Book
Reviews

Media and the Cold War in the 1980s: Between Star Wars and Glasnost

(Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media, 2019)

• Victoria Le-Sweatman, in: European Journal of Communication, vol. 35, no. 3, page(s):  (June 2021): 307-309

Nuclear Threats, Nuclear Fear and the Cold War of the 1980s

(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017)

• Christian Peterson, in: Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 53, no. 4 (October 2018): 925-927

• Nikolas Dörr, in: sehepunkte, vol. 18, no. 7/8 (July 15, 2018)

• Diana Villiers Negroponte, “The Last Decades of the Cold War: Structural Forces, Social Movements, and High Diplomacy,” in: Reviews in American History, vol. 46, no. 2 (June 2018): 324-331

• Angela Santese, in: H-Diplomatic History (July 2017)

Trust, but Verify. The Politics of Uncertainty and the Transformation of the Cold War Order, 1969–1991

(Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 2016)

• Kate Geoghegan, in: Canadian Journal of History, vol. 54, no. 1 (Spring-Autumn 2019): 275-276

• Jennifer Miller, in: Journal of American Studies, vol. 53, no. 1 (February 2019): E13

• Richard Dowling, in: History, vol. 103, no. 358 (December 2018): 922-923

• Barbara Keys, in: Journal of American History, vol. 104, no. 4 (March 1, 2018): 1074–1075

• Sari Autio-Sarasmo, in: Slavic Review, vol. 76, no. 4 (Winter 2017): 1144-1147

• Gottfried Niedhart, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (June 15, 2017)

Nuclear Crisis: The Arms Race, Cold War Anxiety, and the German Peace Movement of the 1980s

(New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2016)

• John William Sutcliffe IV, in: H-Diplo (June 2023)

• Hanno Balz, in: German Politics and Society, vol. 36 (2018), no. 4 (December 2018)

• Dolores L. Augustine, in: German History (August 10, 2017)

Protest Cultures: A Companion

(New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2016)

• “Thema im Blick: Streik - Protest - Ziviler Ungehorsam,” Bibliothek für Entwicklungspolitik [Library for International Development at Austrian Foundation for Development Research], (Spring 2021)

• Bernd Hüttner, in: RLS – Themen (February 5, 2018)

• G. M. Massey, in: CHOICE, vol. 54, issue 7 (March 2017)

• Sabine von Mering, in: German Politics and Society, vol. 35, no. 3 (Autumn 2017)

Ein Hauch von Freiheit?. Afroamerikanische Soldaten, die US-Bürgerrechtsbewegung und Deutschland

(Bielefeld: Transcript, 2016)

• Scott Krause, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (August 7, 2017)

Germany and the Black Diaspora: Points of Contact, 1250-1914

(New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2013)

• Minu Haschemi Yekani and Ulrike Schaper, “Pictures, Postcards, Points of Contact: New Approaches to Cultural Histories of German Colonialism,” in: German History, vol. 35, no. 4 (November 14, 2017): 603–623

• Kira Thurman, in: Canadian Journal of History, vol. 50, no. 2 (2015): 400-402

• Paul Münch, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (June 19, 2015)

• Tiffany N. Florvil, in: German Studies Review, vol. 38, no. 1 (February 2015)

• Kevina King, in: Focus on German Studies, vol. 21 (2014)

• Christian Rogowski, in: Postcolonial Studies, vol. 16, no. 4 (2013): 422-423

• J.O. Wipplinger, in: Choice, vol. 51, no. 06 (February 2014)

“Entrüstet Euch!” Nuklearkrise, NATO-Doppelbeschluss und Friedensbewegung

(Paderborn: Schöningh Verlag, 2012)

• Armin Grünbacher, in: English Historical Review, vol. 129, no. 538 (2014): 779-781

• Winfried Heinemann, in: Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, vol. 72 (2013): 226-227

• Gottfried Niedhart, in: sehepunkte, vol. 13, no. 3 (2013)

• Daniel Gerster, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (January 17, 2013)

The Establishment Responds: Power, Politics, and Protest Since 1945

(New York/Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

• Ian Christopher Fletcher, in: Peace & Change, vol. 39, no. 4 (October 2014): 546–550

• Marica Tolomelli, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (September 20, 2013)

A Breath of Freedom: The Civil Rights Struggle, African Amerian GIs, and Germany

(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)

• Nikolaos Papadogiannis, in: European Review, vol. 21, no. 1 (February 2013),137-139

• Christian Koller, in: Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift, vol. 70, no. 2 (2011)

• Tiffany Florvil, in: Journal of Social History, vol. 45, no. 5 (Fall 2012), 1-3

• S. Jonathan Wiesen, in: German Studies Review, vol. 35, no. 1 (2012), 216-217

• Jost Duelffer, in: sehepunkte, vol. 11, no. 7/8 (2011)

• J. Kleinman, in: Choice, June 2011

• John J. Munro, “Discrimination and Democracy in the Transnational Campaign for African American Freedom,” in: H-1960s, H-Net Reviews, May 2011

• Nancy Montgomery, “Attitudes, lifestyle in WWII Germany helped to end segregation in States,” in: Stars and Stripes, December 21, 2010

• Ron Jacobs, “Black Liberation in an Occupied Land,” in: Counterpunch, December 3-5, 2010

• Peter Koepf, “‘We don’t struggle alone’: How the GDR Exploited the Struggle for Freedom of African Americans,” in: Atlantic Times, November 2010

The Other Alliance: Student Protest in West Germany and the United States in the Global Sixties

(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010; pbk 2011)

• Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet, “West German Radical Protest in the Long 1960s,” in: Critical Studies on Terrorism (January 2016), 1-9

• Bettina Tüffers, in: Historische Zeitschrift, vol. 298, 2 (April 2014), 562-563

• Holger Nehring, in: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, vol. 22, no. 6 (2012), 107-110

• Frank Biess, in: The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture, vol. 5, no. 2 (October 2012), 1-3

• Francis D. Raška, in: The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, vol. 17, no. 6 (November 2012), 846-47

• Ryan Shaffer, in: Journal for the Study of Radicalism, vol. 6, no. 1 (March 2012), 109-112

• Simon Hall, “Framing the 1960s: A Historiographical Review,” in: European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 1 (April 2012), 5-23, esp. 13-14

• Christian Haase, in collaboration with Christian Kraiker and Jörg Kreuzer, “Germany’s Foreign Relations and the Nazi Past,” in: Contemporary European History, vol 21, no. 1 (2012), 79-93

• Quinn Slobodian, in: German Studies Review, vol. 34, no. 3 (October 2011), 673-674

• Jessica Gienow-Hecht, in: sehepunkte, 11, 10 (2011)

• Stuart Hilwig, “The SDS, a Transatlantic Alliance, Red and Black Panthers,” in: Diplomatic History, vol. 35, no. 5 (November 2011), 933-936

• Georgia Tres, in: Canadian Journal of History , vol. XLVI (Autumn 2011), 483-485

• Gabriele Metzler, in: Francia, no. 2 (July 2011)

• Klaus Schwabe, in: Journal of Transatlantic Studies, vol. 9, no. 2 (July 2011), 179-180

• Nick Thomas, in: The American Historical Review, vol. 116, no. 3 (June 2011), 773-774

• Gabriela Özel Volfová, in: Central European Journal of International and Security Studies, vol. 5, no. 1 (March 2011)

• Jacco Pekelder, in: International Review of Social History (March 2011), vol. 56, no. 1, 162-164

• Chris Lore, in: German Politics and Society, vol. 29, no. 1 (2011), 77-79

• Michael Stauch, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (March 5, 2011)

• Timothy S. Brown, in: Journal of American History (December 2010), vol. 97, no. 3, 872

• Michael L. Hughes, in: Central European History (December 2010), vol. 43, no. 4, 736-739

• John Feffer, “One, Two, Three, Many Transatlantic Alliances: U.S.-German Relations in the Age of Angela Davis,” in: IP Global, German Council on Foreign Relations, September 16, 2010

• Lorenzo Bosi, in: Mobilization: An International Journal, June 2010, vol. 15, no. 2

• Hans Kundnani, “Restless Youth,” in: Times Literary Supplement, August 6, 2010, 19

• Rolf Steiniger, “Eine andere Allianz: Amerikanische Einflüsse auf die Studentenrevolte in der Bundesrepublik,” in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 19, 2010

Between Prague Spring and French May: Opposition and Revolt in Europe, 1960-1980

(New York: Berghahn Books, 2011)

• Ian Birchall, “Years of Revolt and Hope,” in: European History Quarterly, vol. 45, issue 4 (2015), 738–744

• Matthias Dapprich, in: Journal of Cold War Studies, vol. 16, issue 4 (Fall 2014), 266-268

• Rosemary H. T. O’Kane, “Revolutions, Revolts and Protest Movements: Focusing on Violence and Transnational Action,” in: Political Studies Review (October 10, 2013)

• Sarah Žabić, in: Peace & Change, vol. 38, issue 4 (October 2013), 488-490

• Benoît Challand, in: Memory Studies, vol. 6 (January 2013), 108-111

• Michael Stauch, in: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, vol. 5 (2012), 123-126

• Paul Scherer, in: Choice, March 2012

• Caroline Hoefferle, in: Journal for the Study of Radicalism, vol. 6, no. 2 (Fall 2012), 145-147

Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s

(New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2010; pbk 2012)

• Ian Christopher Fletcher, in: Peace & Change, vol. 39, no. 4 (October 2014): 546–550

• Michael Stauch, in: Comparativ. Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, vol. 22, no. 5 (2012), 123-126

• Maud Anne Bracke, “One-dimensional Conflict? Recent Scholarhsip on 1968 and the Limitations of the Generation Concept,” in: Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 47, no. 3 (July 2012), 638-646

• Quinn Slobodian, in: Political Studies Review, vol. 10, no. 1 (January 2012), 121

• Sarah Gottschalk, in: H-Soz-u-Kult (January 20, 2012)

• Ingo Cornils, in: Modern Language Review, July 2011, vol. 106, no. 3, 916-917

• Holger Nehring, in: Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2011, 528-530

1968 in Europe: A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-77

(New York/London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)

• Uta Hinz, “‘1968’ in Context: Protest Movements in the 1960s,” in: Contemporary European History, 20, 2 (2011), 233-242

• Christof Dejung, in: Comparativ: Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und Vergleichende Gesellschaftsforschung, 20, 2010, 4, 144-146

• Maud Anne Bracke, in: European History Quarterly, October 2010, 40, 731-733.

• Patrick Bernhard and Anne Rohstock, “Writing about the ‘Revolution’: Nuovi studi internazionali soul movement del ’68,” in: Ricerche di Storia Politica, 2/2008, 177-192

• Eduardo Romanos, in: International Review of Social History, 53, 3 (December 2009), 525-528

• Anne Rohstock, in: sehepunkte, 8, 3 (2009)

• R. W. Lemmons, in: Choice, vol. 46, no. 8 (April 2009), 1576

• Alfons Soellner, “‘1968’ – Eine Nachlese,” in: Mittelweg 36 (2008), 53-55

• Petr Zidek, “1968 v evropske perspektive,” in: Lidovky, August 23, 2008

• Benjamin Ziemann, in: The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics and Culture, 2, 1 (June 2009), 141-143

1968: Handbuch zur Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Studentenbewegung

(Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler Verlag, 2007 / Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Schriftenreihe Bd. 697, 2008)

• Ingo Cornils, in: Modern Language Review, January 2009, Vol. 104, 1, 272-73

• Christina Gerhardt, in: H-German, June 2009

• Holger Böning, in: Jahrbuch für Kommunikationsgeschichte, Vol. 10 (2008), 206-207

• Leif Allendorf, “Ein Handbuch zum Schlagwort ’68 – Der Mythos ‘1968’ ein mal nüchtern betrachtet,” in: Avinus, June 10, 2008

• Walter Delabar, “Motor der zweiten gesellschaftlichen Modernisierung? Die Kultur- und Mediengeschichte der Studentenbewegung wird zum Handbuch,” in: Literaturkritik.de, 1 (January 2008)

• F. Kröger, in: Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen, 120, 1 (2008), 77-78

• Christian Altmeier, “Happenings, Rockmusik und sexuelle Revolution,” in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, August 3, 2007

• Sebastian Haumann, in: H-Soz-u-Kult , June 25, 2007

• Nicolai Hantig, in: Rundfunk und Geschichte 3-4 (2007), 101-102

• Marcel Remme, in: lehrerbibliothek.de, July 30, 2007

• Szabo Mate, in: Kommentar, 3 (2007), 118-124

• Stefan Müchler, “Eine Bewegung verändert die Republik,” in: campus-web.de, July 9, 2007

• Christopher Schwarz, in: Das Historisch-Politische Buch, 4 (2007), 420-421

• Alexandra Thun, in: Aventinus – Historische Zeitschrift, 4 (2007/2008)

• Wilbert Ubbens, in: Informationsmittel (IFB), July 1, 2007