The H-Diplo DiscussionNETWORK is a moderated, electronic list with over 4,600 subscribers who discuss foreign relations history, broadly defined. The list has a companion RSS feed and full online archives of all content dating back to 1993. (more»)

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We commission scholarly reviews of academic articles on topics in foreign relations history cover both print and online-only journals, including Diplomatic History, the Journal of Cold War Studies, Cold War History, and History Compass. (more»)

Reviewers: Alfred Eckes; Douglas A. Irwin
Article Author: Francine McKenzie
Journal Issue: Journal of Cold War Studies 10.3 (Summer 2008)
Title: “GATT and the Cold War: Accession Debates, Institutional Development, and the Western Alliance, 1947-1959.”
Publication Date: 9 January 2009

Reviewer: Robert English
Article Author: Archive Brown
Journal Issue: Journal of Cold War Studies 10.3 (Summer 2008)
Title(s): “The Change to Engagement in Britain’s Cold War Policy: The Origins of the Thatcher-Gorbachev Relationship.”
Publication Date: 22 December 2008

Reviewer: Kenneth Osgood
Article Author: S.R. Joey Long
Journal Issue: Diplomatic History 32.5 (2008)
Title(s): “Winning Hearts and Minds: U.S. Psychological Operations in Singapore, 1955-1961.”
Publication Date: 19 December 2008

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Our roundtable reviews provide in-depth coverage of key works in foregn relations and diplomatic history. Every roundtable features a panel of distinguished specialists and, often, thoughtful replies from the authors themselves. (more»)

Author: Derek Chollet and James Goldgeier
Title: America Between the Wars: From 11/9 to 9/11: The Misunderstood Years Between the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Start of the War on Terror
Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Matthew Dallek, David Greenberg, Nicholas Guyatt, Robert Jervis, Elizabeth Spalding

Author: Hal Brands
Title: From Berlin to Baghdad: America’s Search for Purpose in the Post-Cold War World
Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Meena Bose, Clea Lutz Bunch, John Dumbrell, James Goode, Scott Lucas

Author: Lorenz M. Lüthi
Title: The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World
Reviewers: Yafeng Xia, Vojtech Mastny, Douglas Selvage, Michael Sheng, Sergey Radchenko, Dong Wang, and Qiang Zhai

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H-Diplo participates in the H-Net Book Reviews program and reviews books on foreign relations history, broadly defined, including monographs, primary source collections, and essay collections. We also publish some specialized reviews such as our roundtable reviews and capsule booknotes. (more»)

Recent BookReviews »

Reviewer: William Schmidli
Title: Empire and Dissent: The United States and Latin America
Author: Fred Rosen

Reviewer: Brian McKenzie
Title: Networks of Empire: The US State Department's Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France and Britain 1950-1970
Author: Giles Scott-Smith

Reviewer: Noriko Kawamura
Title: Bankrupting the Enemy: The U.S. Financial Siege of Japan before Pearl Harbor
Author: Edward S. Miller

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The Spotlight is an H-Diplo column designed to stimulate a dialogue about the contours of “international history.” Who are “international” historians, and what are they writing? How are the methodologies and lines of inquiry unfolding? As an Internet-based source of commentary and analysis, the IHS aims to use the flexibility of an electronic format to draw attention to a wide range of materials – research programs, journal articles, and even web sites of potential interest to list members. (more»)

IHS 2007, No. 1- What did the League do, exactly?

H-Diplo essays range from state of the field thoughtpieces to extended critiques of selected works to retrospectives on noteworthy historical figures. (more»)

Essayist: Qiang Zhai
Title: Review of Yafeng Xia. Negotiating with the Enemy: U.S.-China Talks during the Cold War, 1949-1972.
Publication Date: 28 October 2008

Essayists: Andrew Knapp
Title: Review of Olivier Wieviorka. Normandy: The Landings to the Liberation of Paris
Publication Date: 10 October 2008

Essayist: Mark Stout
Title: Review of R. Gerald Hughes, Peter Jackson, and Len Scott, eds.. Exploring Intelligence Archives: Enquiries into the Secret State.
Publication Date: 9 July 2008

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