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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · May 28

We publish articles on US international history and foreign relations, broadly defined, including grand strategy, diplomacy, and issues involving gender, religion, culture, race and ethnicity, and ideology. See if we're the right home for your research: academic.oup.com/dh/pages/why...

Why submit to Diplomatic History?

Diplomatic History is the only journal devoted to U.S. international history and foreign relations, broadly defined, including grand strategy, diplomacy, and is

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Alex Southgate @arsouthgate.bsky.social · 20h

CFA: Peace in the Age of Forever Wars 🕊️

We invite submissions for an interdisciplinary symposium on all aspects of peace. More informatoon can be found at challengingwar.com/spring-2025/

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Passport @passportshafr.bsky.social · 23d

The September Passport issue is available! Including video games, the US in the Middle East, the Cold War International History Project, French resistance fighter, and 7 Questions about the United Nations: www.shafr.org/passport-sep...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you to all of our reviewers!

Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

and Lisa Kirschenbaum @lakirsch.bsky.social review's Alexis Peri's Dear Unknown Friend: The Remarkable Correspondence between American and Soviet Women doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Andrew Preston reviews Sam Lebovic's State of Silence: The Espionage Act and the Rise of America's Secrecy Regime doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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W. Taylor Fain reviews Kuan-Jen Chen's Charting America's Cold War Waters in East Asia doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Connie Shemo reviews Rumi Yasutake's The Feminist Pacific: International Women's Networks in Hawai'i, 1820–1940 doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Lillian Guerra reviews Mauricio Castro's @castrohistorian.bsky.social Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformations of Miami doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Jeremy Varon reviews Joseph Fronczak's Everything is Possible: Antifascism and the Left in the Age of Fascism doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Leopoldo Nuti reviews Luke Griffith's Unraveling the Gray Area Problem: The United States and the INF Treaty doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Mark Edwards reviews Matthew Shannon's Mission Manifest: American Evangelicals and Iran in the Twentieth Century doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social reviews Lydia Walker's @lydiawalker.bsky.social States in Waiting: A Counternarrative of Global Decolonization doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Lauren Hirshberg reviews Juliet Nebolon's @julietneb.bsky.social Settler Militarism: World War II in Hawai'i and the Making of US Empire doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Ryan M Touhey reviews Reed H. Chervin's The Cold War in the Himalayas: Multinational Perspectives on the Sino-Indian Border Conflict, 1950-1970 doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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We also have 12 new book reviews: Sarah Coleman reviews Carly Goodman's @carlygoodman.bsky.social Dreamland: America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

And Chris Suh's (@chrissuh.bsky.social) article "Diasporic Politics in the Age of Decolonization: Korean Independence and the US Military Occupation of Korea, 1945–1948" doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Christian Ruth's article "Back to Basics: Neoliberal Development at USAID in the Cold War" doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Toshihiro Higuchi's article "Just Another Ship? US Nuclear-Powered Warships and Secrecy in Japan, 1959–1972" doi.org/10.1093/dh/d...

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · 20d

Check out the September issue of Diplomatic History! Featuring Elisabeth Leake's (@emleake.bsky.social) Bernath Lecture "The Decolonization Paradigm: Rethinking the US and the World" in which she argues for a "new paradigm for understanding modern international history"
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Paul McGarr @paulmcgarr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hugely grateful to @arjm5184.bsky.social for his very generous & insightful review of Spying in South Asia in @diplomatichistory.bsky.social. Andrew's meticulous assessment neatly captures the book's essence 🙏https://academic.oup.com/dh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/dh/dhaf052/8226034?searchresult=1

Sovereignty and Surveillance in Cold War India

Paul McGarr opens his work with a reference from John le Carré’s Smiley’s People, recounting the brief meeting between George Smiley and his Soviet counter

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · Jun 28

The lecture will be published in @diplomatichistory.bsky.social.

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 25

The whole DH editorial team will be at SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social please feel free to chat with one of us about your work and the submission process!

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 21

Thank you to all of our book reviewers!

Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 21

Cordelia Moyse reviews Gale L. Kenny's Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire. academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...

Onward Christian Citizens: White Protestant Women in a New World Order

In a world of simplistic narratives, Gale L. Kenny has written an ambitious study of how female ecumenical White Protestant missionary organizations sought

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Diplomatic History @diplomatichistory.bsky.social · Jun 21

Alexis Peri reviews Lisa A. Kirschenbaum's (@lakirsch.bsky.social‬) Soviet Adventures in the Land of the Capitalists: Ilf and Petrov’s American Road Trip. academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...

The Great (Soviet-)American Road Trip

Salted butter and smooth roads. These were two of many wonders that Soviet humorists Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov encountered during their 1935 road trip acr

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