Publications

Not a full CV, but rather a list of publications and presentations with appropriate Internet links. (Some of these links will require separate subscription access.) This list will be updated as publication information is released.

Book Chapters

“Exploring Master Keaton‘s Germany: A Japanese Perspective on the End of the Cold War,” in After the Berlin Wall: Germany and Beyond, ed. Katharina Gerstenberger and Jana Evans Braziel. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. [link]

“The Second Cold War and U.S. Involvement in Foreign Conflicts,” in Toward the Next American Century, 1974-2007 (Conflicts in American History: A Documentary Encyclopedia Vol. 8), ed. Eric L. Bargeron et al. New York: Infobase Publishing, 2010. [link]

Articles

“Downing Street’s Favourite Soap Opera: Evaluating the Impact and Influence of Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister,” Contemporary British History 23:3 (September 2009), 315-336

Book Reviews

“A Political Suicide: The Conservatives’ Voyage into the Wilderness by Norman Fowler,” Political Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2009): 421-22. [link]

“Europe and the End of the Cold War: A Reappraisal by Frederic Bozo, Marie-Pierre Rey, N. Piers Ludlow, and Leopoldo Nuti (eds.),” Political Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2009): 429. [link]

“What Have They Built You to Do? The Manchurian Candidate and Cold War America by Matthew Frye Jacobson and Gaspar González,” Scope: An Online Journal of Film Studies, Issue 14 (June 2009)

“Conflict of Loyalty by Geoffrey Howe,” Political Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 2009): 285–86. [link]

“Exploring Intelligence Archives: Enquiries into the Secret State, eds. R. Gerald Hughes, Peter Jackson and Len Scott,” Political Studies Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 2009): 271–72. [link]

“The British Left’s ‘Great Debate’ on Europe by Andrew Mullen,” Political Studies Review Vol. 7 No. 1 (January 2009): 148. [link]

Other book reviews, reprinted from their original versions under the fair use terms of various publishers’ Exclusive Licence Forms, can be found in the main blog archived under the “Publications” tag.

Conference Presentations

“The Nuclear Missile That Harrods Would Sell You: Yes, Prime Minister as Cold War Satire,” at the Cold War and Entertainment Television Conference, University of Paris VIII, 5-7 June 2014

“Politics and the Japanese Language: Creating and Challenging Censorship in Hiro Arikawa’s Toshokan Sensou,” at the 2013 Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, Washington, DC, 27-30 March 2013

“History With a Human Face: Humour and Historical Representation in Hetalia: Axis Powers,” at the History and Humour Conference, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, 5-7 July 2012

“Satire With No Wasted Draws: Mahjong as Politics in The Legend of Koizumi,” at the Graphic Engagement Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2-4 September 2010

“Yes, Prime Minister and the Westland Affair: A Tale of Two Resignations,” at the Fiction and British Politics conference, British Academy, London, 11 December 2009

“Exploring Master Keaton‘s Germany: A Japanese Perspective on the End of the Cold War,” at ‘”November 9, 1989″—The Fall of the Berlin Wall, Twenty Years After”: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 8-9 November 2009

“Sailing into History: The Hunt for Red October as Novel and Film,” 2008 Film & History Conference: Chicago, 30 October–2 November 2008

Miscellaneous Contributions

Encyclopedia of Political Science, ed. Geoffrey Garrett, Margaret Levy, Paula D. McLain, James E. Alt, and Simone Chambers (Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2010) [available here]

Encyclopedia of the Cold War, ed. Ruud van Dijk, William Glenn Gray, Svetlana Savranskaya, Jeremi Suri, and Qiang Zhai (New York: Routledge, 2008) [available here]

Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior, ed. Kenneth F. Warren (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2008) [available here]

American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists, Alternative Lifestyles, and Radical Ideas in U.S. History, ed. Gina Misroglu (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008) [available here]