Diplomatic History: The Journal of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations: January 2009; Volume 33, Number 1

The January 2009 issue, Volume 33, Number 1, of Diplomatic History: The Journal of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations was published by Wiley Periodicals for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) with Robert D. Schulzinger as Editor-in-Chief. Diplomatic History is billed "as the principal journal devoted to the history of U.S. diplomacy, foreign relations, and security issues," which "examines issues from the colonial period to the present in a global and comparative context. The journal offers a variety of perspectives on the economic, strategic, cultural, racial, and ideological aspects of the United States in the world." This issue has the articles "Rumors of War: Immigration Disputes and the Social Construction of American-Japanese Relations, 1905-1913" by Masuda Hajimu; "Illusions of Coherence: George F. Kennan, U.S. Strategy and Political Warfare in the Early Cold War, 1946-1950" by Scott Lucas and Kaeten Mistry; "'God Has Chosen Us': Re-Membering Christian Realism, Rescuing Christendom, and the Contest of Responsibilities during the Cold War" by Mark Edwards; and "Regimes in Motion: The Kennedy Administration and Indonesia's New Frontier, 1960-1962" by David Webster. The issue also has the book reviews "Why Mexico Fought" by Brian Delay; "The Coils of Empire" by H. W. Brands; "The Great Illusion: The Wilsonian Moment in World History" by Ussama Makdisi; "No Longer a Sphinx: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Spanish Civil War" by Justus D. Doenecke; "From Revolution to Alliance" by Dennis J. Dunn; "Preaching against the Choir" by Max Paul Friedman; "Building a Beacon: The United States and the Republic of Korea" by James I. Matray; "The Greater West Asia Co-Asperity Sphere" by Salim Yaqub; and "A Question of Power-and a Partial Answer" by H. W. Brands.