The H-Diplo DiscussionNETWORK is a moderated, electronic list with over 4,000 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»)

Reviewer: John T. McNay
Article Author: Ken Young
Journal Issue: The Journal of Military History 71.4 (October 2007)
Title: "No Blank Cheque: Anglo-American (Mis)understandings and the Use of the English Airbases."
Publication Date: 5 May 2008

Reviewer: Elaine Windrich
Article Author: Joanne Davies
Journal Issue: Journal of South African Studies 34.1 (March 2008)
Title: "South Africa and Constructive Engagement: Lessons Learned."
Publication Date: 25 April 2008

Reviewer: Walter Hixson (with a response by Jackson)
Article Author: Peter Jackson
Journal Issue: Review of International Studies 34.1 (January 2008)
Title(s): "Pierre Bourdieu, the 'cultural turn' and the practice of international history."
Publication Date: 22 April 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: Todd Estes
Title: The Jay Treaty Debate, Public Opinion, and the Evolution of Early American Political Culture
Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Jerald A. Combs, Seth Cotlar, Matthew Rainbow Hale, Matt J. Schumann, William Earl Weeks

Author: Jeremi Suri
Title: Henry Kissinger and the American Century
Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Barbara Keys, Priscilla Roberts, James Sparrow, Yafeng Xia

Author: Robert W. Tucker
Titles: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War: Reconsidering America’s Neutrality, 1914-1917
Reviewers: Thomas Maddux, Christopher Ball, John Milton Cooper, Jr., Ross Kennedy, Elizabeth McKillen, Klaus Schwabe

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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»)

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	Reviewer: Antoine Capet Author: David Reynolds Title: Summits: Six Meetings That Shaped the Twentieth Century
	Reviewer: Gerard Hugues Author: Simon P. Newman, ed Title: Europe's American Revolution
	Reviewer: Qiang Zhai Author: Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, ed Title: Dangerous Strait: The U.S.-China-Taiwan Crisis

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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»)

Essayists: Kim Munholland
Title: Review of Irwin M. Wall. Les États-Unis et la guerre d’Algérie, préface de Georges-Henri Soutou, traduit de l’anglais par Philippe-Étienne Raviart
Publication Date: 10 January 2008

Essayist: William R. Keylor
Title: Review of Thérèse Delpech. Savage Century: Back to Barbarism.
Publication Date: 16 November 2007

Essayist: Kim Munholland
Title: Review of Charles Cogan, Diplomatie à la française, Préface d’Hubert Védrine, Traduit de l’anglais par Nicolas Rousselier
Publication Date: 15 November 2007

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