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Volume 17, Issue 4

Fall 2015

ISSN 1520-3972

EISSN 1531-3298

Articles

Spies and Boats and Planes: An Examination of U.S. Decision-Making during the Pueblo Hostage Crisis of 1968

David Patrick Houghton

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 4–40.

Abstract

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Office of Strategic Services versus Special Operations Executive: Competition for the Italian Resistance, 1943–1945

Tommaso Piffer

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 41–58.

Abstract

View articletitled, Office of Strategic Services versus Special Operations Executive: Competition for the Italian Resistance, 1943–1945

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“Behind Cinerama's Aluminum Curtain”: Cold War Spectacle and Propaganda at the First Damascus International Exposition

Kevin W. Martin

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 59–85.

Abstract

View articletitled, “Behind Cinerama's Aluminum Curtain”: Cold War Spectacle and Propaganda at the First Damascus International Exposition

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Provoking America: Le Duan and the Origins of the Vietnam War

Zachary Shore

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 86–108.

Abstract

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The ANZUS Treaty during the Cold War: A Reinterpretation of U.S. Diplomacy in the Southwest Pacific

Thomas K. Robb, David James Gill

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 109–157.

Abstract

View articletitled, The ANZUS Treaty during the Cold War: A Reinterpretation of U.S. Diplomacy in the Southwest Pacific

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Editor's Note

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 1–3.

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Review Essays

The End of the Soviet Union

Archie Brown

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 158–165.

Abstract

View articletitled, The End of the Soviet Union

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Father, Son, and the Bomb

Gary Kern

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 166–174.

Abstract

View articletitled, Father, Son, and the Bomb

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Book Reviews

David Burke, The Spy Who Came in from the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2008. ix + 209 pp. $34.95

Robert S. Norris

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 175–178.

Extract

View articletitled, David Burke, The Spy Who Came in from the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2008. ix + 209 pp. $34.95

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Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War: Waging Political Warfare, 1945–1950. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $99.00

Roy Domenico

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 178–179.

Extract

View articletitled, Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War: Waging Political Warfare, 1945–1950. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $99.00

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Hugh Wilford, America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. New York: Basic Books, 2013. 299 pp. $29.99

Jeffrey M. Bale

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 179–181.

Extract

View articletitled, Hugh Wilford, America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. New York: Basic Books, 2013. 299 pp. $29.99

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Andrew Bingham Kennedy, The International Ambitions of Mao and Nehru: National Efficacy Beliefs and the Making of Foreign Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 272 pp. $89.00

Nicolas Blarel

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 181–184.

Extract

View articletitled, Andrew Bingham Kennedy, The International Ambitions of Mao and Nehru: National Efficacy Beliefs and the Making of Foreign Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 272 pp. $89.00

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Sean N. Kalic, U.S. Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946–1967. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012. 182 pp. $40.00

Damon Coletta

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 184–186.

Extract

View articletitled, Sean N. Kalic, U.S. Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946–1967. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012. 182 pp. $40.00

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Mattia Toaldo, The Origins of the U.S. War on Terror: Lebanon, Libya and American Intervention in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 2013. 214 pp. $140.00

Bernhard Blumenau

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 186–188.

Extract

View articletitled, Mattia Toaldo, The Origins of the U.S. War on Terror: Lebanon, Libya and American Intervention in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 2013. 214 pp. $140.00

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Frank Leith Jones, Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2013. 416 pp. $52.95

Robert B. Rakove

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 188–191.

Extract

View articletitled, Frank Leith Jones, Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2013. 416 pp. $52.95

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Marcia Esparza, Henry R. Huttenbach, and Daniel Feierstein, eds., State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years. New York: Routledge, 2011. 303 pp. $49.95

Christopher Darnton

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 191–193.

Extract

View articletitled, Marcia Esparza, Henry R. Huttenbach, and Daniel Feierstein, eds., State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years. New York: Routledge, 2011. 303 pp. $49.95

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Benjamin M. Rowland, ed., Charles De Gaulle's Legacy of Ideas. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011

Edward Kolodziej

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 193–195.

Extract

View articletitled, Benjamin M. Rowland, ed., Charles De Gaulle's Legacy of Ideas. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011

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Richard Bidlack and Nikita Lomagin, eds., The Leningrad Blockade, 1941–1944: A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives, trans. of documents by Marian Schwartz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. xxix + 486 pp. $75.00

Jacob W. Kipp

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 195–197.

Extract

View articletitled, Richard Bidlack and Nikita Lomagin, eds., The Leningrad Blockade, 1941–1944: A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives, trans. of documents by Marian Schwartz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. xxix + 486 pp. $75.00

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Gretchen Heefner, The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 294 pp.

Kevin Jon Fernlund

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 197–199.

Extract

View articletitled, Gretchen Heefner, The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 294 pp.

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Hugo Service, Germans to Poles: Communism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Cleansing after the Second World War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ix + 378 pp. $99.00

R. M. Douglas

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 199–201.

Extract

View articletitled, Hugo Service, Germans to Poles: Communism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Cleansing after the Second World War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ix + 378 pp. $99.00

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Huw Dylan, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War: Britain's Joint Intelligence Bureau 1945–1964. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014. xvi + 240 pp. £60.00

Michael S. Goodman

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 201–203.

Extract

View articletitled, Huw Dylan, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War: Britain's Joint Intelligence Bureau 1945–1964. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014. xvi + 240 pp. £60.00

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Robert H. Ferrell, Harry S. Truman and the Cold War Revisionists. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006, paper 2015. 142 pp. $19.95

Alonzo L. Hamby

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 203–204.

Extract

View articletitled, Robert H. Ferrell, Harry S. Truman and the Cold War Revisionists. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006, paper 2015. 142 pp. $19.95

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Andrew Hoberek, ed., The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 268 pp.

Max Holland

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 204–206.

Extract

View articletitled, Andrew Hoberek, ed., The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 268 pp.

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Wilson Miscamble, The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 174 pp.

Robert James Maddox

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 206–207.

Extract

View articletitled, Wilson Miscamble, The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 174 pp.

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Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 232 pp. $27.00

Sean L. Malloy

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 208–210.

Extract

View articletitled, Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 232 pp. $27.00

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Greg Barnhisel, Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 322 pp. $40.00

Stephen J. Whitfield

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 210–212.

Extract

View articletitled, Greg Barnhisel, Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 322 pp. $40.00

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David M. Watry, Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill and Eden in the Cold War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. 240 pp. $29.95

Anne Deighton

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 212–214.

Extract

View articletitled, David M. Watry, Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill and Eden in the Cold War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. 240 pp. $29.95

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Lise Namikas, Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2013. xiv + 352 pp. $60.00 cloth, $29.95 paper

Roger E. Kanet

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 214–215.

Extract

View articletitled, Lise Namikas, Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2013. xiv + 352 pp. $60.00 cloth, $29.95 paper

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Hajimu Masuda, Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 388 pp. $39.95

Allan R. Millett

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 215–217.

Extract

View articletitled, Hajimu Masuda, Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 388 pp. $39.95

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Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins, and Kwanho Shin, eds., From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press for the Harvard Asia Center, 2012. 366 pp.

Mark L. Clifford

Journal of Cold War Studies (2015) 17 (4): 217–219.

Extract

View articletitled, Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins, and Kwanho Shin, eds., From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press for the Harvard Asia Center, 2012. 366 pp.

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Articles

Spies and Boats and Planes: An Examination of U.S. Decision-Making during the Pueblo Hostage Crisis of 1968

Office of Strategic Services versus Special Operations Executive: Competition for the Italian Resistance, 1943–1945

“Behind Cinerama's Aluminum Curtain”: Cold War Spectacle and Propaganda at the First Damascus International Exposition

Provoking America: Le Duan and the Origins of the Vietnam War

The ANZUS Treaty during the Cold War: A Reinterpretation of U.S. Diplomacy in the Southwest Pacific

Editor's Note

Review Essays

The End of the Soviet Union

Father, Son, and the Bomb

Book Reviews

David Burke, The Spy Who Came in from the Co-op: Melita Norwood and the Ending of Cold War Espionage. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2008. ix + 209 pp. $34.95

Kaeten Mistry, The United States, Italy and the Origins of the Cold War: Waging Political Warfare, 1945–1950. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. 296 pp. $99.00

Hugh Wilford, America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East. New York: Basic Books, 2013. 299 pp. $29.99

Andrew Bingham Kennedy, The International Ambitions of Mao and Nehru: National Efficacy Beliefs and the Making of Foreign Policy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 272 pp. $89.00

Sean N. Kalic, U.S. Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946–1967. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2012. 182 pp. $40.00

Mattia Toaldo, The Origins of the U.S. War on Terror: Lebanon, Libya and American Intervention in the Middle East. New York: Routledge, 2013. 214 pp. $140.00

Frank Leith Jones, Blowtorch: Robert Komer, Vietnam, and American Cold War Strategy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2013. 416 pp. $52.95

Marcia Esparza, Henry R. Huttenbach, and Daniel Feierstein, eds., State Violence and Genocide in Latin America: The Cold War Years. New York: Routledge, 2011. 303 pp. $49.95

Benjamin M. Rowland, ed., Charles De Gaulle's Legacy of Ideas. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2011

Richard Bidlack and Nikita Lomagin, eds., The Leningrad Blockade, 1941–1944: A New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives, trans. of documents by Marian Schwartz. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. xxix + 486 pp. $75.00

Gretchen Heefner, The Missile Next Door: The Minuteman in the American Heartland. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. 294 pp.

Hugo Service, Germans to Poles: Communism, Nationalism, and Ethnic Cleansing after the Second World War. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ix + 378 pp. $99.00

Huw Dylan, Defence Intelligence and the Cold War: Britain's Joint Intelligence Bureau 1945–1964. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014. xvi + 240 pp. £60.00

Robert H. Ferrell, Harry S. Truman and the Cold War Revisionists. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2006, paper 2015. 142 pp. $19.95

Andrew Hoberek, ed., The Cambridge Companion to John F. Kennedy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. 268 pp.

Wilson Miscamble, The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. 174 pp.

Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. 232 pp. $27.00

Greg Barnhisel, Cold War Modernists: Art, Literature, and American Cultural Diplomacy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 322 pp. $40.00

David M. Watry, Diplomacy at the Brink: Eisenhower, Churchill and Eden in the Cold War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. 240 pp. $29.95

Lise Namikas, Battleground Africa: Cold War in the Congo, 1960–1965. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2013. xiv + 352 pp. $60.00 cloth, $29.95 paper

Hajimu Masuda, Cold War Crucible: The Korean Conflict and the Postwar World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015. 388 pp. $39.95

Barry Eichengreen, Dwight H. Perkins, and Kwanho Shin, eds., From Miracle to Maturity: The Growth of the Korean Economy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press for the Harvard Asia Center, 2012. 366 pp.

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