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Author:

David S. G. Goodman

Reviewer:

Matthew Young

Young on Goodman, 'Social and Political Change in Revolutionary China: The Taihang Base Area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945'

David S. G. Goodman. Social and Political Change in Revolutionary China: The Taihang Base Area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000. xxxii + 345 pp. $41.95 (textbook), ISBN 978-0-7425-0865-1; $108.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7425-0864-4.

Reviewed by Matthew Young (Department of History, Marietta College) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2003)

Author:

Margaret MacMillan

Reviewer:

Sally Marks

Marks on MacMillan, 'Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World'

Margaret MacMillan. Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. New York: Random House, 2002. xxxi + 570 pp. $18.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-375-76052-5; $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-375-50826-4.

Reviewed by Sally Marks (Independent Scholar) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2003)

The World ... Made Fit?

The World ... Made Fit?

Author:

Thomas G. Mahnken

Reviewer:

James J. F. Forest

Forest on Mahnken, 'Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941'

Thomas G. Mahnken. Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002. x + 190 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8014-3986-5.

Reviewed by James J. F. Forest (Assistant Dean for Academic Assessment and Assistant Professor of Political Science, United States Military Academy, West Point) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2003)

Author:

Ronald H. Chilcote, ed.

Reviewer:

Leland Barrows

Barrows on Chilcote, 'The Political Economy of Imperialism: Critical Appraisals'

Ronald H. Chilcote, ed. The Political Economy of Imperialism: Critical Appraisals. Lanham and New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000. viii + 261 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7425-1010-4.

Reviewed by Leland Barrows (UNESCO) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2003)

Globalization--The Highest Level of Imperialism

Author:

Jonathan Pearson

Reviewer:

Daniel C. Williamson

Williamson on Pearson, 'Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble'

Jonathan Pearson. Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. 252 S. $72.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-333-98451-2.

Reviewed by Daniel C. Williamson (Department of Humanities, Hillyer College, University of Hartford) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2003)

Anatomy of a Tragedy

Anatomy of a Tragedy

Author:

Sang-Dawn Lee

Reviewer:

Valerie Adams

Adams on Lee, 'Big Brother, Little Brother: The American Influence on Korean Culture in the Lyndon B. Johnson Years'

Sang-Dawn Lee. Big Brother, Little Brother: The American Influence on Korean Culture in the Lyndon B. Johnson Years. Boston and Oxford: Lexington Books, 2002. 156 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7391-0435-4.

Reviewed by Valerie Adams (Department of Global Studies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2003)

Author:

M. Cristina Zaccarini

Reviewer:

Sayuri Shimizu

Shimizu on Zaccarini, 'The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908-1950'

M. Cristina Zaccarini. The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908-1950. Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press, 2001. 228 pp. $41.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-934223-70-6.

Reviewed by Sayuri Shimizu (Department of History, Michigan State University) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2003)

Transnational Sisterhood

Author:

M. S. Kohli, Kenneth Conboy

Reviewer:

T. C. Wales

Wales on Kohli and Conboy, 'Spies in the Himalayas: Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs'

M. S. Kohli, Kenneth Conboy. Spies in the Himalayas: Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002. xi + 226 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-1223-9.

Reviewed by T. C. Wales (University of Edinburgh) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2003)

Author:

David Zweig

Reviewer:

Norton Wheeler

Wheeler on Zweig, 'Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages'

David Zweig. Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2002. viii + 291 pp. $24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8014-8755-2; $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8014-3967-4.

Reviewed by Norton Wheeler (American Studies Program, University of Kansas) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2003)

Author:

John W. Garver

Reviewer:

Eric Pullin

Pullin on Garver, 'Protracted Contest: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century'

John W. Garver. Protracted Contest: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 2001. xiv + 447 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-295-98074-4; $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-98073-7.

Reviewed by Eric Pullin (College of Business, Cardinal Stritch University) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2003)

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Author:

Martin Hearson

Reviewer:

Michael Motala

Motala on Hearson, 'Imposing Standards: The North-South Dimension to Global Tax Politics (Cornell Studies in Money)'

Martin Hearson. Imposing Standards: The North-South Dimension to Global Tax Politics (Cornell Studies in Money). Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. 246 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-5598-9.

Author:

David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Alexandra Bekasova, eds.

Reviewer:

Jennifer Keating

Keating on Moon and Breyfogle and Bekasova, 'Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History'

David Moon, Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Alexandra Bekasova, eds. Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History. Cambridgeshire: White Horse Press, 2021. Illustrations, maps. xxi + 343 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-912186-16-7.

Author:

Bernadette Whelan

Reviewer:

David Woolner

Woolner on Whelan, 'De Valera and Roosevelt: Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932–1939'

Bernadette Whelan. De Valera and Roosevelt: Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932–1939. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. xi + 387 pp. $99.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-83017-1.

Reviewed by David Woolner (Marist College) Published on H-Diplo (March, 2022) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author:

Ryan D. Griffiths

Reviewer:

Nikola Mirilovic

Mirilovic on Griffiths, 'Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations'

Ryan D. Griffiths. Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2021. Illustrations, tables. xii + 231 pp. $49.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-5474-6.

Author:

Rocío Zambrana

Reviewer:

Stephanie Riveraberruz

Riveraberruz on Zambrana, 'Colonial Debts: The Case of Puerto Rico (Radical Américas)'

Rocío Zambrana. Colonial Debts: The Case of Puerto Rico (Radical Américas). Durham: Duke University Press, 2021. 272 pp. $94.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4780-1183-5.

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Recent Discussions

Young on Goodman, 'Social and Political Change in Revolutionary China: The Taihang Base Area in the War of Resistance to Japan, 1937-1945'

Marks on MacMillan, 'Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World'

Forest on Mahnken, 'Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941'

Barrows on Chilcote, 'The Political Economy of Imperialism: Critical Appraisals'

Williamson on Pearson, 'Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble'

Adams on Lee, 'Big Brother, Little Brother: The American Influence on Korean Culture in the Lyndon B. Johnson Years'

Shimizu on Zaccarini, 'The Sino-American Friendship as Tradition and Challenge: Dr. Ailie Gale in China, 1908-1950'

Wales on Kohli and Conboy, 'Spies in the Himalayas: Secret Missions and Perilous Climbs'

Wheeler on Zweig, 'Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages'

Pullin on Garver, 'Protracted Contest: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century'

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Motala on Hearson, 'Imposing Standards: The North-South Dimension to Global Tax Politics (Cornell Studies in Money)'

Keating on Moon and Breyfogle and Bekasova, 'Place and Nature: Essays in Russian Environmental History'

Woolner on Whelan, 'De Valera and Roosevelt: Irish and American Diplomacy in Times of Crisis, 1932–1939'

Mirilovic on Griffiths, 'Secession and the Sovereignty Game: Strategy and Tactics for Aspiring Nations'

Riveraberruz on Zambrana, 'Colonial Debts: The Case of Puerto Rico (Radical Américas)'

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