Monthly Archives: January 2009
The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War
Reviewed by Paul H. Carew, Ph.D.
Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War, Yale University Press, 2008, pp 232
Needed: A Unitary Diplomatic Service of the United States of America
by Stephanie Kinney
A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It
Review by J. R. Bullington, Editor
Stephen Kinzer, A Thousand Hills: Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It, John Wiley & Sons, 2008, pp 380
State Department Releases New History Volume: Middle East
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume XXIV, Middle East Region and Arabian Peninsula, 1969–1972; Jordan, September 1970
Leadership: Combat Leaders and Lessons
Review by John M. Handley, Ph.D.
Colonel James L. Abrahamson, USA (Ret.) and Colonel Andrew P. O’Meara, Jr., USA (Ret.) Editors, Leadership: Combat Leaders and Lessons, Bigfork, Montana: Stand Up America, USA, 2008; 184 pages plus 7 pages of biographical information on 15 contributors; ISBN 978-0-615-25574-3
The Limits of Influence: America’s Role in Kashmir
Review by Michael W. Cotter
Howard B. Schaffer, The Limits of Influence: America’s Role in Kashmir, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press; 2009 Hardcover edition ISBN 978-0-8157-0290-0, 272 pp.
Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation
Review by Leonard J. Baldyga
Nandan Nilekani, Imagining India: The Idea of a Renewed Nation, New York: The Penguin Press HC; 2009, ISBN-10: 1594202044 and ISBN-13: 978-1594202049, 528 pp.