Reviews

Author: 
Alison Rowley
Reviewer: 
Cynthia Hooper

Hooper on Rowley, 'Putin Kitsch in America'

Alison Rowley. Putin Kitsch in America. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019. 208 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7735-5901-1.

Reviewed by Cynthia Hooper (College of the Holy Cross) Published on H-Diplo (August, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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Author: 
David O. McKay
Reviewer: 
Benjamin E. Park

Park on McKay, 'Pacific Apostle: The 1920-21 Diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-Day Saint Island Missions'

David O. McKay. Pacific Apostle: The 1920-21 Diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-Day Saint Island Missions. Edited by Reid L. Neilson and Carson V. Teuscher. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2020. Illustrations. xlvi + 314 pp. $14.95 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-252-05171-5; $110.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-04285-0; $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-08467-6.

Author: 
Kristin L. Hoganson, Jay Sexton, eds.
Reviewer: 
Sarah Steinbock-Pratt

Steinbock-Pratt on Hoganson and Sexton, 'Crossing Empires: Taking U.S. History into Transimperial Terrain'

Kristin L. Hoganson, Jay Sexton, eds. Crossing Empires: Taking U.S. History into Transimperial Terrain. American Encounters/Global Interactions Series. Durham: Duke University Press, 2020. 360 pp. $28.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4780-0694-7; $104.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4780-0603-9. 

Author: 
Oya Dursun-Özkanca
Reviewer: 
Ahmet Erdi Öztürk

Öztürk on Dursun-Özkanca, 'Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition'

Oya Dursun-Özkanca. Turkey-West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 140 pp. $29.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-108-72672-6; $89.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-48862-4. 

Author: 
Hannah Barker
Reviewer: 
Veruschka Wagner

Wagner on Barker, 'That Most Precious Merchandise: The Mediterranean Trade in Black Sea Slaves, 1260-1500'

Hannah Barker. That Most Precious Merchandise: The Mediterranean Trade in Black Sea Slaves, 1260-1500. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. 328 pp. $79.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8122-5154-8

Reviewed by Veruschka Wagner (Universität Bonn) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Jeremy D. Popkin
Reviewer: 
Edward J. Kolla

Kolla on Popkin, 'A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution'

Jeremy D. Popkin. A New World Begins: The History of the French Revolution. New York: Basic Books, 2019. 640 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-465-09666-4

Reviewed by Edward J. Kolla (Georgetown University) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Amy J. Rutenberg
Reviewer: 
James Sandy

Sandy on Rutenberg, 'Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance'

Amy J. Rutenberg. Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. 276 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-3936-1; $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5017-3958-3

Author: 
Thomas Colley
Reviewer: 
Allison Abra

Abra on Colley, 'Always at War: British Public Narratives of War'

Thomas Colley. Always at War: British Public Narratives of War. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2019. x + 274 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-472-13144-0

Reviewed by Allison Abra (University of Southern Mississippi) Published on H-Diplo (July, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Samuel F. Wells Jr.
Reviewer: 
James Matray

Matray on Wells Jr., 'Fearing the Worst: How Korea Transformed the Cold War'

Samuel F. Wells Jr. Fearing the Worst: How Korea Transformed the Cold War. Woodrow Wilson Center Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 2020. Illustrations, tables. 600 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-54994-3.

Reviewed by James Matray (California State University, Chico) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Marina E. Henke
Reviewer: 
Paul Poast

Poast on Henke, 'Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments, and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions'

Marina E. Henke. Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments, and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2019. Illustrations, charts. 258 pp. $23.99 (e-book), ISBN 978-1-5017-3971-2; $47.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5017-3969-9.

Reviewed by Paul Poast (University of Chicago) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Victoria Reyes
Reviewer: 
Mark J. Sanchez

Sanchez on Reyes, 'Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines'

Victoria Reyes. Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. 312 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-5036-0799-6; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-0941-9

Author: 
T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Leah Zamore
Reviewer: 
Anna R. Oltman

Oltman on Aleinikoff and Zamore, 'The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime'

T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Leah Zamore. The Arc of Protection: Reforming the International Refugee Regime. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2019. viii + 169 pp. $14.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5036-1141-2

Author: 
Kirsten L. Ziomek
Reviewer: 
Brian W. Platt

Platt on Ziomek, 'Lost Histories: Recovering the Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples'

Kirsten L. Ziomek. Lost Histories: Recovering the Lives of Japan’s Colonial Peoples. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019. xix + 406 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-674-23728-5

Reviewed by Brian W. Platt (George Mason University) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

Author: 
Steve Marti, William John Pratt, eds.
Reviewer: 
David Lowe

Lowe on Marti and Pratt, 'Fighting with the Empire: Canada, Britain, and Global Conflict, 1867-1947'

Steve Marti, William John Pratt, eds. Fighting with the Empire: Canada, Britain, and Global Conflict, 1867-1947. Studies in Canadian Military History Series. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2019. 220 pp. $32.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7748-6041-3; $89.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7748-6040-6. 

Author: 
Maile Arvin
Reviewer: 
Tom Smith

Smith on Arvin, 'Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai‘i and Oceania'

Maile Arvin. Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai‘i and Oceania. Durham: Duke University Press, 2019. Illustrations. 311 pp. $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4780-0633-6

Reviewed by Tom Smith (University of Cambridge) Published on H-Diplo (May, 2020) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach (Bronx Community College, The City University of New York)

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