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IR TalkS2 E15: Bonus Episode - Henry Kissinger with Professor Jeremi SuriProfessor Jeremi Suri holds the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books including Henry Kissinger and the American Century, The Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest Office and many other excellent works. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:Henry Kissinger and the American CenturyThe Impossible Presidency: The Rise and Fall of America's Highest OfficePower and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of DétenteLiberty's S...2022-04-2145 minIR TalkS2 E14: Bonus Episode - Israel's Moment with Professor Jeffrey HerfNote: This episode was recorded on March 3, 2022 so any reference to political events are from that time. Professor Jeffrey is distinguished professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is the author of numerous books on Germany as well as Israel, including Undeclared Wars with Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1989, and his latest Israel’s Moment: International Support for and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949 which was published on April 14th, the release date of this episode. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:I...2022-04-1453 minIR TalkS2 E13: Bonus Episode - The uses of history with Professor Daniel SargentProfessor Sargent is an Associate Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley, where he holds a dual appointment with the history department and the Goldman School of Public Policy. Professor Sargent is the author of the brilliant A Superpower Transformed: The Remaking of American Foreign Relations in the 1970s. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:Forum on the Importance of the Scholarship of Ernest MayA Superpower Transformed: The Remaking of American Foreign Relations in the 1970sPax Americana: Sketches for an Undiplomatic History2022-03-0354 minIR TalkS2 E12: Bonus Episode - The End of Ambition with Professor Mark Atwood LawrenceProfessor Lawrence is the Director of the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas, as well an Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author and editor of numerous books including The Vietnam War: A Concise International History, and The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era which is the subject of our conversation this week. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:The End of AmbitionThe Vietnam War: A Concise International History...2022-02-1745 minIR TalkS2 E11: Season 2 FinaleThis is the finale for Season 2 of IR Talk. Tune in for every answer to the question of "Did Athenians Students in the time of the Peloponnesian War know more than current students?" Make sure to look out for a few bonus episodes that will be released during the next few weeks!2022-01-1331 minIR TalkS2 E10: German-Israeli Relations 1949-1969 with Professor Lorena De VitaProfessor Lorena De Vita is an Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations at the University of Utrecht. She is the author of Israelpolitik: German-Israeli Relations, 1949-1969. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today: Israelpolitik: German–Israeli Relations, 1949-69New Bottles for New Wine: A Pericentric Framework for the Study of the Cold WarReckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the PresentJena Center for 20th Century Hist...2022-01-0637 minIR TalkS2 E9: Economic Diplomacy and International Adoption with Dr. Diane KunzDr. Diane Kunz is the Executive Director of the Center for Adoption Policy. She has also taught diplomatic history at Yale, Columbia, and Duke. Prior to her diplomatic history work, Dr. Kunz was a corporate lawyer, working at White & Case and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. She is the author of numerous books including Butter and Guns: The Economic Diplomacy of the Cold War and a forthcoming work on the diplomatic, economic, and social history of US international adoption. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:Butter and Guns: America's Cold War Economic Diplomacy2021-12-1647 minIR TalkS2 E8: James & Sarah Polk and the Mexican-American War with Professor Amy GreenbergProfessor Amy Greenberg is the George Winfree Professor of History and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University. She is the author of numerous books including A Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of Mexico and Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation:Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah PolkA Wicked War: Polk, Clay, Lincoln, and the 1846 U.S. Invasion of MexicoJames K. Polk, Vol. 1: Jacksonian, 1795-1843James K. Polk, Volume II...2021-12-0934 minIR TalkS2 E7: Brent Scowcroft and the National Security Council with Professor Bartholomew SparrowProfessor Bartholomew Sparrow is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books including The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security which is the subject of our conversation this week. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National SecurityThe National Security CouncilJacob BurckhardtUncertain Guardians: The News Media as a Political Institution2021-12-0242 minIR TalkS2 E6: The Helsinki Accords with Professor Michael MorganProfessor Michael Morgan is an Associate Professor of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Final Act: The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation and the Cold War. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:The Final Act: The Helsinki Accords and the Transformation and the Cold WarS1 E7: John Lewis GaddisParis 1919 by Margaret MacMillanA Diplomatic Revolution by Matthew ConnellyPower and Protest by Jeremi SuriThe Sino-Soviet Split by Lorenz Luthi2021-11-181h 02IR TalkS2 E5: The Global Interior with Professor Megan BlackProfessor Megan Black is an Associate Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American Power. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:The Global InteriorWilliam Appleman WilliamsIan TyrellKurk Dorsey Bernath LectureMelanie McAlisterMonica KimStuart SchraderAmy OffnerGenevieve Clutario2021-11-1144 minIR TalkS2 E4: Dual Citizenship with Professor Peter SpiroProfessor Peter J. Spiro is the Charles R. Weiner Professor of Law at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University. He is the author of numerous books on citizenship and international law including At Home in Two Countries, the subject of our conversation today. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:At Home in Two CountriesThe New Sovereigntists: American Exceptionalism and Its False ProphetsCitizenship by Dimitry KochenovMorton HalperinCharles MaierRobert Keohane2021-11-0440 minIR TalkS2 E3: The Life and Times of Arthur Schlesinger Jr. with Richard AldousProfessor Richard Aldous is the Eugene Meyer Professor of British History at Bard College. Prior to that, he taught for 15 years at University College Dublin, where he was the chair of the history department. He's the author of numerous books including works on Reagan and Thatcher's relationship, a dual biography of Disraeli and Gladstone and the subject of our conversation Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian. The following are books and articles pertinent to our conversation today:Schlesinger: The Imperial HistorianJournals: 1952-2000The Age of JacksonOrestes Brownson: A Pilgrim's Progress 2021-10-2840 minIR TalkS2 E2: The Virgin, the Dynamo, and Henry Adams with Professor David BrownProfessor David Brown is the Horace E. Raffensperger professor of history at Elizabethtown College. The following books and people are pertinent to this episode:Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual BiographyThe Idea of the Two Party SystemThe American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made ItEveryman His Own HistorianThe Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry AdamsThe History of United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James MadisonThe Education of Henry AdamsMont...2021-10-2137 minIR TalkS2 E1: Scientific History and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. with Professor Luke NichterProfessor Luke Nichter is a Professor of History and James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies at Chapman University. The following books and articles are pertinent to this episode:The Last Brahmin: Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the Making of the Cold WarWhite House Years by Henry KissingerIR Talk Episode with Professor Thomas SchwartzRichard Nixon and Europe: The Reshaping of the Postwar Atlantic World 2021-10-1457 minIR TalkSeason 2 TrailerThank you for listening! To leave a 5 star rating on Apple Podcasts here is the link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ir-talk/id1566057626My email address is: elankluger@gmail.comThe video for the "Daisy" Ad can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riDypP1KfOU2021-10-0702 min
IR TalkEp. 8 Season FinaleThis is the final of season 1. Make sure to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts and see you in mid August 2021 for the beginning of season 2. 2021-07-2902 minIR TalkEp. 7 History, George Kennan, and Grand Strategy with Professor John Lewis GaddisProfessor John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett chair of Naval and Military History at Yale University. He has received the Bancroft Prize, Pulitzer Prize, and National Humanities Medal. The following are his books and articles mentioned and alluded to in the podcast:The Landscape of History: How Historians Map the PastGeorge F. Kennan: An American LifeOn Grand StrategyStrategies of Containment: A Critical Appraisal of American National Security Policy during the Cold WarThe United States and the Origins of the Cold War 1941-19472021-07-2252 minIR TalkEp. 6 The History and Politics of Trade with Dr. William BernsteinDr. William Bernstein is a trained neurologist and writes and advises on finance. He is the author of numerous books including A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World which is the subject of our conversation.2021-07-0832 minIR TalkEp. 5 The Life of Henry Kissinger with Professor Thomas A. SchwartzProfessor Thomas A. Schwartz is a distinguished professor of history at Vanderbilt University. He also holds appointments as professor of political science and professor of European studies at that institution. He is the author most recently of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography, which is the subject of our conversation.For further information on Henry Kissinger see this Encyclopedia Britannica entry: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-Kissinger2021-06-2443 minIR TalkEp. 4 The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles with Professor John WilseyProfessor John Wilsey teaches church history at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of three books, One Nation Under God: An Evangelical Critique of Christian America, American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea and God's Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles which is the subject of our conversation.2021-06-1039 minIR TalkEp. 3 The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill with Professor Molly WorthenProfessor Molly Worthen of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researches and teaches American religious history. She is the author of two books, Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism and The Man on Whom Nothing was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles Hill. In the podcast we discuss the life of the subject of Professor Worthen's biography, Charles Hill. Important Links:The Death of a Grand StrategistThe Man on Whom Nothing Was Lost: The Grand Strategy of Charles HillGrand Strategies: Literature, St...2021-05-2744 minIR TalkEp. 2 Nuclear Strategy with Professor Mark BellProfessor Mark Bell teaches researches international relations at the University of Minnesota focusing on nuclear weapons, American and British foreign policy and international relations theory.He was previously a graduate student at MIT where he got his PhD. And before that received a master's in public policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard as a Frank Knox fellow, prior to that, graduated with a first class degree in politics, philosophy and economics from St. Anne's College, Oxford.He has a new book out titled Nuclear Reactions: How Nuclear Armed States Behave from Cornell University Press...2021-05-1340 minIR TalkEp. 1 Diplomacy with Wenchi YuToday on the podcast we have Wenchi Yu. Wenchi Yu is a fellow at the Ash Center at the Kennedy School at Harvard. Before that she was Head of Corporate Engagement for Goldman Sachs in Asia. Prior to that she worked at the US Department of State in the Secretary of State's Office, as a senior adviser on global women’s issues.2021-05-0631 minIR TalkTrailer: Introducing IR Talk with Elan KlugerIR Talk is a podcast about international relations theory and practice. Elan Kluger will be interviewing guests involved with both the theory and the practice of international relations. The show will launch the first week in May, 2021. 2021-04-2501 min