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David Milne, “Worldmaking: The Art and Science of American Diplomacy” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)
David Milne
Worldmaking
The Art and Science of American Diplomacy
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Political ScienceNew Books in Politics & Society June 18, 2019 Dexter Fergie

There are countless ways to study the history of U.S. foreign policy. David Milne, however, makes the case that it is “often best understood” as “intellectual history.” In his innovative book, Worldmaking: The Art and Science of American Diplomacy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015), follows the lives and ideas of... Read More
Mark Galeotti, “The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia” (Yale UP, 2018)
Mark Galeotti
The Vory
Russia’s Super Mafia
Yale University Press, 2018

New Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Russian and Eurasian StudiesNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network June 10, 2019 Jennifer Eremeeva

The Vory: Russia’s Super Mafia (Yale University Press, 2018) by Mark Galeotti is an engrossing read about a topic mainstream scholarship has largely ignored: Russia’s criminal underworld. With Galeotti as our guide, we delve into the colorful world of the vory v zakone or “thieves of the code,” with their... Read More
Cathal J. Nolan, “The Allure of Battle: A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost” (Oxford UP, 2019)
Cathal J. Nolan
The Allure of Battle
A History of How Wars Have Been Won and Lost
Oxford University Press, 2019

New Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Military HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books Network June 6, 2019 Marshall Poe

History has tended to measure war’s winners and losers in terms of its major engagements, battles in which the result was so clear-cut that they could be considered “decisive.” Marathon, Cannae, Tours, Agincourt, Austerlitz, Sedan, Stalingrad–all resonate in the literature of war and in our imaginations as tide-turning. But were... Read More
Brian A. Jackson, “Practical Terrorism Prevention” (RAND Corporation, 2019)
Brian A. Jackson
Practical Terrorism Prevention
Reexamining U.S. National Approaches to Addressing the Threat of Ideologically Motivated Violence
RAND Corporation, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Big IdeasNew Books in LawNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network May 30, 2019 Beth Windisch

Practical Terrorism Prevention: Reexamining U.S. National Approaches to Addressing the Threat of Ideologically Motivated Violence (RAND Corporation, 2019), examines past countering-violent-extremism (CVE) efforts, evaluates Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and interagency efforts to respond to ideological radicalization to violence, and recommends strengthening programs focused on non-law enforcement means to address... Read More
Timothy A. Sayle, “Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order” (Cornell UP, 2019)
Timothy Sayle
Enduring Alliance
A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order
Cornell University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in European StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in National SecurityNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network May 28, 2019 Dexter Fergie

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization regularly appears in newspapers and political science scholarship. Surprisingly, historians have yet to devote the attention that the organization’s history merits. Timothy A. Sayle, an Assistant Professor of history at the University of Toronto, attempts to correct this. His fascinating new book, Enduring Alliance: A... Read More
Jeremy Black, “War and its Causes” (Rowman and Littlefield, 2019)
Jeremy Black
War and its Causes

Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

New Books in HistoryNew 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 May 24, 2019 Crawford Gribben

Jeremy Black, professor of history at Exeter, is well-known as one of the most prolific of publishing historians. His latest book, War and its Causes (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019), returns to a subject upon which he has already published several ground-breaking contributions. With an argument that reflects recent work in... Read More
Henry Kissinger and Winston Lord, “Kissinger on Kissinger: Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership” (All Points Books, 2019)
Henry Kissinger and Winston Lord
Kissinger on Kissinger
Reflections on Diplomacy, Grand Strategy, and Leadership
All Points Books, 2019

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 May 14, 2019 Charles Coutinho

In a series of riveting and in depth interviews, America’s senior statesman, former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, discusses the challenges of directing foreign policy during times of great global tension. With insights which are pertinent to the present and indeed the future. As National Security Advisor to President Richard... Read More