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Ezequiel Mercau, “The Falklands War: An Imperial History” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Ezequiel Mercau
The Falklands War
An Imperial History
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society March 25, 2020 Charles Coutinho

The Falklands War was in many ways the defining event in the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. In many ways it was also the last roar of the British Lion. An event shrouded in both nostalgia and patriotism, at the time and subsequently. In his book, The Falklands War: An Imperial... Read More
Joana Cook, “A Woman’s Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Joana Cook
A Woman's Place
US Counterterrorism Since 9/11
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network March 24, 2020 Beth Windisch

The 9/11 attacks fundamentally transformed how the US approached terrorism, and led to the unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism strategies, policies, and practices. While the analysis of these developments is rich and vast, there remains a significant void. The diverse actors contributing to counterterrorism increasingly consider, engage and impact women as... Read More
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “In Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
In Do Morals Matter?
Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network March 23, 2020 Charles Coutinho

Americans since the beginning of their history, have constantly made moral judgments about presidents and foreign policy. Unfortunately, many of these assessments are poorly thought through and assessed. An American President is either praised for the moral clarity of his statements or judged solely on the results of their actions.... Read More
Mathias Haeussler, “Helmut Schmidt and British-German Relations: A European Misunderstanding” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Mathias Haeussler
Helmut Schmidt and British-German Relations
A European Misunderstanding
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in British StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in German StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & Society March 19, 2020 Charles Coutinho

The former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt grew up as a devout Anglophile, yet he clashed heavily and repeatedly with his British counterparts Wilson, Callaghan, and Thatcher during his time in office between 1974 and 1982. Helmut Schmidt and British-German Relations: A European Misunderstanding (Cambridge University Press, 2019) looks at... Read More
Michelle Murray, “The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations: Status, Revisionism, and Rising Powers” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Michelle Murray
The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations
Status, Revisionism, and Rising Powers
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network March 18, 2020 Susan Liebell

Is a rising power – like China – a threat to the world order? The conventional wisdom in international relations says that power transitions – particularly increases in military power – are intrinsically destabilizing to the international order. In her new book The Struggle for Recognition in International Relations: Status,... Read More
Maria Ryan, “Full Spectrum Dominance: Irregular Warfare and the War on Terror” (Stanford UP, 2019)
Maria Ryan
Full Spectrum Dominance
Irregular Warfare and the War on Terror
Stanford University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network March 2, 2020 Beth Windisch

America’s war on terror is widely defined by the Afghanistan and Iraq fronts. Yet, as this book demonstrates, both the international campaign and the new ways of fighting that grew out of it played out across multiple fronts beyond the Middle East. Maria Ryan explores how secondary fronts in the... Read More
Aliide Naylor, “The Shadow in the East: Vladimir Putin and the New Baltic Front” (I. B. Tauris, 2020)
Aliide Naylor
The Shadow in the East
Vladimir Putin and the New Baltic Front
I. B. Tauris, 2020

New Books in Eastern European StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books Network February 27, 2020 Steven Seegel

The Baltics are about to be thrust onto the world stage. With a ‘belligerent’ Vladimir Putin to their east (and ‘expansionist’ NATO to their west), Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are increasingly the subject of unsettling headlines in both Western and Russian media. But how real are these fears, subject as... Read More

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