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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Defense Engagement Since 1900 Global Lessons in
Book SynopsisThere is more to defense than military might and more to the military than a fighting force. At a moment of global upheaval and political uncertainty, this timely volume defines and reframes the terms of defense engagement - the use of military capabilities to exert soft power (influence) as opposed to hard power (military force).Trade ReviewDefense diplomacy is an understudied and underappreciated role of the armed forces. This volume highlights how defense diplomacy has worked over time and in a number of different historical contexts. As an introduction to the practical applications and issues involved, this book is both a useful and stimulating read." - Matthew C. Ford, senior lecturer, University of Sussex"There is much talk about 'bridge books' that scholars, practitioners, and interested general readers can all learn from and value. There is even more talk about 'filling a gap in our knowledge.' Some books achieve one of those objectives. Defense Engagement since 1900 is a rare and impressive example of a volume that does both." - Brian P. Farrell, professor of history, National University of Singapore
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Diplomat in Khaki
Book SynopsisHailed as “one of the best soldiers this country has produced”, Frank Ross McCoy was, throughout his distinguished career, much more than just a good soldier. Based on exhaustive research, this book shows that McCoy’s career provides a unique perspective both on American foreign policy and on civil-military relations.
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Stabilizing Fragile States Why It Matters and
Book SynopsisWritten from the point of view of an on-the-ground practitioner after exceptional government and voluntary service abroad, Rufus Phillips III uses his experience to explain why US efforts to help fragile countries stabilize is important to national security.Table of Contents Foreword by H. R. McMaster Series Editor's Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations for Key Terms and Organizations Introduction Part I. Understanding the Challenge 1. Background 2. Significant Factors 3. Public Support 4. Essential Ideas and Terms Part II. Interventions 5. Cold War Cases 6. Iraq 7. Afghanistant 8. Colombia Part III. How to Do Better Existing Capabilities and Organizational Change 10. Organizing for Better Assistance 11. Mission and Roles 12. Recruitment, Education, and Training 13. Field Organization, Operations, and Financing 14. Stabilization Strategy and Implementation in a Hypothetical State 15. The Future Appendix: Proposed Education and Training Program Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£44.06
University of British Columbia Press Fire and the Full Moon
Book SynopsisFire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada's postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada's response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Canada, the United Nations, and the Decolonization of Indonesia, 1945–492 The Golden Bridge: Canada and Indonesian Economic Development, 1950–633 Non-state Networks and Modernizing Elites in the Sukarno Years4 Canada, Alliance Politics, and the West New Guinea Dispute, 1957–635 Canada, Confrontation, and the End of Empire in Southeast Asia, 1963–666 A Pebble in Many Shoes: Development in Indonesia, Decolonization in East Timor, 1968–99ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Fire and the Full Moon Canada and Indonesia in a
Book SynopsisFire and the Full Moon reassesses Canada’s postwar foreign policy objectives and national image through the gulf between rhetoric and reality in Canada’s response to decolonization in Indonesia and the Global South.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Canada, the United Nations, and the Decolonization of Indonesia, 1945–492 The Golden Bridge: Canada and Indonesian Economic Development, 1950–633 Non-state Networks and Modernizing Elites in the Sukarno Years4 Canada, Alliance Politics, and the West New Guinea Dispute, 1957–635 Canada, Confrontation, and the End of Empire in Southeast Asia, 1963–666 A Pebble in Many Shoes: Development in Indonesia, Decolonization in East Timor, 1968–99ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Canadas Global Villagers CUSO in Development
Book SynopsisAn authoritative history of an organization that engaged thousands of young Canadians in the practice and politics of international development.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 “Fine Young Canadians”: Visionaries and Volunteers in CUSO’s First Decade2 A Passage to India: Early Lessons in Development3 “Development Is Disturbance”: Change, Politics, and Conflict in CUSO’s 1970s4 “Big Is Beautiful?”: The Challenges of Serving in Nigeria5 “Involvement That Lasts a Lifetime”: Returned Volunteers and Canadian SocietyConclusion: “Gnat against Elephant” and “The Time of Our Lives”A Note on Sources and AcknowledgmentsAppendices; Notes; Index
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Conflicting Visions
Book SynopsisConflicting Visions recounts the Cold War history of Canada’s turbulent diplomatic relationship with India, from India’s independence through to its controversial emergence as a nuclear power, using Canadian technology to help build its first nuclear device.Trade ReviewThis is a much-needed book in the field of Canada’s (and India’s) bilateral relations, and is based on a painstaking search through the vast (and often nonlinear) RG25 file group at the National Archives in Ottawa...[and it is] an excellent study of diplomatic access to the top, the role of ministers of external affairs (both countries used similar names for this activity), and the role of the powerful unelected officials who guarded the doors and crafted the language of policies. -- Robert Anderson, Simon Fraser University * Pacific Affairs, Vol. 90 No. 1, March 2017 *Conflicting Visions [is] perhaps the best of [a] superb new crop of historical work on Canada’s international relations ... Like other recent books on Canadian international history published by UBC Press, Conflicting Visions draws on a source base that is not just multi-archival but international. The result is an exemplary work of history. -- Asa McKercher, McMaster University * British Journal of Canadian Studies *[Touhey’s] research deftly combines well-known events in the [Canada–India] bilateral history with the personal reflections of some of its most proficient members. The narrative is reminiscent of a classic story arc featuring two star-crossed lovers who, despite their best intentions, are beset by a series of mistaken expectations and miscommunications, and are ultimately separated … [This book] will stand as one of the finest studies within the Canadian foreign policy literature of Canada’s bilateral relations. -- Anita Singh, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, Dalhousie University * International Journal *[Ryan Touhey’s] book is indeed thorough. It provides a well-researched and documented history of diplomacy and all its attendant personalities, misunderstandings, and foibles, and how these qualities affected the nature of the interactions between the governments of Canada and India. Because this is a diplomatic history, it focuses exclusively on the elite: prime ministers, cabinets, high-ranking diplomats, and their personnel. Touhey’s main argument concerns the so-called “bridge thesis”...Touhey provides an excellent history of the bridge thesis, showing step-by-step how it was formulated and put into action. He also reveals where it started to go awry until finally it was acknowledged to be a myth. -- Matthew Hayes * American Review of Canadian Studies, Issue 46.4, December 2016 *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Plain Tales from the DEA: Why India?2 Building a Bridge: Bilateral Relations, 1947–493 A Helping Hand: The Genesis of Canada’s Aid Relationship with India, 1950–514 In Close and Friendly Collaboration: Canada and India during the Korean War, 1950–535 A Special Relationship? 1952–576 Friendly but Not Close: The Diefenbaker Years, 1957–637 Mounting Problems, 1963–668 An Inability to Influence: Nuclear Cooperation and the NPT Negotiations, 1966–689 Old Hopes and a New Realism? Bilateral Relations, 1968–7310 Choices Made: The Descent of Bilateral Relations, 1974–76ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Challenge the Strong Wind
Book SynopsisChallenge the Strong Wind recounts the story of Canadian policy toward East Timor from the 1975 invasion to the 1999 vote for independence, demonstrating that historical accounts need to include both government and non-governmental perspectives.Trade ReviewDavid Webster's Challenge the Strong Wind: Canada and East Timor, 1975−99 is a significant scholarly work on Canada‐East Timor relations. -- Wu‐Ling Chong * Asian Policy and Politics *I read with avid interest David Webster’s Challenge the Strong Wind…this is a wonderful book. -- Ferry de Kerckhove, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa * International Journal *Table of ContentsForeword by Robert Bothwell and John English1 Introduction: Never a Lost CausePart 1: From Indifference to Complicity, 1975–832 Through Australian Eyes? Pierre Trudeau and the Indonesian Annexation of East Timor, 1975–773 Human Rights and the Humanitarian Impulse: Oxfam and East Timor, 1975–764 Changing Sides at the United Nations, 1978–825 Ceasefire and War Crimes, 1983Part 2: A Clash of Narratives, 1984–916 A Counter-Narrative Emerges, 1980–857 Congruent Interests? The Mulroney Government, 1984–918 Canadian Catholics and the East Timor Struggle9 The Canada Asia Working Group, 1986–9110 Speaking Mouths: The East Timor Alert Network, 1986–91Part 3: Trade vs. Human Rights, 1991–9811 Santa Cruz and After12 Human Rights and Diaspora Diplomacy13 Recalibrating the Relationship, 1993–9514 A Nobel Cause: Diplomacy and Activism, 1996–98Part 4: Changing the Narrative, 1998 Onward15 Canada Comes Around, 1998–9916 Canada and East Timor in the Twenty-First Century17 Conclusion: Diplomacies Seen and UnseenNotes; Bibliography; Index
£66.60
University of British Columbia Press Follow the Leader Lose the Region Charting a
Book SynopsisFollow the Leader, Lose the Region conclusively demonstrates that an understanding of how Asia sees itself should inform Canadian foreign policy in the region.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Framing a Canadian Strategy in the Asia-Pacific1 The Basics: A Critical Examination of Western Narratives on Asia2 Asian Counter-Narratives: Indo-Pacific, Rules-Based Order, and Freedom and Openness3 Asian Counter-Narratives: Western State Identity in the Asia-Pacific4 Asian Narratives on Asia’s Security Order: Western Hegemony as a Source of Instability 5 Chinese Counter-Narratives: The Chinese Communist Party, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and Foreign Affairs 6 Mapping a Canadian Policy Approach to Asia: National Interests, Asian Narratives, and Network AnalysisConclusion: Toward Omnidirectional Diplomacy and Strategic IntegrationNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index
£35.10
MB - Cornell University Press Myths of Empire Domestic Politics and International Ambition
Book SynopsisOverextension is the common pitfall of empires. Jack Snyder identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional explanations offered by historians and political scientists.Trade ReviewMyths of Empire offers the best-developed theory to date of the domestic sources of international conflict and security policy.... Snyder has taken a major step toward ending the theoretical impoverishment of the study of the domestic sources of international conflict. * American Political Science Review *In support of his case, Snyder draws upon recent research into the determinant of foreign policy of the leading powers since the mid-19th century.... Historians and still more international relations specialists will find much of interest in this analysis. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of Contents1. The Myth of Security through Expansion2. Three Theories of Overexpansion3. Germany and the Pattern of Late Development4. Japan's Bid for Autarky5. Social Imperialism in Victorian Britain6. Soviet Politics and Strategic Learning7. America’s Cold War Consensus8. Overexpansion: Origins and AntidotesIndex
£42.30
Cornell University Press The Universe Unraveling
Book SynopsisThe Universe Unraveling is a provocative reinterpretation of U.S.-Laos relations in the years leading up to the Vietnam War. U.S. policy toward Laos under Eisenhower and Kennedy cannot be understood apart from the traits Americans ascribed to Lao allies.Trade ReviewThe Universe Unraveling is a wonderful, spellbinding account, one of those rare books that you really do not want to put down. Although the heart of Jacobs's book is about cultural attitudes, one real strength is that he integrates them into a fairly traditional diplomatic history narrative that explains cogently the intricacies of Lao politics and American policy. * Diplomatic History *Few scholars of the Vietnam War bother to analyze the complex circumstances of wartime Laos in general, leaving it as another figurative sideshow in the region-wide conflict. In The Universe Unraveling, historian Seth Jacobs demonstrates the importance of understanding America's foreign policy toward Laos in the 1950s as a key factor in its later direct involvement in South Vietnam. Jacobs illustrates how the confused and contemptuous foreign policy of John Foster Dulles's State Department was chiefly responsible for Kennedy's ultimate decision to stay out of Laos. Jacobs argues persuasively that Washington's largely chaotic Laos policy 'bound America more tightly to its client state of South Vietnam' and thus drew it deeper into the quagmire of war there. The Universe Unraveling is an important and useful contribution to Vietnam War studies. It treats Laos as an important historical topic in its own right, while providing useful explanations as to how the United States stumbled into war in South Vietnam. And, perhaps most significantly, it serves as a powerful reminder that the attitudes and actions of a small number of American officials can have devestating consequences for a great many peoples and environments across the globe. * Journal of Military History *In his fascinating, lively, and well-researched study of the failures of U.S. policy in Laos Seth Jacobs accepts that decision makers in the Kennedy administration viewed Laos as a poor setting in which to mount a vigorous response to the communist menace due to its difficult terrain, overwhelming logistical challenges, and easy accessibility for North Vietnam and China. But going beyond this orthodoxy, Jacobs also makes a sustained case that cultural factors—in particular an ingrained American belief that the Lao people were feckless, indolent, disorganized, cowardly, and inherently pacific—played an even more important role than strategic considerations in convincing American policymakers that the more resilient Vietnamese (as they were viewed through an inverted cultural lens) would offer sturdier resistance to communist insurgency. * American Historical Review *It is difficult now to conceive of how significant Laos once was in American Cold War strategic thinking.. Drawing extensively on American diplomatic sources and contemporary reporting on Laos in the American press, Seth Jacobs offers a novel explanation.. Jacobs's argument is compelling, and he writes well. -- Martin Stuart-Fox * The Historian *Jacobs's meticulously researched study takes Laos from the periphery to the center of Cold War analysis. In his back and forth chronological approach with thematic consistency prevailing, Jacobs elucidates how a variety of Cold War policy makers saw proxy warriors as supremely inferior.... In this insightful though troubling analysis, Jacobs challenges colleagues to continue the analysis of Kennedy's having 'no intention of scaling back Washington's commitment to defend as much territory as it could from red aggression.'... Highly recommended. * Choice *Seth Jacobs has produced an exceptionally important, well researched, and compelling account of American involvement in Laos during the Dwight Eisenhower and early John F. Kennedy administrations. -- Kenton Clymer * H-Diplo Roundtable Reviews *The history of that period has been the subject of numerous studies. Jacobs, however, wants to get behind the narrative of American actions in Laos: the misspent aid, the attempts to build a Lao military force, the waging of covert war by the Central Intelligence Agency, the subversion of elections, the internecine rivalry of US agencies, the provision of arms which led at one point to the absurdity of Lao military factions fighting each other, each with American weapons. Jacobs handles all of that deftly and links it skillfully to the labyrinthine shifts in Lao politics. -- Paul Cheeseright * Asian Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. "A Long Country Inhabited by Lotus Eaters": Washington Encounters Laos 2. "A Soft Buffer": Laos in the Eisenhower Administration's Grand Strategy 3. "Help the Seemingly Unhelpable": "Little America" and the U.S. Aid Program in Laos 4. "Foreigners Who Want to Enslave the Country": American Neocolonialism, Lao Defiance 5. "Doctor Tom" and "Mister Pop": American Icons in Laos 6. "Retarded Children": Laos in the American Popular Imagination 7. "No Place to Fight a War": Washington Backs Away from LaosEpilogueNotes Index
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Cornell University Press Base Politics
Book SynopsisCooley examines how domestic politics in different host countries, especially in periods of democratic transition, affect the status of U.S. bases and the degree to which the U.S. military has become a part of their local and national landscapes.Trade ReviewOffers feasible pros and cons for both sides of the debate on U.S. basing in allied nations. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser * Proceedings (USNI) *
£33.25
MB - Cornell University Press Just Politics Human Rights and the Foreign Policy of Great Powers
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Cornell University Press The Mediation Dilemma
Book SynopsisWhile mediation has a strong record in reducing hostilities, it is not without its own problems. In The Mediation Dilemma, Kyle Beardsley highlights its long-term limitations.Trade Review"By definition, mediation efforts are limited to negotiation and the provision of information, so there has been considerable skepticism about whether this kind of intervention has any lasting effects. Kyle Beardsley shows convincingly that there are indeed substantive effects, but they are often ephemeral. The Mediation Dilemma provides the defining statement about what we know and do not know about international third-party mediation." -- Allan Stam, University of Michigan, author of Win, Lose, or Draw: Domestic Politics and the Crucible of War "In this well-written book that should be of interest to scholars and practitioners alike, Kyle Beardsley shows that third-party mediation can obtain short-term peace at the cost of long-term stability, but that certain factors—such as coordination—mitigate this tradeoff. The theoretical approach draws on bargaining theory and the analysis is both rigorous and accessible, employing case studies and statistics. The Mediation Dilemma is an outstanding contribution to the international conflict management field." -- Scott Sigmund Gartner, Penn State University"Kyle Beardsley has written a brilliant book, based on careful and persuasive research, tackling central questions for mediators of international conflict: when and how much to intervene. His findings are striking and should be contemplated by everyone interested in conflict-resolution: While heavy-handed mediation can reduce the short-term intensity of conflict, it seems to make long-term resolution more difficult." -- Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development, the University of Maryland, and Senior Fellow, the Brookings Institution"Most mediation studies are myopic, concerned only with the achievement of an agreement and not its long-term effects on actor behavior. Kyle Beardsley's work is a fruitful exception, linking short-term outcomes to long-term problems and doing so in a theoretically and empirically informed fashion." -- Paul F. Diehl, Henning Larsen Professor, University of IllinoisTable of Contents1. The Dilemma 2. Negotiating Mediation 3. Why Accept Mediation? 4. Raison d'être: Short-Term Benefits of Mediation 5. The Struggle for Self-Enforcing Peace 6. Mediation in Intrastate Conflicts 7. Implications, Applications, and Conclusions
£37.05
MB - Cornell University Press The Peace Puzzle
Book SynopsisThe Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy, develop strategy and tactics, and see through negotiations to agreements on an issue that has been of singular importance to U.S. interests for more than forty years.Trade ReviewThe collective Middle East experience of the authors is unsurpassed. Their analysis is terse, and their portrait of U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace is bleak.... The authors assert that American policymakers must address the core issues, transform their natural bias toward Israel into a positive factor, recapture bipartisan resolve to tackle the issue, maintain continuity across administrations, and persuade the Israelis and the Palestinians that Washington understands and respects their fundamental interests. * Foreign Affairs *The originality of this new book is to propose a distanced analysis that draws on 120 interviews with the implied decision-makers of American political involvement in the Middle East from 1989-2011...The authors take care to compare the remarks of their interviewees with available official documents, journalist investigations, as well as already-publicized testimonies. The result is a study that draws constantly on its foundational material, citing interviews that support and enrich the argument. * Politique Américaine *A must-read for anyone who desires to truly understand this critical and complex quest for Middle East peace. * Israel Book Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Decline of American Mideast Diplomacy 1. Opportunities Created, Opportunities Lost: Negotiations at Oslo and Madrid 2. Within Reach: Israeli- Syrian Negotiations of the 1990s 3. The Collapse of the Israeli- Palestinian Negotiations 4. George W. Bush Reshapes America's Role 5. The Annapolis Denouement 6. Obama: An Early Assessment Epilogue: Lessons Learned and UnlearnedNotes Index
£97.20
Cornell University Press With Sails Whitening Every Sea Mariners and the
Book SynopsisBrian Rouleau argues that because of their ubiquity in foreign ports, American sailors were the principal agents of overseas foreign relations in the early republic.Trade ReviewWith Sails Whitening Every Sea challenges a popular view concerning the romance of American maritime history. It examines this image through the lens of sociology and effectively casts nostalgia and sentimentality upon the rocks of ruthless racist reality.... [T]his is a valuable book worthy of being added to any maritime historian's library. -- Louis Arthur Norton * The Northern Mariner *Brian Rouleau's book is an important addition to the growing field of literature and scholarship that seeks to more completely assess the role of American mariners in the Early Republic. -- Timothy G. Lynch * Sea History *Rouleau has crafted an impressive reimagining of working-class seafarers that places them at the heart of the American encounter with the world in the early and mid-nineteenth century.... Rouleau's straightforward arguments, imaginative research, wit, and strength as a writer made this work an uncommonly pleasant read. -- Joshua M. Smith * Journal of American History *Rouleau points out—provocatively and persuasively—that much of what antebellum Americans knew of the world was filtered 'through maritime mediation' (p. 34). Seafarers’ letters, memoirs and reports from abroad were not just the stuff of later romanticized remembrances of the ‘days of sail’; rather, they were essential sources of commercial and ethnographic information as the American imagination chased American commerce around the globe.... With Sails Whitening Every Sea handles well the tremendous complexity of the subject matter. All of the categories discussed—gender, race, class—were moving targets, all the more so at sea, and historians are richer for Rouleau’s careful and sophisticated examination of his subject. -- Matthew Taylor Raffety * International Journal of Maritime History *The major strength of Rouleau's work is that he does not limit his scope to either the Pacific or Atlantic. Instead he sets out to examine a global maritime empire. -- Antony Adler * H-War *Brian Rouleau's new book forces us to reconsider the ways in which foreign relations work. Ordinary people, it turns out, have had an enormous impact on international affairs. Rouleau's provocative book explains how common maritime laborers shaped the contours of America's entanglements with foreign peoples during the nineteenth century. Rouleau has a true talent for seeing the larger dimensions of everyday interactions. -- Christopher P. Magra * Diplomatic History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "Born to Rule the Seas"1. Schoolhouses Afloat2. Jim Crow Girdles the Globe3. Maritime Destiny as Manifest Destiny4. A Maritime Empire of Moral Depravity5. An Intimate History of Early America's Maritime Empire6. Making Do at the Margins of Maritime EmpireEpilogue: Out of the Sailor’s Den, into the Tourist TrapNotes Index
£39.60
Cornell University Press At Home with the Diplomats
Book SynopsisThere is a vast gulf between the public face of diplomacy and the opinions and actions that take place behind embassy doors. In At Home with the Diplomats, Iver B. Neumann offers unprecedented access to the inner workings of a foreign ministry.Trade Review... Iver Neumann presents a bold new approach: the study of diplomacy as anthropology.... Neumann is well suited to parsing the grammar of this shared culture as a participant-observer of the diplomatic tribe.... By retrieving what this world looks and feels like, Neumann's work poses a series of questions that point the way to an exciting agenda for further research. -- Nigel Gould-Davis * International Affairs *With this bookNeumannthe recently appointed Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Sciencetakes on the ambitious task of providing a 'historically informed ethnography of diplomacyin which I ask what diplomats do and how they come to do it'. Based primarily on his experience at the Norwegian MFAand deploying an anthropologist’s perspectivethe result is a readableslim volume that is informativeintriguing and thought-provoking.... At Home with the Diplomats is in many ways a ground-breaking book.... And it is fun at the same time. If that is not a sin, then this is a book worth reading. -- Jeremy Cresswell * The Hague Journal of Diplomacy *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Who Are They and Where Do They Come From? Chapter 1. Abroad: The Emergence of Permanent Diplomacy Chapter 2. At Home: The Emergence of the Foreign Ministry Chapter 3. The Bureaucratic Mode of Knowledge Production Chapter 4. To Be a Diplomat Chapter 5. Diplomats Gendered and Classed Conclusion: Diplomatic KnowledgeReferences Index
£20.79
Cornell University Press Myths of Empire
Book SynopsisOverextension is the common pitfall of empires. Why does it occur? What are the forces that cause the great powers of the industrial era to pursue aggressive foreign policies? Jack Snyder identifies recurrent myths of empire, describes the varieties of overextension to which they lead, and criticizes the traditional explanations offered by historians and political scientists.He tests three competing theoriesrealism, misperception, and domestic coalition politicsagainst five detailed case studies: early twentieth-century Germany, Japan in the interwar period, Great Britain in the Victorian era, the Soviet Union after World War II, and the United States during the Cold War. The resulting insights run counter to much that has been written about these apparently familiar instances of empire building.Trade ReviewMyths of Empire offers the best-developed theory to date of the domestic sources of international conflict and security policy.... Snyder has taken a major step toward ending the theoretical impoverishment of the study of the domestic sources of international conflict. * American Political Science Review *In support of his case, Snyder draws upon recent research into the determinant of foreign policy of the leading powers since the mid-19th century.... Historians and still more international relations specialists will find much of interest in this analysis. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of Contents1. The Myth of Security through Expansion2. Three Theories of Overexpansion3. Germany and the Pattern of Late Development4. Japan's Bid for Autarky5. Social Imperialism in Victorian Britain6. Soviet Politics and Strategic Learning7. America’s Cold War Consensus8. Overexpansion: Origins and AntidotesIndex
£20.79
Johns Hopkins University Press War in the Modern World
Book SynopsisTopics include land and sea warfare from the Renaissance to the neoclassical age; the Anglo-American military tradition; the French Revolution and Napoleon; the Industrial Revolution and war; and the First and Second World Wars and their aftermath.Trade ReviewOutstanding and penetrating outline of the processes of war and the means of fighting from 1415 onward. Chicago Tribune Far and away the best of the histories of military affairs. American Political Science Review Leaves the reader astonished by its combinations of brevity, clarity, and accuracy. Times Literary Supplement Surpasses any other general history of the subject. Library Journal The narrative flows easily, is illuminated by flashes of colorful detail, and relates the development of warfare to the political, technological, and economic changes of the modern era... Especially stimulating and helpful is Mr. Ropp's system of bibliographic footnotes. These are found on almost every page, directing the reader to a well-selected choice of historical and military writings which will provide more light and wider vistas whenever his interest is further stirred by what he is reading... This reviewer... has never seen anything quite as calculated to guide the beginner in further exploration of the subject or to serve as a quick reference index for the experienced analyst. New York Herald Tribune A substantial and scholarly history of modern warfare from the age of the 'great captains' through the innovations of the industrial revolution, to our age of unlimited violence. Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition, by Alex Roland Introduction to the Original Edition Part I: The Age of the Great Captain sChapter 1: Land Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1415-1789) i. New Techniques and Types of Military Organization ii. The Wars for Italy and the Rise of Spain (1494-1559) iii. The Army of the Spanish Hapsburgs iv. Spain's Decline (1559-1659) v. The Age of Louis XIV (1643-1715) vi. The Age of Frederick the Great: Neoclassical Warfare vii. The Common Soldier in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 2: Naval Warfare from the Renaissance to the Neoclassical Age (1417-1789) i. The Command of the Sea ii. Portuguese and Spanish Sea Power iii. The Rise of English Sea Power iv. Navies in the Neoclassical AgeChapter 3: The Anglo-American Military Tradition i. The Weakness of the Standing Army ii. Problems of Imperial Defense iii. The Break with Britain iv. The Continental Army and Navy v. The British in the American RevolutionChapter 4: The French Revolution and Napoleon i. French Military Reformers ii. The Revolution iii. The Organizer of Victory iv. The Napoleonic Empire v. The Opposition to Napoleon: The Peninsula vi. The Opposition to Napoleon in Eastern EuropePart II: The Industrial Revolution and WarChapter 5: The First Half of Nineteenth Century (1815-1853) i. Britain and the Long Peace ii. Austria, Russia, and France iii. PrussiaChapter 6: The Wars of the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1854-1871) i. The New Weapons of the Industrial Revolution ii. The Crimean and Italian Wars iii. The Rise of Germany iv. The American Civil War: Men and Tactics v. The American Civil War: StrategyChapter 7: The Years of Uneasy Peace (1871-1914) i. Military Organization: The Spread of Prussian Doctrine ii. Mobilization and Intellectual Preparation of the Mass Army iii. The Race for Colonies and Sea Power iv. Land Tactics with the New Fire Weapons v. The War Plans of the Continental Powers vi. British Participation in a Continental WarPart III: The Age of Violence Chapter 8: The First World War i. The Opening Battles (1914) ii. Deadlock in the West (1915-1916) iii. German Victory in the East (1915-1916) iv. The United States and the War (1917) v. Years of Decision (1917-1918)Chapter 9: The Long Armistice (1919-1939) i. The Peace Settlements ii. The Totalitarian State: Bolshevik Russia iii. Italian Fascism and the Theories of Giulio Douhet iv. The Military Recovery of Germany v. The Three DemocraciesChapter 10: The Second World War i. The Opening Battles ii. Britain, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic iii. The Russo-German War iv. Allied Deployment: Decision in Western Europe v. The East Asian and Pacific Wars: The Japanese Raid vi. The Allied Counterattack in the Pacific vii. The War for East AsiaEpilogue Index
£27.45
Stanford University Press Diplomatic Security
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Protecting diplomats and other embassy personnel has become increasingly important and difficult. Eugenio Cusumano and Christopher Kinsey and their contributors offer the first conceptually sophisticated and comparative study of this problem. This is a must-read for every foreign ministry and for scholars interested in the ways diplomats and their immunity are threatened."—Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London"Diplomats have never been in more danger. Embassies are now fortresses and battlegrounds with their own private armies, as this impressively researched global analysis demonstrates. Definitive reading for serious diplomacy watchers and all terrorism and security experts, this remarkable book is nevertheless fascinating and highly accessible to the general reader."—Richard J. Aldrich, University of WarwickTable of ContentsIntroduction: What Is Diplomatic Security? 1. A Century of US Diplomatic Security: An Evolutionary Response to a Changing Threat Environment 2. Chinese Diplomatic Security: Meeting and Managing New Challenges 3. Diplomatic Security in the United Kingdom: An Informal Approach? 4. A Policy in Progress: France's Diplomatic Security 5. German Diplomatic Security Policy: A Federal Police Response 6. Russia's Militarized Approach to Diplomatic Security 7. Diplomatic Security in Times of Austerity: The Case of Italy 8. Diplomatic Security as Counterterrorism: Protecting Israel's Diplomatic Missions 9. Turkish Diplomatic Security: Lessons Not Learned 10. Risk Management in US Diplomatic Security 11. Securing Diplomacy in the War on Terrorism: A Critical Perspective Conclusion: Conclusion: The History, Effectiveness, and Implications of Diplomatic Security
£49.30
Stanford University Press Squandered Opportunity
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Squandered Opportunity is a valuable work that offers interesting theoretical advancement and important insights into Iranian foreign policy . . . [T]his work is an important contribution to the foreign policy decision-making literature and should be widely read." -- W.A. Rivera * Middle East Journal *"[T]he author's 'neo-classicalism' theory adequately addresses nuances by advancing four 'intervening' variables - ideas, individuals, identity, and institutions. Juneau analyzes three case studies of Iranian foreign policies to test his argument: Iran's policies in Iraq, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and Iran's nuclear program . . . In short, Iran provides little threat to the US, Europe, or even to Middle Eastern countries such as Israel and Saudi Arabia. This is an important book . . . Highly recommended." -- R. W. Olson * CHOICE *"Sophisticated and theoretically-informed analysis of Iranian foreign policy is rare. Thomas Juneau remedies this, developing an explanation of Iran's behavior in the international environment that takes account of power politics, those features unique to Iran's domestic politics, and the interaction of the two." -- Brian Rathbun, School of International Relations * University of Southern California *"Squandered Opportunity is a rare book that synthesizes advanced theoretical analysis with detailed case study and regional expertise. Its rich theoretical framework has the potential to illuminate a path for scholars who wish to pursue case studies and engage modern-day foreign policy puzzles without giving up on strong theoretical insights....Overall, Squandered Opportunity offers an outstanding analysis that will be of great interest to scholars of IR theory, foreign policy analysis, realism, Iran, and the Middle East." -- Özgür Özdamar * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThe introduction sets the stage by explaining how the book offers an original reading of Iran's foreign policy: why and how Tehran failed to seize the opportunities it faced after 2001. It starts by briefly demonstrating that various international relations theories fail to explain the underwhelming nature of Iran's foreign policy. It then outlines a unique variant of neoclassical realism, both in general terms and in terms of its specific application to the Iranian case. It then introduces the book's research objectives and working hypotheses, followed by a brief methodological discussion. 1Neoclassical Realism chapter abstractThis chapter reviews the literature on neoclassical realism, and explains its evolution as well as its strengths and weaknesses. Neoclassical realists agree with other realists that power is the chief determinant of foreign policy. Yet a reliance solely on structural factors – a state's position in the international distribution of power – cannot account for underwhelming performances, structure explains the context in which a state operates but says little about the content of foreign policy. Neoclassical realists thus posit that domestic factors act as intervening variables or 'transmission belts' converting systemic pressures into choices. In addition, neoclassical realism is a theory of mistakes differentiating ideal or optimal foreign policy (responding solely to structural pressures) from actual, sub-optimal choices, which arise as a result of the filtering effect of domestic pathologies. 2From Power to Foreign Policy: The Causal Chain chapter abstractThis chapter proposes modifications to neoclassical realism, labeling the result the strategic analysis variant. It is possible to view this variant in terms of its position on a continuum built around a tenet of realism, that capabilities shape intentions. At one end, structural realism predicts that states faced with a power vacuum seek to expand their interests abroad. At the other end, the strategic analysis variant increases accuracy while remaining within the confines of realism: it fragments power to understand how shifts in its components affect foreign policy, it increases the number and specificity of intervening variables to reflect their filtering role, it conceptualizes foreign policy more precisely by separating it into four components (power/security/influence-maximization, national interests, strategies, and consequences), and it systematizes the concepts of actual and ideal foreign policy and clarifies how states suffer consequences as a result of gaps between ideal and actual versions. 3Power chapter abstractThis chapter introduces the structural context driving Iranian foreign policy. Iran, to begin, benefits from a strong pool of potential power assets, by dint of its geography, natural resources, and population. In addition, Iran faced a window of opportunity after 2001, a power advantage which primarily arose with the collapse of rival regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Other factors including the rise in oil prices and the success of allies such as Hamas and Hezbollah also helped create favourable conditions. Yet this advantage was brittle and unsustainable. A large proportion of the growth in Iran's power was accounted for by unconventional elements: asymmetric military capabilities, the attractiveness of its rejectionist model and alliances with non-state actors, while hard aspects – wealth and conventional military assets – grew in absolute terms but stagnated in relative terms. 4Domestic Pathologies chapter abstractSystemic pressures are filtered through domestic processes, explaining the conversion from possible – the range of feasible outcomes shaped by power – to actual choices. Three intervening variables matter: status, identity and factional politics. There is a discrepancy, first, between Iran's aspiration to regional power status and its perception that the status ascribed to it is unbecoming of what it believes is its rightful place in the regional order, it suffers from a status discrepancy. This is a source of revisionism, but remains indeterminate. To achieve greater specificity, the second variable consists of the Iranian regime's rejectionist identity, which specifies Iran's interests by ranking alternatives and shaping decisions. The balance of power among regime factions – the third intervening variable – constantly evolves but remains within the parameters of the Islamic Republic's identity. That is, power, aspirations and identity shape an increasingly precise set of options, bargaining among factions subsequently determines which are selected. 5Iran's Policy in Iraq chapter abstractIran has major interests in Iraq: geography ensures that the security of each is partly dependent on the power and ambitions of the other. In Iraq, Iran's power was less constrained than in the Arab-Israeli conflict, with conventional elements of power playing a salient role. Iran had genuine security concerns emanating from the presence of US troops and instability in Iraq. There was thus less scope for agency as structural pressures pushed and shoved Iran more compellingly. Tehran partly accomplished its objectives: it positioned itself as an indispensable player in Iraq and was instrumental in the establishment of a stable but weak Iraqi government devoid of anti-Iranian biases. Nonetheless, Iran's performance has been sub-optimal, though less than in other issue-areas. This smaller discrepancy was due to the limited role of domestic pathologies in shaping policies: there was therefore less deviation from optimal, structurally-induced outcomes. 6Iran and the Arab-Israeli Conflict chapter abstractIran's rising power pushes it towards greater assertiveness in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Yet solely on the basis of structural pressures, there is limited security for Iran to maximize: it does not share a border with Israel and economic ties are limited. Structure thus provided strong but ambiguous signals, leaving scope for domestic pathologies to distort policy. The combination of rising power and status discrepancy tells us that Iran will be an assertive and revisionist power, while regime identity specifies the rejectionist nature of this revisionism. As the factional balance increasingly favoured hard-liners, policy further tilted towards rejectionism. Yet Iran only has a narrow set of tools, especially the appeal of its rejectionism and its ties to like-minded actors. This limits the breadth of the impact it can have on the conflict, and is insufficient to shape the regional order in the revisionist direction it envisions. 7Iran's Nuclear Program chapter abstractDriven by its rising power, an assertive Iran progressed along the nuclear path. Structural pressures were strong but indeterminate, however, failing to push Iran as compellingly as in Iraq. This allowed domestic pathologies to influence policy. Iran suffers from a status discrepancy: it wants to reap the benefits associated with joining the nuclear club but is denied the opportunity. It is thus dissatisfied with the nuclear order. The regime's identity and the evolution of the factional balance in favour of conservatives and hard-liners specify how revisionist options were narrowed towards rejectionism. Tehran has been able to gain influence thanks to its nuclear program, more than in the Arab-Israeli conflict but less than in Iraq. Most importantly, the program promises future benefits. Paradoxically, Iran also suffers significant consequences because of its choices: its economy is increasingly suffocated by sanctions, while the country suffers from growing isolation. Conclusion chapter abstractThe Conclusion synthesizes the results by discussing how Iran's power, security and influence, despite some successes, remain well below their potential. The situation, moreover, is likely to get worse: Iran's power will face growing constraints in coming years. Next, the conclusion argues that the analysis validates the view of structural realism as a normative theory – accounting for how states should behave – and of neoclassical realism as a theory of mistakes, accounting for the gap between ideal and actual policies through its integration of domestic processes. This arises in part because of the distinction between rationality and optimality: neoclassical realism provides a framework explaining why choices are rational but not necessarily optimal. After reflecting on the relevance of other pillars of the framework – complexity, eclecticism, dynamism, path-dependency and foreign policy strategies – the conclusion offers prescriptions for Iran to maximize its power, security and influence.
£55.80
Stanford University Press Track Two Diplomacy in Theory and Practice
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In short, Track Two Diplomacy is a highly accessible book, full of insights, and useful for academics, practitioners and officials alike. The book is one of its kind in its ability to bridge disciplinary barriers and differing views about the utility of political theory, and its willingness to challenge conventional methods of social science research." -- Happymon Jacob * St. Anthony's International Review *"This valuable work presents a unique and contemporary treatment of Track Two Diplomacy that will serve the important function of increasing understanding about this essential method of interactive conflict resolution. Written in an accessible and honest style, the book will appeal to scholars, professionals and students as an introductory and yet comprehensive overview." -- Ronald J. Fisher, Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution, School of International Service * American University *"Although impervious to standard metrics of program evaluation, Track II Diplomacy remains an important, if poorly understood, complement to official governmental negotiations. From the perspective of an experienced Track II practitioner, Peter Jones provides a nuanced perspective on both the promise and limits of this unheralded form of unofficial diplomacy." -- Stephen J. Del Rosso, Director, International Peace and Security * Carnegie Corporation of New York *"This book will be a classic that defines the field of Track Two diplomacy. It successfully bridges several different worlds: the experience of a Track Two practitioner and fine academic scholarship; the worlds of interactive conflict resolution and regional security oriented Track Two; and the worlds of security studies and peace studies. It is an exemplary work." -- Esra Cuhadar * Bilkent University *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the key aims of the book and its intended audiences. The aims include the "demystifying" of the field of Track Two, and the systematic review of the field and its place in international relations. The intended audiences are officials who must interact with Track Two, and scholars and practitioners who study it. 1What is Track Two Diplomacy chapter abstractThis chapter reviews the many definitions which have been developed for the field of Track Two and analyzes the contribution each has made to the development of our understanding of it. The chapter explores the development of Track Two within the broader field of conflict resolution, and also outlines the history of the development of Track Two itself. Based upon this, the chapter outlines some recurring themes which are common to the various definitions and historical experiences of Track Two and then advances its own definition of the field. The chapter also notes that, while most Track Two has been intended for the resolution of conflicts, other models have arisen, such as Track Two in the service of regional security. 2Theoretical Foundations of Track Two chapter abstractThis chapter looks at the major paradigms in the field of International Relations and asks where Track Two fits in terms of its relationship to them. It finds that none of the paradigms completely explains Track Two, and argues that an eclectic approach must be taken to understanding where and how Track Two fits into IR theory. The chapter then identifies and explores attempts which have been made by previous scholars and practitioners of Track Two to explain and define what they are doing in relation to adapted forms of IR and other social science theories. 3Where Theory Meets Practice chapter abstractThis chapter explores the interplay between practice and attempts to develop theoretical explanations for Track Two. While much of Track Two theory is not well-received by mainstream theories of international affairs, this does not mean that it lacks theoretical foundation. Several practitioners and students of the field have developed theoretical frameworks. Other practitioners have developed or borrowed concepts from other constructs and applied them eclectically to their activities. In keeping with Track Two's action-oriented approach, much of this activity tries to help practitioners answer critical questions about how to make their efforts more effective. Four particularly important aspects of this are: the question of the 'theories of change' which practitioners take into their cases, the way they conceive the conflict, the question of when it is best to launch a Track Two process, and the ethical and cultural issues which arise when practicing Track Two. 4On People: The Characteristics and Role of the Third Party chapter abstractThis chapter explores the role of the 'third party,' the individual who facilitates a Track Two process. It explores questions like: why do most Track Two dialogues have a third party? Who are these people and what do they do? How are they prepared for the role? There is no single, all-encompassing definition, nor are there agreed standards to prepare people for this role. Instead, the idea of the third party has evolved through trial and error, and most who undertake it are prepared through study and a long apprenticeship of assisting others. Moreover, there are differing perceptions of what the third party does, often based on different conceptions of the primary purpose of Track Two. Some embrace an eclectic approach which stresses personal skills and indefinable qualities, while others believe that the field needs standards and professionalization. Finally, the chapter explores what "power" the third party has. 5On Method: The Problem Solving Workshop chapter abstractThis chapter examines what is arguably the main process used in Track Two dialogues, Problem Solving Workshops (PSW). It begins by identifying the evolution of the "problem solving" idea in the social sciences and its application to conflicts. It then looks at how PSWs are organized. The conditions PSWs aim to create are: equality among participants, regardless of asymmetries within the conflict; a sense of common purpose; cooperative interdependence; and a set of rules which are employed by a facilitator to guide the conversation towards cooperative and reflective analysis. As to objectives, PSW processes aim to create an environment within which people who have been involved in a conflict are able to step back from their long-held positions and examine its underlying causes. After this, the PSW participants ideally move on to developing possible ways forward. The chapter also looks at the question of how Track Two is funded. 6On Impact: Transfer and the Evaluation of Track Two chapter abstractTrack Two dialogues are meant to influence events in some way. This chapter considers how the results of such discussions reach their intended target and what practitioners and participants in Track Two can do to make such a transfer of ideas more effective. The chapter traces the evolution of the idea of transfer. It then identifies and assesses some of the key considerations and practical questions which surround the field. The chapter then asks how Track Two processes are evaluated and measured. This is a particularly difficult area for the field. The chapter traces the evolution of thinking about to measure the results of Track Two and identifies the key issues. Conclusion chapter abstractThe Conclusion explores the issue of how theory and practice can come together to help the reader understand Track Two more fully. It rejects the notion that the two must be in opposition to each other, which is in vogue in some social science circles, and argues that each can inform the other. The Conclusions note that many social science academics have tended to be dismissive of Track Two, and the field of conflict resolution generally, as not being sufficiently 'theory-based,' and it takes issue with this assertion. However, ultimately, the Conclusion argues that Track Two is more about practice than it is about theory-building because it is ultimately about working with people, who are idiosyncratic. Finally, the Conclusion advances a set of propositions about Track Two which are presented as the main findings of the book.
£19.79
Louisiana State University Press Disunited Nations
Book SynopsisExplores American reactions to hostile world opinion, as voiced in the United Nations by representatives of the Global South from 1970 to 1984. Sean Byrnes suggests this challenge had a significant impact on US policy and politics, shaping the rise of the New Right and neoliberal visions of the world economy.
£35.06
LSU Press Sister Republics
Book SynopsisTells the story of the unique relationship between the United States and its first ally, France. David Haglund examines the Franco-American bond through the prism of strategic culture. In doing so, he reveals the cultural factors that have contributed to the suboptimal relationship between the two nations.
£35.06
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Back Channel Negotiation Security in Middle East
Book SynopsisTakes on the question of whether the complex and often perilous, secret negotiations between mediating parties prove to be an instrumental path to reconciliation or rather one that disrupts the process. Using the Palestinian-Israeli peace process as a framework, the author focuses on the uses and misuses of “back channel” negotiations.
£22.06
MP-SYR Syracuse University P Peacekeeping in South Lebanon
Book SynopsisAlthough the concept of credibility has been identified by the United Nations as a significant factor in successful peacekeeping operations, its role has largely been ignored in the literature on peacekeeping at the local level. In this book, Newby provides the first detailed examination of credibility's essential place in peacekeeping.
£44.96
Ohio University Press Prelude to Genocide
Book SynopsisDavid Rawson draws on declassified documents and his own experiences as the initial US observer of the 1993 Rwandan peace talks at Arusha to seek out what led to the Rwandan genocide. The result is a commanding blend of diplomatic history and analysis of the crisis and of what happens generally when conflict resolution and diplomacy fall short.Trade Review“In lucid prose, Rawson weaves an informative, readable story of the complicated diplomatic efforts leading to the Arusha Accords of 1993. Drawing on vast documentation as well as his personal knowledge of the context, he provides a valuable perspective on the challenges—and ultimate failure—of the efforts to achieve peace. This thoughtful work adds important insights to our understanding of the road to ruin in Rwanda.”“Rawson puts the bottom line up front––Arusha failed because the parties to the talks were seeking power, not peace....This book is the definitive work on the Arusha talks and the most detailed and best-documented account of a diplomatic negotiation that I know of.”“In this story of frontline diplomacy David Rawson attempts to understand why negotiations failed to keep tragedy at bay in Rwanda.…[He] paints a revealing picture of struggling diplomacy and the dire consequences of failed conflict resolution.” * Foreign Service Journal *
£49.30
Ohio University Press Prelude to Genocide
Book SynopsisDavid Rawson draws on declassified documents and his own experiences as the initial US observer of the 1993 Rwandan peace talks at Arusha to seek out what led to the Rwandan genocide. The result is a commanding blend of diplomatic history and analysis of the crisis and of what happens generally when conflict resolution and diplomacy fall short.Trade Review“In lucid prose, Rawson weaves an informative, readable story of the complicated diplomatic efforts leading to the Arusha Accords of 1993. Drawing on vast documentation as well as his personal knowledge of the context, he provides a valuable perspective on the challenges—and ultimate failure—of the efforts to achieve peace. This thoughtful work adds important insights to our understanding of the road to ruin in Rwanda.”“Rawson puts the bottom line up front––Arusha failed because the parties to the talks were seeking power, not peace....This book is the definitive work on the Arusha talks and the most detailed and best-documented account of a diplomatic negotiation that I know of.”“In this story of frontline diplomacy David Rawson attempts to understand why negotiations failed to keep tragedy at bay in Rwanda.…[He] paints a revealing picture of struggling diplomacy and the dire consequences of failed conflict resolution.” * Foreign Service Journal *
£26.09
Duke University Press Egypt Land
Book SynopsisExplores the relation between nineteenth-century American interest in ancient Egypt in architecture, literature, and science, and the ways Egypt was deployed by advocates for slavery and by African American writers.Trade Review“Egypt Land is an exceptional interdisciplinary study of the centrality of Egyptomania to considerations of race and nation in nineteenth-century America.”—Robert S. Levine, author of Martin Delany, Frederick Douglass, and the Politics of Representative Identity “A magnificent piece of scholarship, Egypt Land does justice to the complexity of the work of nation- and race-making as such work moved circularly along axes of racialized science, ideology, Biblical and political authority, songs, and images, producing social and material effects. In short, the imagining of ancient Egypt was a weapon among an array of agents that both made and resisted, as Scott Trafton puts it, the ‘iconography of empire.’”—Wahneema Lubiano, editor of The House That Race Built“Now that Scott Trafton has taught us the meaning of Egyptomania, we’ll all be seeing its register everywhere and feeling astonished that we weren’t noticing it before.”—Dana D. Nelson, author of National Manhood: Capitalist Citizenship and the Imagined Fraternity of White MenTable of ContentsIllustrations ix Acknowledgment xi Preface: “An Inspired Frenzy of Madness” xv Introduction: “This Egypt of the West”: Making Race and Nation along the American Nile 1 1. “A Veritable He-Nigger after All”: Egypt, Ethnology, and the Crises of History 41 2. The Egyptian Moment: Racial Ruptures and the Archaeological Imaginary 85 3. The Curse of the Mummy: Race, Reanimation, and the Egyptian Revival 121 4. Undressing Cleopatra: Race, Sex, and Bodily Interiority in Nineteenth-Century American Egyptomania 165 5. Egypt Land: Slavery, Uprising, and Signifying the Double 222 Notes 263 Works Cited 315 Index 339
£27.90
Duke University Press From Washington to Moscow USSoviet Relations and
Book SynopsisIn From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs—many in Russian—as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US–Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse.Trade Review"A masterfully written book, From Washington to Moscow offers a comprehensive, magnificent, and primarily chronological narrative of the USSR—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—under the leadership of its General Secretaries—Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, and Mikhail Gorbachev—up to its stupendous collapse, and the ascent of Boris Yeltsin, the First President of the Russian Federation." -- Sapphire Ng * Impeccable Business blog *"[A] rich and readable history.... A rare and intimate look at Gorbachev and the events leading up to his presidency...." * Kirkus Reviews *"Books on the era abound, but Sell’s account helps remind us what really happened, and in some cases fills in some important gaps. His book combines meticulous use of archival and other sources with telling personal reminiscences and nuanced observations. A particular strength is his grasp of the personalities involved." -- Edward Lucas * Center for European Policy Analysis *"Sell is obviously a talented writer who is able to simplify complicated issues without removing their important subtleties. He also breaks down Cold War arms negotiations to a point where any reader can clearly understand which games each side was playing and who really won or lost despite the final number of missiles. The fact that he was present at many of the negotiations lends a sense of clarity to his writing that is rarely seen on this issue." -- April Curtis * LSE Review of Books *"Methodologically rigorous and qualitative, Sell deploys thorough archival research aided by personal observation, which makes the book a fluid and enjoyable, but serious, read. It is also a welcome departure from contemporary political scholarship, which tends to be mostly quantitative in nature and is often devoid of the historical ‘long views.’" -- Sumantra Maitra * International Affairs *"[A] modest and sensible account of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its aftermath. . . ." -- Robert Cottrell * New York Review of Books *"[T]his is a story that is extremely vivid, lively in its detail and persuasive in its assessments, that engagingly recreates what is now a bygone era for many readers and so a world they have difficulty imagining through dry, academic analysis." -- Robert D. English * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"An engaging, detailed narrative of Soviet developments and U.S.-Soviet relations that draws principally on a highly impressive range of memoir and documentary sources, especially Soviet and many unavailable in English, that have appeared since 1991.... I can testify to the meticulous care with which he has constructed his narrative, and to how successfully it weaves together data from those sources and his own lived experience." -- Thomas W. Simons, Jr * Journal of Cold War Studies *Table of ContentsPrologue. Two Treaties, Two Eras 1 1. First Visit to the USSR: Things Are Not as They Seem 5 2. Leonid Brezhnev: Power and Stagnation 9 3. Repression and Resistance 22 4. The Nixon Years 41 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki 63 6. The Unhappy Presidency of Jimmy Carter 76 7. Two Crises and an Olympiad 96 8. Interregnum: Andropov in Power 114 9. Ronald Reagan's First Administration 128 10. Eagle vs. Bear: US and Soviet Approaches to Strategic Arms Control 145 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 165 12. Gorbachev Ascendant 184 13. New Kid on the Block: Gorbachev Emerges in US-Soviet Relations 196 14. "I Guess I Should Say Michael": The Turn in US-Soviet Relations 213 15. 1989: Year of Miracles or Time of Troubles? 242 16. Stumbling toward Collapse: Gorbachev's Final Eighteen Months 270 17. The August Coup 294 18. Red Star Falling 312 19. Why Did the USSR Collapse? 322 Postscript 339 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 399
£112.20
Duke University Press From Washington to Moscow USSoviet Relations and
Book SynopsisIn From Washington to Moscow veteran US Foreign Service officer Louis Sell draws archival sources and memoirs—many in Russian—as well as his own experiences to trace the history of US–Soviet relations between 1972 and 1991 and to explain what caused the Soviet Union's collapse.Trade Review"A masterfully written book, From Washington to Moscow offers a comprehensive, magnificent, and primarily chronological narrative of the USSR—the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics—under the leadership of its General Secretaries—Leonid Brezhnev, Yuri Andropov, Konstantin Chernenko, and Mikhail Gorbachev—up to its stupendous collapse, and the ascent of Boris Yeltsin, the First President of the Russian Federation." -- Sapphire Ng * Impeccable Business blog *"[A] rich and readable history.... A rare and intimate look at Gorbachev and the events leading up to his presidency...." * Kirkus Reviews *"Books on the era abound, but Sell’s account helps remind us what really happened, and in some cases fills in some important gaps. His book combines meticulous use of archival and other sources with telling personal reminiscences and nuanced observations. A particular strength is his grasp of the personalities involved." -- Edward Lucas * Center for European Policy Analysis *"Sell is obviously a talented writer who is able to simplify complicated issues without removing their important subtleties. He also breaks down Cold War arms negotiations to a point where any reader can clearly understand which games each side was playing and who really won or lost despite the final number of missiles. The fact that he was present at many of the negotiations lends a sense of clarity to his writing that is rarely seen on this issue." -- April Curtis * LSE Review of Books *"Methodologically rigorous and qualitative, Sell deploys thorough archival research aided by personal observation, which makes the book a fluid and enjoyable, but serious, read. It is also a welcome departure from contemporary political scholarship, which tends to be mostly quantitative in nature and is often devoid of the historical ‘long views.’" -- Sumantra Maitra * International Affairs *"[A] modest and sensible account of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its aftermath. . . ." -- Robert Cottrell * New York Review of Books *"[T]his is a story that is extremely vivid, lively in its detail and persuasive in its assessments, that engagingly recreates what is now a bygone era for many readers and so a world they have difficulty imagining through dry, academic analysis." -- Robert D. English * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"An engaging, detailed narrative of Soviet developments and U.S.-Soviet relations that draws principally on a highly impressive range of memoir and documentary sources, especially Soviet and many unavailable in English, that have appeared since 1991.... I can testify to the meticulous care with which he has constructed his narrative, and to how successfully it weaves together data from those sources and his own lived experience." -- Thomas W. Simons, Jr * Journal of Cold War Studies *Table of ContentsPrologue. Two Treaties, Two Eras 1 1. First Visit to the USSR: Things Are Not as They Seem 5 2. Leonid Brezhnev: Power and Stagnation 9 3. Repression and Resistance 22 4. The Nixon Years 41 5. A Tale of Two Cities: Vladivostok and Helsinki 63 6. The Unhappy Presidency of Jimmy Carter 76 7. Two Crises and an Olympiad 96 8. Interregnum: Andropov in Power 114 9. Ronald Reagan's First Administration 128 10. Eagle vs. Bear: US and Soviet Approaches to Strategic Arms Control 145 11. Mikhail Gorbachev 165 12. Gorbachev Ascendant 184 13. New Kid on the Block: Gorbachev Emerges in US-Soviet Relations 196 14. "I Guess I Should Say Michael": The Turn in US-Soviet Relations 213 15. 1989: Year of Miracles or Time of Troubles? 242 16. Stumbling toward Collapse: Gorbachev's Final Eighteen Months 270 17. The August Coup 294 18. Red Star Falling 312 19. Why Did the USSR Collapse? 322 Postscript 339 Notes 351 Bibliography 383 Index 399
£27.90
Fordham University Press A Worldly Affair New York the United Nations and
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Prologue Chapter One: City Rebuffed Chapter Two: Suburbia Unnerved Chapter Three: Cosmopolitan Charm Chapter Four: Rockefellers to the Rescue Chapter Five: Rise of a Cityscape Icon Chapter Six: Smoothing Out the Wrinkles Chapter Seven: Learning to Live Side by Side Chapter Eight: Autumn in New York Chapter Nine: Tussle over Tickets Chapter Ten: Trio Created Chapter Eleven: Making a Mark Chapter Twelve: Quandary over Age Chapter Thirteen: Renewal of a Cityscape Icon Epilogue Endnotes Sources Acknowledgments Index
£16.14
University of Hawai'i Press Japans Imperial Diplomacy Consuls Treaty Ports and War in China 18951938 Study of the East Asian Institute
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a profile of Japan's pre-war foreign ministry, especially the Chinese specialists within the ministry, who advocated that Japan must adopt policies in harmony with China's rising nationalism and national interests. It examines a range of primary sources.
£27.96
University of Hawai'i Press Surviving Imperial Intrigues
Book SynopsisExplores how successful Korean neutralization could have radically transformed the balance of power equation in East Asia. The book offers a groundbreaking view of Korean diplomatic history from a more regional geography paradigm.
£51.00
University of Missouri Press Truman Francos Spain and the Cold War
Book SynopsisWell-deployed primary sources and brisk writing by Wayne H. Bowen make this an excellent framework for understanding the evolution of US policy toward Spain, and thus how a nation facing a global threat develops strategic relationships over time.Trade ReviewA balanced, behind-the-scenes account of the struggle of these two nations to find common ground."" - Larry W. Blomstedt, Galveston College, author of Truman, Congress, and Korea
£52.20
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Cables Crises and the Press The Geopolitics of
Book SynopsisIn recent decades the Internet has played what may seem to be a unique role in international crises. This book reveals an interesting parallel in the late nineteenth century, when a new communications system based on advances in submarine cable technology and newspaper printing brought information to an excitable mass audience.
£999.99
MP-NMX Uni of New Mexico Banana Cowboys The United Fruit Company and the
Book SynopsisThe iconic American banana man of the early twentieth century - the white ""banana cowboy"" pushing the edges of a tropical frontier - was the product of the corporate colonialism embodied by the United Fruit Company. This study of the United Fruit Company shows how the business depended on these complicated employees, especially on acclimatizing them to life as tropical Americans.Trade ReviewMartin’s readable and well-documented study reveals that the United Fruit Company was a major actor in the process of internationalization a century ago. . . . A special variant of cowboy mythology and the reassertion of the frontier mentality are prominent in the author’s explanation of this crucial phase in United States expansion in Central America and the Caribbean."" - John Britton, author of Cables, Crises, and the Press: The Geopolitics of the New International Information System in the Americas, 1866-1903
£47.60
MP-KST Kent State Uni The American Civil War through British Eyes Dis
Book SynopsisThe diplomatic dispatches included in this volume offer an insight into contemporary Anglo-American relations. The period covered witnessed the election of Abraham Lincoln, the secession crisis, the formation of the Confederacy and the first military confrontations of the war.
£42.71
East European Monographs Through the Prism of the Habsburg Monarchy
Book SynopsisThis text examines President Woodrow Wilson's policies regarding the future of the Danubian basin. It reveals that American attitudes and policies toward Hungarian participation in the Dual Monarchy were influenced by propaganda, the domestic American press and the demands of diplomacy.
£32.30
Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections Icelands ShelterSeeking Behavior
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£999.99
Edward Elgar Publishing Chinas Health Silk Road
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£80.00
Johns Hopkins University Press The Kremlinologist
Book SynopsisAn Owl in a Hawk's World: Top diplomat Llewellyn E Thompson was everywhere the Cold War was. Winner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for Best BiographyWinner of the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for Best BiographyAgainst the sprawling backdrop of the Cold War, The Kremlinologist revisits some of the twentieth century's greatest conflicts as seen through the eyes of its hardest working diplomat, Llewellyn E Thompson. From the wilds of the American West to the inner sanctums of the White House and the Kremlin, Thompson became an important advisor to presidents and a key participant in major global events, including the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Yet unlike his contemporaries Robert S. McNamara and Dean Rusk, who considered Thompson one of the most crucial Cold War actors and the unsung hero of the Cuban Missile Crisis, he has not been the subject of a major biographyuntil now. Thompson's daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson skillfully and thoroughly document his life Trade ReviewThe Kremlinologist is part biography, part Cold War history, and a fitting tribute by his daughters to a consequential American diplomat.—New York Journal of BooksThompson’s is an archetypal American story that took him from the wilds of the American West at the beginning of the 20th century to inside the halls of the White House and behind the walls of the Kremlin . . . Thompson’s story also confirms the power of personal diplomacy, patience and cultivation of deep understanding of and empathy for the other.—History News NetworkNeither Jenny nor Sherry Thompson, his daughters, is a professional historian, but they have closely researched official records and secondary sources and interviewed experts and eyewitnesses, and they draw on personal anecdotes that illuminate the family life of this formidable diplomat. The result is a readable portrait of a man whose behind-the-scenes role in major events is easy to overlook.—Wall Street JournalLlewellyn Thompson served eight U.S. presidents as a diplomat, including two stints as U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union. This rigorously documented book by his two daughters recounts his four decades as a Foreign Service officer . . . a valuable addition to the history of the first half of the Cold War, as well as a compelling biography of their father.—Robert Legvold, Foreign AffairsAmbassador Thompson would have been proud of the skill, thoroughness and evenhandedness with which his daughters compiled this biography.—Jonathan B. Rickert, Retired Senior Foreign Service Officer, The Foreign Service JournalIn vigorous prose, Thompson's daughters Jenny and Sherry Thompson document his life as an accomplished career diplomat. They describe how Thompson joined the Foreign Service both to feed his desire for adventure and from a deep sense of duty.—The Foreign Service Journal, "In Their Own Write" Annual FeatureThis magnificent book, handsomely produced by the publisher, is a pleasure to read. Jenny Thompson and Sherry Thompson have skillfully interwoven memories from their childhood experiences in Russia, their mother's unpublished memoirs, other family papers, interviews with American diplomats, extensive research in published and unpublished documents, and wide range of scholarly studies to create a thorough and insightful examination of the long diplomatic career of their extraordinarily discreet and self-effacing father.—David S. Foglesong, Rutgers University, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. The Beginning2. Into the World3. To Moscow4. The Siege of Moscow5. The Germans in Retreat6. Conferences7. The Hot War Ends and the Cold War Begins8. The Truman Doctrine9. The Birth of Covert Operations10. Overseas AgainPart II11. Chief of Mission12. The Trieste Negotiations13. The Austrian State Treaty Negotiations14. Open Skies, Closed BordersPart III15. Khrushchev's Decade (1953–1964)16. Moscow 217. Khrushchev's First Gamble: Berlin Poker18. Dueling Exhibitions19. The Russian Is Coming20. U-2: The End of Détente21. Picking Up the Pieces22. Working for the New President23. Meeting in Vienna24. The Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party25. Up the Down Escalator26. Goodbye Moscow, Hello Washington27. Thirteen Days in October28. Limited Test BanPart IV29. The Lyndon Johnson Years30. Strand One31. Thompson's Vietnam32. Strand Two33. Strand Three34. Moscow 335. The Six-Day War36. Glassboro37. 196838. "Retirement," So to SpeakNotesBibliographyIndex
£31.50
Johns Hopkins University Press The Changing Status of German Reunification in
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. The Changing Status of German Reunification in Western Diplomacy, 1955-1966 reviews the course of NATO policy on German reunification from the perspective of West German preferences and Bonn's endeavors to have them respected in the diplomatic efforts of the major allies. With its accession to NATO, the West German government under Adenauer continued its policy of rehabilitating the German people in the eyes of the Western political community by playing a willing and sometimes leading role in joint ventures whose purpose was said to transcend the nation-state.Table of ContentsI. Introduction II. NATO and the German Reunification Problem III. The United States and German Reunification after 1961 IV. De Gaulle's "European" Initiative, 1964-66V. Remarks on the Present Juncture
£21.38
Johns Hopkins University Press Norman Cousins
Book SynopsisAs the editor of the Saturday Review for more than thirty years, Norman Cousins had a powerful platform from which to help shape American public debate during the height of the Cold War. Under Cousins's leadership, the magazine was considered one of the most influential in the literary world. Cousins's progressive, nonpartisan editorials in the Review earned him the respect of the public and US government officials. But his deep impact on postwar international humanitarian aid, anti-nuclear advocacy, and Cold War diplomacy has been largely unexplored. In this book, Allen Pietrobon presents the first true biography of Norman Cousins. Cousins was much more important than we realize: he was involved in several secret citizen diplomacy missions during the height of the Cold War and, acting as a private citizen, played a major role in getting the Limited Test Ban Treaty signed. He also wrote JFK's famous 1963 American University commencement speech (not merely peace in our time but peace foTrade ReviewThis eye-opening biography is a primer for the lost art of gentle statecraft.—Wall Street JournalNorman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age will not only be of keen interest to readers seeking to know more about Cousins's career, or those looking for additional insight and perspective into some of the most important moments of the Cold War, but it may also spark important conversations about processes of social and political change today.—Diplomatic HistoryAs a sympathetic biographer, Pietrobon does a good job of describing how Cousins's combination of deep moral convictions and political pragmatism managed to make such an impact.—Lawrence Freedman, Foreign AffairsAllen Pietrobon's Norman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age casts new and important light on one of the most significant movers and shakers in the modern American peace movement. It is an important addition to historical understanding of peace activism and its intersection with public policy during the Cold War.—Peace and ChangeNorman Cousins: Peacemaker in the Atomic Age by scholar Allen Pietrobon confirms the immensity of his humanitarian spirit and influence as a self-appointed secular anti-nuclear prophet—The ForwardTable of ContentsPrologueIntroductionChapter 1. Educator for an Atomic AgeChapter 2. The Formation of a VisionChapter 3. World War IIChapter 4. An Anti-Nuclear CrusadeChapter 5. 1946: A New Year in the Atomic AgeChapter 6. Witness to a CatastropheChapter 7. An Educational Field Trip to GermanyChapter 8. From Editor's Desk to World StageChapter 9. In Search of Peace, Cousins Rallies for WarChapter 10. Candidate of the Intellectuals: Adlai Stevenson, 1952Chapter 11. From Advocate to DiplomatChapter 12. Eisenhower's New LookChapter 13. A New ProjectChapter 14. The Hiroshima MaidensChapter 15. The Anti-Nuclear AgendaChapter 16. 1956: The Anti-Nuclear Election CampaignChapter 17. SANE and the Anti-Testing CampaignChapter 18. The Ravensbrück Lapins and the Communist Connection Chapter 19. A Cultural Exchange of His OwnChapter 20. The Dawn of the Kennedy AdministrationChapter 21. Flashpoints: Berlin and the CongoChapter 22. Cousins, the Vatican, and the Cuban Missile CrisisChapter 23. The Crisis Abates but Contacts ContinueChapter 24. The Breakthrough to the Limited Nuclear Test Ban TreatyChapter 25. A Sojourn with KhrushchevChapter 26. The Fight to RatifyChapter 27. 1964: Near Death and RebirthChapter 28. Crusade against Dirty AirChapter 29. Days of Apprehension and ConfusionChapter 30. The "Humphrey Mission"Chapter 31. The Scramble to Prevent a BombingChapter 32. Campaigning against (and during) a WarChapter 33. The Biafran WarChapter 34. The Saturday Review's Final CrisisChapter 35. The Third ActConclusionNotesIndex
£26.10
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Catastrophic Diplomacy US Foreign Disaster
Book SynopsisOffers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Spanning over seventy years, the book examines how the US government, US military, and their partners in the American voluntary sector responded to major catastrophes around the world.
£73.50
New York University Press Chinas Grand Strategy
Book SynopsisLeading scholars examine China's global strategic plans, from Hong Kong to military power, to economic dominanceOver the past few decades, China has increasingly challenged the global influence of the United States. In China's Grand Strategy, David B. H. Denoon brings together a group of eminent scholars to explain China's rapid ascendance on the world stage, as well as its future implications for global politics. Contributors address the military, economic, diplomatic, and internal political factors shaping China's strategy, in addition to highlighting Beijing's objectives in different parts of the world, such as Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Ultimately, they explore the promise and perils of China's rapidly changing political ambitions, showing how the country has made its mark on the twenty-first century. China's Grand Strategy provides insight into China's quest to become a global leader, particularly at a time when the future of both China and the US remain uncertain Trade Review"David B. H. Denoon has assembled seasoned scholars who provide a fascinating and wide-ranging set of assessments on different dimensions and global regions in China's increasingly assertive, and frequently fraught, encounter with the world. A thorough and superb synopsis." -- David Shambaugh, author of Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia"As the United States prepares to recalibrate relations with China, China's Grand Strategy offers a nuanced and intelligent roadmap for the Biden administration. These highly qualified contributors give priority to the most challenging issues involved in the process: new technologies, diplomacy, and strategic regional issues in Northeast Asia, South Asia, Eurasia, and North America. This book avoids ideological demagoguery and deals with the emerging realities as China consolidates its place as a major player in world affairs." -- Riordan Roett, co-editor of China's Expansion into the Western Hemisphere: Implications for Latin America and the United States"This book is essential reading for observers seeking a better understanding of Chinese actions. It also serves as an excellent primer for national security professionals and undergraduate students." -- Gerald Krieger * International Affairs *
£84.15
New York University Press Chinas Grand Strategy
Book SynopsisLeading scholars examine China's global strategic plans, from Hong Kong to military power, to economic dominanceOver the past few decades, China has increasingly challenged the global influence of the United States. In China's Grand Strategy, David B. H. Denoon brings together a group of eminent scholars to explain China's rapid ascendance on the world stage, as well as its future implications for global politics. Contributors address the military, economic, diplomatic, and internal political factors shaping China's strategy, in addition to highlighting Beijing's objectives in different parts of the world, such as Central Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Ultimately, they explore the promise and perils of China's rapidly changing political ambitions, showing how the country has made its mark on the twenty-first century. China's Grand Strategy provides insight into China's quest to become a global leader, particularly at a time when the future of both China and the US remain uncertain Trade Review"David B. H. Denoon has assembled seasoned scholars who provide a fascinating and wide-ranging set of assessments on different dimensions and global regions in China's increasingly assertive, and frequently fraught, encounter with the world. A thorough and superb synopsis." -- David Shambaugh, author of Where Great Powers Meet: America and China in Southeast Asia"As the United States prepares to recalibrate relations with China, China's Grand Strategy offers a nuanced and intelligent roadmap for the Biden administration. These highly qualified contributors give priority to the most challenging issues involved in the process: new technologies, diplomacy, and strategic regional issues in Northeast Asia, South Asia, Eurasia, and North America. This book avoids ideological demagoguery and deals with the emerging realities as China consolidates its place as a major player in world affairs." -- Riordan Roett, co-editor of China's Expansion into the Western Hemisphere: Implications for Latin America and the United States"This book is essential reading for observers seeking a better understanding of Chinese actions. It also serves as an excellent primer for national security professionals and undergraduate students." -- Gerald Krieger * International Affairs *
£28.80
University of Toronto Press Four Days in Hitlers Germany
Book SynopsisFour Days in Hitler's Germany tells the engaging story of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King's failed diplomatic mission to Nazi Germany.Trade Review"Brimming with rigorous, original research and startling detail." -- Peter Black * Canada’s History *"[Four Days in Hitler’s Germany] is focused on providing relevant context for, and description of, the brief meetings that Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King had with Hitler and a number of his associates in late June 1937, particularly as revealed in King’s now famous Diaries. The book is much more than that, however, for the author gives us valuable side excursions into the architectural history of Berlin, the uses and abuses of heritage commemoration in the 1930s and after the war, the nature of the new ecological thought in Germany, and the social and racial values in Canada which helped shape much of King’s outlook." -- Graham A. MacDonald * Prairie History *"This book is a valuable addition to the small subfield of Canadian international history, in which there is sadly little debate (in part because the pickings are so slim). […] Four Days in Hitler’s Germany should prompt some important reappraisals of Canada’s longest serving prime minister but also of Canadian history during this period, one where Nazism was not yet widely reviled." -- Asa McKercher, Royal Military College of Canada * H-Transnational German Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Glossary Crerar's Map of Berlin, 1937 Prologue: Values, Interests, and Foreign Relations 1. Of Lions and Lyons 2. Arrival 3. Beholding the Nazi Miracle 4. Shrugging Off the British Yoke 5. The Holy Errand 6. Sympathy for the Devil 7. Haunted Berlin 8. Arbeit Macht Frei 9. Whither the Jews? 10. The Uses and Abuses of Mackenzie King 11. Canada Makes Headlines! 12. Atavistic Beasts: Der Dicke and His Bison 13. Baiting Godwin’s Law 14. The Interview 15. Savouring the Triumph, with an Assist from Verdi 16. Taking Leave 17. Home 18. Failure of a Mission, or The War That Harry Crerar Foretold 19. Aftermath Epilogue: Perspectives Notes Bibliography Index
£24.29
