Demystifying the Study of Korean Unification;  Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land; An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
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The Black Box: Demystifying the Study of Korean Unification and North Korea

Cha offers a compelling study of the inner workings of North Korea and the complex dynamics surrounding its potential unification with South Korea.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Economy

 
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Against the Liberal Order: The Soviet Union, Turkey, and Statist Internationalism, 1919–1939

In this meticulous history, Hirst examines the relationship between Turkey under Mustafa Kemal and Bolshevik Russia in the aftermath of World War I.

Reviewed by Maria Lipman

 

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America’s Contentious Relationship with War since 1945

 

Faith and Fear by Gregory A. Daddis is a groundbreaking exploration of the deep-seated tension between faith in and fear of war that has shaped U.S. strategy and helped militarize U.S. foreign policy with significant costs both at home and abroad. The book offers a new interpretation of the long Cold War era as it examines how Americans conceive of war, how they place their faith in it, and how they fear it.

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America’s Contentious Relationship with War since 1945

Faith and Fear by Gregory A. Daddis is a groundbreaking exploration of the deep-seated tension between faith in and fear of war that has shaped U.S. strategy and helped militarize U.S. foreign policy with significant costs both at home and abroad. The book offers a new interpretation of the long Cold War era as it examines how Americans conceive of war, how they place their faith in it, and how they fear it.

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Melting Point: Family, Memory, and the Search for a Promised Land

Cockerell set out to write a family memoir and ended up crafting an absorbing history of a little-known episode in the birth of Zionism that saw 10,000 Jews leave Russia for, of all places, Galveston, Texas.

Reviewed by Jessica T. Mathews

 

Liberty as Independence: The Making and Unmaking of a Political Ideal

In this dazzling work of intellectual history, Skinner offers a sweeping account of the politics and philosophy of the idea of freedom.

Reviewed by G. John Ikenberry

 

Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine