This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.

This book examines Mexico's unique foreign relations with the US and Cuba during the Cold War.

America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902-58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth century. Many Americans, anxious about a 'closed' frontier in an industrialized, urbanized United States, migrated to the Isle and pushed for agrarian-oriented landed expansion well into the twentieth century. Their efforts were stymied by Cuban resistance and reluctant US policymakers. After decades of tension,...

America's Forgotten Colony examines private US citizens' experiences on Cuba's Isle of Pines to show how American influence adapted and endured in republican-era Cuba (1902-58). This transnational study challenges the notion that US territorial ambitions waned after the nineteenth century. Many Americans, anxious about a 'closed' frontier in an industrialized, urbanized United States, migrated to the Isle and pushed for agrarian-oriented landed expansion well into the twentieth century. Their efforts were stymied by Cuban resistance and reluctant US policymakers. After decades of tension,...

This book traces the Vietnamese communist worldview throughout their revolution, and offers a new explanation for the tragedy of Vietnam.

This book analyzes the origins of the Vietnam War, examining President Ngo Dinh Diem's efforts to build a modern, independent nation amongst internal struggles.

This book examines global humanitarian efforts involving the two German states and Third World liberation movements during the Cold War.

This book critiques President Woodrow Wilson's statecraft and diplomacy during World War I, notably with respect to religion and race.

Examines the changing meanings Americans invested in their country's intensifying relationship with Israel from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Shows how migration influenced American foreign policy in Cuban-American relations during the Cold War.