnes Graduate Student Conference, Philadelphia, PA (March 2019)
The James A. Barnes Club, Temple University's graduate student history organization, is pleased to announce the 24th Annual Barnes Club Graduate Student History Conference. The event will feature a keynote address from 2018 Bancroft Prize winner, Dr. Marc Gallicchio, Associate History Professor at Villanova University, for his book, Implacable Foes: War in the Pacific, 1944-1945.
PhD Scholarship: The Cold War in Global Perspectives
The Department of History invites applications for a PhD in History focused on exploring the Cold War in global perspectives. Particular themes could include post-colonial security issues, such as defence and/or military assistance relations between the superpowers, the former metropoles or other West European countries and African states, conflicts, human rights or peacekeeping. We would particularly welcome applications which avoid a Eurocentric perspective.
Re: ISSF Article Review 104 on China [Welch]
I would like to congratulate Priscilla Roberts on an excellent review essay, but I felt I should also note one correction: Japan’s one percent of GDP defense spending limit was a non-binding norm, not something specified in the Japanese constitution.
David Welch
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Cox on Madsen, 'Sovereign Soldiers: How the U.S. Military Transformed the Global Economy After World War II'
Grant Madsen. Sovereign Soldiers: How the U.S. Military Transformed the Global Economy After World War II. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018. PP. ISBN 978-0-8122-5036-7.
Reviewed by Ronald W. Cox (Florida International University) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)
Rajagopalan on Yusuf, 'Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia'
Moeed Yusuf. Brokering Peace in Nuclear Environments: U.S. Crisis Management in South Asia. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 320 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0485-8.
Reviewed by Swarna Rajagopalan (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)
Al-Qattan on Akın, 'When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire'
Yiğit Akın. When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. x + 270 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0363-9; $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-0490-2.
Reviewed by Najwa Al-Qattan (Loyola Marymount University) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)
Behnke on Molloy, 'Kant's International Relations: The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace'
Seán Molloy. Kant's International Relations: The Political Theology of Perpetual Peace. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2017. 270 pp. $70.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-472-13040-5.
Reviewed by Andreas Behnke (University of Reading) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)
Homei on Takeuchi-Demirci, 'Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics and Imperial Ambitions in the United States and Japan'
Aiko Takeuchi-Demirci. Contraceptive Diplomacy: Reproductive Politics and Imperial Ambitions in the United States and Japan. Asian America Series. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2018. 336 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-0440-7; $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0225-0.
Reviewed by Aya Homei (University of Manchester) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2018) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)