This book argues that the rising tide of anti-colonialism after the 1930s should be considered
a turning point not just in harnessing a new mood or feeling of unity, but primarily as one that …

The historiography of the Cold War has long been dominated by American motivations and
concerns, with Southeast Asian perspectives largely confined to the Indochina wars and …

Much of the Cold War took place in the Third World. The three works authored by Gregg A.
Brazinsky, Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry During the Cold War; Jeffry …

Although much IR theory focuses on balancing, this paper examines a version of the wedge
strategy, what Stalin allegedly called being “the laughing third man in a fight.” This is the …

In June 1931, British authorities in Singapore arrested a Comintern operative using the
name Joseph Ducroux. An address book found on his person then led the Shanghai …

The establishment of an anti-socialist hegemony has been widely accepted as the pivot of
the Conservative Party's electoral dominance in the interwar period. Anti-communism as a …

Abstract In 1943 Brazilian President Getulio Vargas declared that his country's new national
steelworks represented the transformation of Brazil from" a semicolonial agrarian country" to …

Whether or not each epoch is equal to God, as Leopold von Ranke once suggested,
certainly each new generation of historians creates a new version of the past, one that suits …

The field of international relations has seen considerable debate about the reasons for
conflict between revolutionary states and status quo powers. The two works reviewed here …

In the summer of 1939, Anglo-Japanese relations were extremely tense. A major change in
the situation occurred with the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the outbreak of …