Reviews

Author: 
James Hamilton
Reviewer: 
Susan M. Hartmann

Hartmann on Hamilton, 'Advocate: On History's Front Lines from Watergate to the Keating Five, Clinton Impeachment, and Benghazi'

James Hamilton. Advocate: On History's Front Lines from Watergate to the Keating Five, Clinton Impeachment, and Benghazi. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2022. xiv + 250 pp. $32.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-3351-7

Author: 
Sean T. Byrnes
Reviewer: 
Seth Offenbach

Offenbach on Byrnes, 'Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right'

Sean T. Byrnes. Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. 278 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8071-7528-6

Author: 
Gregg Coodley, David Sarasohn
Reviewer: 
Bart Elmore

Elmore on Coodley and Sarasohn, 'The Green Years, 1964-1976: When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth'

Gregg Coodley, David Sarasohn. The Green Years, 1964-1976: When Democrats and Republicans United to Repair the Earth. Environment and Society Series. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2021. 375 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-3234-3

Author: 
Christopher Bosso
Reviewer: 
David D. Vail

Vail on Bosso, 'Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and Agricultural Act of 2014'

Christopher Bosso. Framing the Farm Bill: Interests, Ideology, and Agricultural Act of 2014. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2017. Illustrations. 208 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7006-2420-1

Author: 
Maddalena Marinari, Madeline Yuan-yin Hsu, María Cristina García, eds.
Reviewer: 
R. Bryan Zehngut-Willits

Zehngut-Willits on Marinari and Hsu and García, 'A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered: US Society in an Age of Restriction, 1924-1965'

Maddalena Marinari, Madeline Yuan-yin Hsu, María Cristina García, eds. A Nation of Immigrants Reconsidered: US Society in an Age of Restriction, 1924-1965. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2019. 328 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-08396-9.

Reviewed by R. Bryan Zehngut-Willits (New York University) Published on H-FedHist (October, 2021) Commissioned by Alison C. Efford (Marquette University)

Author: 
Jay Cost
Reviewer: 
Rebecca Brannon

Brannon on Cost, 'The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy'

Jay Cost. The Price of Greatness: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy. New York: Basic Books, 2018. 256 pp. $27.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-5416-9746-1

Reviewed by Rebecca Brannon (James Madison University) Published on H-FedHist (August, 2021) Commissioned by Caryn E. Neumann (Miami University of Ohio Regionals)

Author: 
Adam Goodman
Reviewer: 
Susan M. Hartmann

Hartmann on Goodman, 'The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants'

Adam Goodman. The Deportation Machine: America's Long History of Expelling Immigrants. Politics and Society in Modern America Series. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. Illustrations. 352 pp. $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-18215-5

Author: 
Steven M. Cahn
Reviewer: 
Marianne Cotugno

Cotugno on Cahn, 'Inside Academia: Professors, Politics, and Policies'

Steven M. Cahn. Inside Academia: Professors, Politics, and Policies. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2018. 128 pp. $19.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-978801-50-9

Reviewed by Marianne Cotugno (Miami University of Ohio) Published on H-FedHist (April, 2021) Commissioned by Caryn E. Neumann (Miami University of Ohio Regionals)

Author: 
Doug Coulson
Reviewer: 
Linh Dich

Dich on Coulson, 'Race, Nation, and Refuge: The Rhetoric of Race in Asian American Citizenship Cases'

Doug Coulson. Race, Nation, and Refuge: The Rhetoric of Race in Asian American Citizenship Cases. Albany: State University of New York Press (SUNY), 2017. 318 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-6661-3

Reviewed by Linh Dich (Miami University of Ohio) Published on H-FedHist (March, 2021) Commissioned by Caryn E. Neumann (Miami University of Ohio Regionals)

Author: 
Susan Ware
Reviewer: 
Rachel Gunter

Gunter on Ware, 'Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote'

Susan Ware. Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019. viii + 345 pp. $26.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-674-98668-8

Author: 
Wayne Fanebust
Reviewer: 
Ellen Neumann

Neumann on Fanebust, 'Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr.: A Union Army Dual Biography'

Wayne Fanebust. Brigadier General Robert L. McCook and Colonel Daniel McCook, Jr.: A Union Army Dual Biography. Jefferson: McFarland, 2017. 242 pp. $35.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4766-6986-1

Reviewed by Ellen Neumann (Independent Scholar) Published on H-FedHist (February, 2021) Commissioned by Caryn E. Neumann (Miami University of Ohio Regionals)

Author: 
Daniel K. Williams
Reviewer: 
Susan M. Hartmann

Hartmann on Williams, 'The Election of the Evangelical: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976'

Daniel K. Williams. The Election of the Evangelical: Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and the Presidential Contest of 1976. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2020. Illustrations. xviii + 446 pp. $39.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-2912-1

Author: 
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes
Reviewer: 
Joseph Stieb

Stieb on Sarantakes, 'Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969-1974'

Nicholas Evan Sarantakes. Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969-1974. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2019. Illustrations. 360 pp. $60.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7006-2852-0; $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7006-2853-7

Author: 
Ionut C. Popescu
Reviewer: 
Owen Flanagan

Flanagan on Popescu, 'Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy'

Ionut C. Popescu. Emergent Strategy and Grand Strategy: How American Presidents Succeed in Foreign Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. 248 pp. $54.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4214-2377-7

Reviewed by Owen Flanagan (Independent Scholar) Published on H-FedHist (January, 2021) Commissioned by Caryn E. Neumann (Miami University of Ohio Regionals)

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