HST 390: History of International Relations Spring 2010: Michael Unsworth History Librarian

Why I Am Doing This Book Review Essay = 10% Critical Book Review= 35% 45%

Critical Book Review “contribute to the understanding of international relations history” = Historiography What has been written Dominant themes Original Research versus Synthesis Use of primary sources Current and future research

Future Research?? “I conclude that priorities for future research include the construction of hypotheses on the framing of foreign policy decisions and research designs for testing them; the incorporation of framing, loss aversion, and the reflection effect into theories of collective and interactive decision making; and experimental research that is sensitive to the political and strategic context of foreign policy decision making.” Jack S. Levy, “Prospect Theory, Rational Choice, and International Relations,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 1 (Mar., 1997): 107.International Studies Quarterly

CITATIONS Rock, Stephen R. Why Peace Breaks Out: Great Power Rapprochement in Historical Perspective. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989.

CITATIONS Schroeder, Michael J. “Bandits and Blanket Thieves, Communists and Terrorists: The Politics of Naming Sandinistas in Nicaragua, and ,” Third World Quarterly; 26, no.1 (2005): 67-86

CITATIONS M.V. Bezeau, “Strategic Cooperation: The Canadian Commitment to the Defense of Alaska in the Second World War” in Alaska at War, : the Forgotten War Remembered, ed. Fern Chandonney, (Anchorage, Alaska: Alaska at War Committee, 1995).

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RETRIEVING MATERIAL: WORLDCAT

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RETRIEVING MATERIAL: MELCAT

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“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.” Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.

ADVANCED KEYWORD SEARCH

BIBLIOGRAPHY & AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS

PRIMARY SOURCES: Definition “…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.” Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

SOURCES USED IN A WORK

GUIDE: REEL V

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sourcesmanuscripts archivesnotebooks, sketchbooks, etc. archival resourcespersonal narratives correspondencepersonnel records diariesrecords and correspondence

Queen Victoria’s interest in foreign affairs “collected a vast quantity of paper at Windsor” She “expected to see all incoming Foreign Office dispatches & everything sent out in her name.” Foreign Minister Palmerston directed that “only the most interesting and romantic dispatches” be sent. Later he ordered “The less you send the Queen..the better.” “From time to time, the Queen can be seen complaining of not being shown important dispatches”

“The whole of the material [on the Eastern Question” is here reproduced for the benefit of a wider audience…”

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