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Author: 
Alexander J. Motyl
Reviewer: 
Ted Bromund

Bromund on Motyl, 'Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires'

Alexander J. Motyl. Imperial Ends: The Decay, Collapse, and Revival of Empires. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001. 128 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-12110-1.

Reviewed by Ted Bromund (International Security Studies, Yale University) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2002)

All Fall Down: Empires, Structure, and Agency

Author: 
Irwin M. Wall
Reviewer: 
William D. Irvine

Irvine on Wall, 'France, the United States and the Algerian War'

Irwin M. Wall. France, the United States and the Algerian War. Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2001. xiii + 335 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-520-22534-3.

Reviewed by William D. Irvine (Department of History, York University, Toronto, Canada ) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2002)

Author: 
Antony Lentin
Reviewer: 
Robert K. Hanks

Hanks on Lentin, 'Lloyd George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940'

Antony Lentin. Lloyd George and the Lost Peace: From Versailles to Hitler, 1919-1940. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. 182 pp. £42.50/$60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-333-91961-3.

Reviewed by Robert K. Hanks (University of Toronto) Published on H-Diplo (April, 2002)

Author: 
Jerome M. Conley
Reviewer: 
Eric Pullin

Pullin on Conley, 'Indo-Russian Military and Nuclear Cooperation: Lessons and Options for U.S. Policy in South Asia'

Jerome M. Conley. Indo-Russian Military and Nuclear Cooperation: Lessons and Options for U.S. Policy in South Asia. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2001. ix-xiii + 164 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7391-0217-6.

Reviewed by Eric Pullin (College of Business and Management, Cardinal Stritch University) Published on H-Diplo (March, 2002)

Fracturing the Indo-Russian

Author: 
Ronald Radosh Sevostianov, Mary R. Habeck, eds. Grigory
Reviewer: 
Robert Whealey

Whealey on Sevostianov and Habeck and Grigory, 'Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War'

Ronald Radosh Sevostianov, Mary R. Habeck, eds. Grigory. Spain Betrayed: The Soviet Union in the Spanish Civil War. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. xxx + 537 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-08981-3.

Reviewed by Robert Whealey (Department of History, Ohio University) Published on H-Diplo (March, 2002)

Author: 
Sabine Lee
Reviewer: 
Arne Kislenko

Kislenko on Lee, 'Victory in Europe?: Britain and Germany since 1945'

Sabine Lee. Victory in Europe?: Britain and Germany since 1945. Harlow, England: Longman, 2001. 282 pp. $22.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-582-29483-7.

Reviewed by Arne Kislenko (Department of History, Ryerson University) Published on H-Diplo (February, 2002)

Whose Victory in Europe?

Whose Victory in Europe?

Author: 
Stephen J. Lee
Reviewer: 
Jason W. Davidson

Davidson on Lee, 'European Dictatorships, 1918-1945'

Stephen J. Lee. European Dictatorships, 1918-1945. London and New York: Routledge, 2000. xi + 340 pp. $37.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-415-23046-9; $120.00 (library), ISBN 978-0-415-23045-2.

Reviewed by Jason W. Davidson (Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Mary Washington College) Published on H-Diplo (February, 2002)

Author: 
Wayne H. Bowen
Reviewer: 
David A. Messenger

Messenger on Bowen, 'Spaniards and Nazi Germany: Collaboration in the New Order'

Wayne H. Bowen. Spaniards and Nazi Germany: Collaboration in the New Order. Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press, 2000. xii + 250 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8262-1300-6.

Reviewed by David A. Messenger (Carroll College, Montana) Published on H-Diplo (January, 2002)

"Pragmatic Enthusiasm": Interpreting Collaboration in Franco's Spain

Author: 
Robert Gellately
Reviewer: 
Antoine Capet

Capet on Gellately, 'Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi'

Robert Gellately. Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. xvii + 359 pp.p. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-19-280291-0; $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-820560-9.

Reviewed by Antoine Capet (Université de Rouen) Published on H-Diplo (January, 2002)

What did they know? What did they do?

What did they know? What did they do?

Author: 
James V. Milano, Patrick Brogan
Reviewer: 
Kathryn S. Olmsted

Olmsted on Milano and Brogan, 'Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line: America's Undeclared War Against the Soviets'

James V. Milano, Patrick Brogan. Soldiers, Spies, and the Rat Line: America's Undeclared War Against the Soviets. Washington and London: Brassey's, 1995. xii + 242 pp. $17.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-57488-304-6; $14.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57488-050-2.

Reviewed by Kathryn S. Olmsted (Department of History, University of California, Davis) Published on H-Diplo (January, 2002)

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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