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New Books in Diplomatic History

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United States
World War II
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Diplomatic History
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Ukraine
Halford John Mackinder
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In The Price of Truth: The Journalist Who Defied Military Censors to Report the Fall of Nazi Germany (Cornell, 2023), Richard Fine recounts the intense drama surrounding the German surrender at the end of World War II and the veteran Associated Press... more

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Recent Guests

Rachel Midura
History expert with a focus on postal systems and communication
Cornell University Press
Episode: Rachel Midura, "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Kerry Brown
Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King's College London.
King's College London
Episode: Kerry Brown, "The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power" (Yale UP, 2024)
Dr. Samuel Helfont
Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy at the Naval War College
Naval Postgraduate School
Episode: Samuel Helfont, "The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Dr. Thomas Gidney
Postdoctoral researcher in international history and politics at the Geneva Graduate Institute
Geneva Graduate Institute
Episode: Thomas Gidney, "An International Anomaly: Colonial Accession to the League of Nations" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Eric H. Cline
Professor of classics and anthropology at George Washington University
George Washington University
Episode: Eric H. Cline, "Love, War, and Diplomacy: The Discovery of the Amarna Letters and the Bronze Age World They Revealed" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Aaron Magid
Author of The Most American King, Abdullah of Jordan
Universal Publishers
Episode: Aaron Magid, "The Most American King: Abdullah of Jordan" (Universal Publishers, 2025)
Ada Ferrer
Professor of History in Latin American and Caribbean studies at New York University
New York University
Episode: Ada Ferrer, "Cuba: An American History" (Scribner, 2021)
Professor William Doyle
Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Bristol and leading historian of the French Revolution
University of Bristol
Episode: William Doyle, "Napoleon at Peace: How to End a Revolution" (Reaktion Books, 2022)
Mia Bennett
Professor of Geography at the University of Washington
University of Washington
Episode: Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds, "Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic" (Yale UP, 2025)

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Rachel Midura, "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: What kind of territory were the Habsburgs controlling?
The Habsburgs had control over a vast empire that included territories across Europe and beyond, managing a complex postal network.
Rachel Midura, "Postal Intelligence: The Tassis Family and Communications Revolution in Early Modern Europe" (Cornell UP, 2025)
Q: How did you come to the topic for this book?
Midura reveals her personal background as the daughter of a diplomat and her academic pursuits that led her to explore cross-cultural communication in early modern postal systems.
Samuel Helfont, "The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Q: Why did the US not effectively counter ISIS until late in the game?
Initially, the US didn't take the threat of ISIS seriously because the focus was on quick withdrawal and training Iraqis, only changing under new leadership in 2007.
Samuel Helfont, "The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Q: To what extent did the military have plans for the invasion in 2003?
The military did have contingency plans, but political leadership, particularly under Donald Rumsfeld, wanted a quick and cheap operation that ultimately reduced troop numbers to inadequate levels for stabilization.
Samuel Helfont, "The Iraq Wars: A Very Short Introduction" (Oxford UP, 2025)
Q: What changes after 9/11 affected US strategy concerning Iraq?
9/11 increased the American public's willingness to intervene militarily, which accelerated earlier desires for regime change in Iraq.

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