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Author: 
Michael Rapport
Reviewer: 
David Andress

Andress on Rapport, 'Nationality and Citizenship in Revolutionary France: The Treatment of Foreigners 1789-1799'

Michael Rapport. Nationality and Citizenship in Revolutionary France: The Treatment of Foreigners 1789-1799. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. x + 382 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-820845-7.

Reviewed by David Andress (School of Social and Historical Studies, University of Portsmouth) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2000)

Author: 
David L. Snead
Reviewer: 
Richard H. Immerman

Immerman on Snead, 'The Gaither Committee, Eisenhower, and the Cold War'

David L. Snead. The Gaither Committee, Eisenhower, and the Cold War. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1999. x + 286 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8142-5005-1.

Reviewed by Richard H. Immerman (Department of History, Temple University) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2000)

DUCK and COVER

DUCK and COVER

Author: 
Paul Wapner, Lester Edwin J. Ruiz, eds.
Reviewer: 
Howard H. Lentner

Lentner on Wapner and Ruiz, 'Principled World Politics: The Challenge of Normative International Relations'

Paul Wapner, Lester Edwin J. Ruiz, eds. Principled World Politics: The Challenge of Normative International Relations. Lanham, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000. xii + 399 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7425-0065-5.

Author: 
Aaron Forsberg
Reviewer: 
Charles C. Kolb

Kolb on Forsberg, 'America and the Japanese Miracle: The Cold War Context of Japan's Postwar Economic Revival, 1950-1960'

Aaron Forsberg. America and the Japanese Miracle: The Cold War Context of Japan's Postwar Economic Revival, 1950-1960. Chapel Hill and London: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. xviii + 332pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2528-0.

Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb (National Endowment for the Humanities) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2000)

Author: 
Allan M. Winkler
Reviewer: 
David L. Snead

Snead on Winkler, 'The Cold War: A History in Documents'

Allan M. Winkler. The Cold War: A History in Documents. New York, and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 160 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-512356-2.

Reviewed by David L. Snead (Department of History, Texas Tech University) Published on H-Diplo (November, 2000)

An Incomplete Look at the Cold War

An Incomplete Look at the Cold War

Author: 
Paul C. Allen
Reviewer: 
Reid J. Rozen

Rozen on Allen, 'Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621: The Failure of Grand Strategy'

Paul C. Allen. Philip III and the Pax Hispanica, 1598-1621: The Failure of Grand Strategy. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 2000. xvi + 335 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-07682-0.

Reviewed by Reid J. Rozen (Department of History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (on leave)) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2000)

Author: 
Peter Grose
Reviewer: 
Johanna Granville

Granville on Grose, 'Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain'

Peter Grose. Operation Rollback: America's Secret War Behind the Iron Curtain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. ix + 256 pp. $25 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-395-51606-5.

Reviewed by Johanna Granville (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2000)

"Making Trouble for Joe Stalin in His Own Backyard"

Author: 
Kirsten E. Schulze
Reviewer: 
Mark Kass

Kass on Schulze, 'The Arab-Israeli Conflict'

Kirsten E. Schulze. The Arab-Israeli Conflict. London and New York: Longman, 1999. vii + 148 pp. $14.66 (paper), ISBN 978-0-582-31646-1.

Reviewed by Mark Kass (Department of Political Science, University of Missouri-Kansas City) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2000)

A Good Pocket Primer to the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Author: 
Jill Edwards
Reviewer: 
David A. Messenger

Messenger on Edwards, 'Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955'

Jill Edwards. Anglo-American Relations and the Franco Question, 1945-1955. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999. xviii + 291 pp. $78.00 US (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-822871-4.

Reviewed by David A. Messenger (University of Toronto) Published on H-Diplo (October, 2000)

Author: 
Arch Puddington
Reviewer: 
Scott Lucas

Lucas on Puddington, 'Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty'

Arch Puddington. Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. xix + 382 pp. $27.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8131-2158-1.

Reviewed by Scott Lucas (Department of American and Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham) Published on H-Diplo (September, 2000)

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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