H-Diplo Article Reviews: Diplomatic History 31 (2007)

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Issue 1 (January 2007)

Noriko Kawamura, "Emperor Hirohito and Japan's Decision to Go to War with the United States: Reexamined"
Part of a Diplomatic History forum on "The United States and Japan in the Twentieth Century."

Reviewed by Erik Esselstrom, University of Vermont (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 14 January 2007

Manako Ogawa. "The 'White Ribbon League of Nations' Meets Japan: The Trans-Pacific Activism of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, 1906-1930."
Part of a Diplomatic History forum on "The United States and Japan in the Twentieth Century."

Reviewed by Erika Kuhlman, Idaho State University (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 28 Febuary 2007

Issue 2 (April 2007)

William Glenn Gray, "Floating the System: Germany, the United States, and the Breakdown of Bretton Woods, 1969-1973" doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00603.x

Reviewed by Francis Gavin, University of Texas and LBJ School of Public Affairs (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 24 May 2007

Jon Parmenter and Mark Power Robison. "The Perils and Possibilities of Wartime Neutrality on the Edges of Empire: Iroquois and Acadians between the French and British in North America, 1744-1760." doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00611.x

Reviewed by Geoffrey Plank, Professor of History, University of Cincinnati (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 9 July 2007

Reviewed by Matt J. Schumann, Eastern Michigan University (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 9 July 2007

Macabe Keliher. "Anglo-American Rivalry and the Origins of U.S. China Policy." doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00613.x

Reviewed by John M. Belohlavek, Professor of History, University of South Florida (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 1 August 2007

Issue 3 (June 2007)

Molly M. Wood. “‘Commanding Beauty’ and ‘Gentle Charm’: American Women and Gender in the Early Twentieth-Century Foreign Service.” doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00629.x.

Reviewed by Erika Kuhlman, Idaho State University (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 10 June 2007

Hiroo Nakajima. “The Monroe Doctrine and Russia: American Views of Czar Alexander I and Their Influence upon Early Russian-American Relations.” doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00627.x .

Reviewed by David W. McFadden, Professor of History, Fairfield University (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 10 June 2007

David Zietsma. “‘Sin Has No History’: Religion, National Identity, and U.S. Intervention, 1937-1941.” doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00630.x.

Reviewed by David Foglesong, Rutgers University (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 11 June 2007

George J. Hill. "Intimate Relationships: Secret Affairs of Church and State in the United States and Liberia, 1925-1947." doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00628.x.

Reviewed by James H. Meriwether, California State University, Channel Islands (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 19 September 2007

Issue 4 (September 2007)

Mark T. Hove. "The Arbenz Factor: Salvador Allende, U.S.-Chilean Relations, and the 1954 U.S. Intervention in Guatemala." doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.2007.00656.x

Reviewed by Tanya Harmer, London School of Economics and Political Science (PDF)
Published by H-Diplo on 6 November 2007

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