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Michael Hopkins

Dr Michael Hopkins

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Publications

Selected publications

  1. Dean Acheson and the Obligations of Power (Book - 2017)
  2. The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to Washington, 1939-1977 (Book - 2009)
  3. The Cold War, 1945-1991 (Book - 2006)
  4. Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations, 1948-1952 (Book - 2016)
  5. Cold War Britain, 1945-1964: New Perspectives (Book - 2003)
  6. British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946: The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand (Book - 2021)
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2024

Do serving vice presidents become president? Historical precedents for Kamala Harris in 2024

Hopkins, M. (2024). Do serving vice presidents become president? Historical precedents for Kamala Harris in 2024. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

2023

The Harmsworth Professorship of American History

Hopkins, M. (2023). The Harmsworth Professorship of American History.

Other

The Early Harmsworth Professors

Hopkins, M. (2023). The Early Harmsworth Professors. [Rothermere American Institute Annual Report 2022-2023]. Oxford.

Other

Lewis Namier and the First World War: the “S.O.S. signal” letter of 5 January 1915

Hopkins, M. (2023). Lewis Namier and the First World War: the “S.O.S. signal” letter of 5 January 1915. Retrieved from http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/

Internet publication

Review of Robert Zoellick, America and the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (New York: Twelve, 2020)

Hopkins, M. (2023). Review of Robert Zoellick, America and the World: A History of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (New York: Twelve, 2020). Diplomacy and Statecraft, 33(4), 870-872.

Book Review

2022

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

Hopkins, M. F. (2022). America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 33(4), 870-872. doi:10.1080/09592296.2022.2143130

DOI
10.1080/09592296.2022.2143130
Journal article

British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, c.1830-1960

Hopkins, M. (2022). British World Policy and the Projection of Global Power, c.1830-1960. DIPLOMACY & STATECRAFT, 33(2), 404-406. doi:10.1080/09592296.2022.2062120

DOI
10.1080/09592296.2022.2062120
Book Review

2021

“Pearl Harbor after eighty years,”

Hopkins, M. (2021). “Pearl Harbor after eighty years,”. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2021/12/08/pearl-harbor-after-eighty-years

Internet publication

“‘Get mad, then get over it’: reflections on the life of Colin Powell,”

Hopkins, M. (2021). “‘Get mad, then get over it’: reflections on the life of Colin Powell,”. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

“Counting the cost of war”

Hopkins, M. (2021). “Counting the cost of war”. Retrieved from https://blog.royalhistsoc.org/2021/11/09/counting-the-cost-of-war/

Internet publication

British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946: The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand

Hopkins, M. (Ed.) (2021). British Financial Diplomacy with North America 1944-1946: The Diary of Frederic Harmer and the Washington Reports of Robert Brand. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Book

“How the events of September 11 influenced US foreign policy for two decades”

Hopkins, M. (2021). “How the events of September 11 influenced US foreign policy for two decades”. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

“Inauguration Day 2021: hope versus rancor in US politics”

Hopkins, M. (2021). “Inauguration Day 2021: hope versus rancor in US politics”. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction

Hopkins, M. F. (2021). American Foreign Relations: A Very Short Introduction. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 32(1), 203-205. doi:10.1080/09592296.2021.1883868

DOI
10.1080/09592296.2021.1883868
Book Review

2020

The triumph and challenges of Joe Biden

Hopkins, M. (2020). The triumph and challenges of Joe Biden. Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/11/09/the-triumph-and-challenges-of-joe-biden/

Internet publication

“The contradictions of Robert McNamara,” review of article Aurélie Basha i Novosejt, “Breaking Ranks: Robert McNamara, Adam Yarmolinsky, and the Montreal Speech,” Diplomatic History, Volume 43:3 (June 2019), 493–516

Hopkins, M. (2020). “The contradictions of Robert McNamara,” review of article Aurélie Basha i Novosejt, “Breaking Ranks: Robert McNamara, Adam Yarmolinsky, and the Montreal Speech,” Diplomatic History, Volume 43:3 (June 2019), 493–516. Retrieved from https://hdiplo.org/to/AR985

Internet publication

2019

“View from Washington: A British diplomat navigating the world according to Donald Trump"

Hopkins, M. (2019). “View from Washington: A British diplomat navigating the world according to Donald Trump". Retrieved from https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Review of Alexander Etkind, Paths Not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017)

Hopkins, M. (2019). Review of Alexander Etkind, Paths Not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017). Slavonic and East European Review, 97(2), 380-382. Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.97.2.0380

Book Review

Review of A Nation Like All Others: A Brief History of American Foreign Relations (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018) by Warren I. Cohen

Hopkins, M. (2019). Review of A Nation Like All Others: A Brief History of American Foreign Relations (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018) by Warren I. Cohen. H-DIPLO electronic discussion list. Retrieved from http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=52412

Book Review

2018

<scp>A</scp>cheson,<scp>D</scp>ean<scp>G</scp>. (1893–1971)

Hopkins, M. F. (n.d.). <scp>A</scp>cheson,<scp>D</scp>ean<scp>G</scp>. (1893–1971). In Unknown Book (pp. 1-3). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0329

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10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0329
Chapter

<scp>B</scp> yrnes, <scp>J</scp> ames <scp>F.</scp> (1882–1972)

Hopkins, M. F. (n.d.). <scp>B</scp> yrnes, <scp>J</scp> ames <scp>F.</scp> (1882–1972). In Unknown Book (pp. 1-3). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0344

DOI
10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0344
Chapter

<scp>S</scp>hultz,<scp>G</scp>eorge<scp>P.</scp>(1920–)

Hopkins, M. F. (n.d.). <scp>S</scp>hultz,<scp>G</scp>eorge<scp>P.</scp>(1920–). In Unknown Book (pp. 1-3). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0257

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10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0257
Chapter

<scp>T</scp>ruman,<scp>H</scp>arry<scp>S</scp>. (1884–1972)

Hopkins, M. F. (n.d.). <scp>T</scp>ruman,<scp>H</scp>arry<scp>S</scp>. (1884–1972). In Unknown Book (pp. 1-3). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0385

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10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0385
Chapter

Treaty of<scp>S</scp>an<scp>F</scp>rancisco (1951)

Hopkins, M. F. (n.d.). Treaty of<scp>S</scp>an<scp>F</scp>rancisco (1951). In Unknown Book (pp. 1-5). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0381

DOI
10.1002/9781118885154.dipl0381
Chapter

Review of Kristina Spohr, The Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016)

Hopkins, M. (2018). Review of Kristina Spohr, The Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016). Slavonic and East European Review, 96(2), 385-388. doi:10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.96.2.0385

DOI
10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.96.2.0385
Book Review

2017

The cold world they made: the strategic legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetter

Hopkins, M. F. (2017). The cold world they made: the strategic legacy of Roberta and Albert Wohlstetter. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 30(5-6), 585-588. doi:10.1080/09557571.2018.1439306

DOI
10.1080/09557571.2018.1439306
Book Review

Dean Acheson and the Obligations of Power

Hopkins, M. F. (2017). Dean Acheson and the Obligations of Power (Hardback ed.). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. Retrieved from https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538100028/Dean-Acheson-and-the-Obligations-of-Power

Book

Containing challenges: The triumphs of harry truman in the presidential election of 1948

Hopkins, M. F. (2017). Containing challenges: The triumphs of harry truman in the presidential election of 1948. In US Presidential Elections and Foreign Policy: Candidates, Campaigns, and Global Politics from FDR to Bill Clinton (pp. 61-81).

Chapter

Dean Acheson, Bretton Woods and the American Role in the International Economy

Hopkins, M. F. (2017). Dean Acheson, Bretton Woods and the American Role in the International Economy. In Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order (pp. 207-224). Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-60891-4_12

DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-60891-4_12
Chapter

Special or not so special: Anglo-American Relations

Hopkins, M. F. (2017). Special or not so special: Anglo-American Relations. In C. Pach (Ed.), A Companion to Dwight D. Eisenhower (pp. 417-434). Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell.

Chapter

2016

Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations, 1948-1952

Hopkins, M. F. (2003). Oliver Franks and the Truman Administration: Anglo-American Relations, 1948-1952. Oregon: London & Portland, Oregon: Frank Cass.

Book

2015

Günter Bischof, Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten: Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2014)

Hopkins, M. (2015). Günter Bischof, Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten: Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century (Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2014). Central European History, 48(3), 446-447.

Book Review

Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten: Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century. By Günter Bischof. Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2014. Pp. 273. Cloth €24.90. ISBN 978-3706542142.

Hopkins, M. F. (2015). Relationships/Beziehungsgeschichten: Austria and the United States in the Twentieth Century. By Günter Bischof. Innsbruck: Studien Verlag, 2014. Pp. 273. Cloth €24.90. ISBN 978-3706542142.. Central European History, 48(3), 446-447. doi:10.1017/s0008938915000849

DOI
10.1017/s0008938915000849
Journal article

“Iran nuclear deal: reckless or prudent?"

Hopkins, M. (2015). “Iran nuclear deal: reckless or prudent?". Retrieved from http://news.liv.ac.uk/

Internet publication

Margaret Thatcher

Hopkins, M. F. (2015). Margaret Thatcher. In Unknown Book (pp. 565-581). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118607770.ch31

DOI
10.1002/9781118607770.ch31
Chapter

2013

“Negotiating a nuclear treaty with Iran"

Hopkins, M. (2013). “Negotiating a nuclear treaty with Iran". Retrieved from http://news.liv.ac.uk/

Internet publication

“Evaluating JFK 50 years on"

Hopkins, M. (2013). “Evaluating JFK 50 years on". Retrieved from http://news.liv.ac.uk/

Internet publication

“Why JFK deserves our remembrance 50 years on"

Hopkins, M. (2013). “Why JFK deserves our remembrance 50 years on". Retrieved from http://theconversation.com/why-jfk-deserves-our-remembrance-50-years-on-20668

Internet publication

The British Embassy in Washington and Anglo-American relations during the Blair governments, 1997-2007

Hopkins, M. F. (2013). The British Embassy in Washington and Anglo-American relations during the Blair governments, 1997-2007. In E. Pedaliu, & J. W. Young (Eds.), British Foreign Policy from Attlee to Blair: essays in memory of Saki Ruth Dockrill (pp. 201-223). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter

The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948

Hopkins, M. F. (2013). The United States and Eastern Europe, 1943-1948. In V. Smetana, M. Kramer, & M. Kramer (Eds.), Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and East-Central Europe, 1945-1989 (pp. 8-26). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

Chapter

2012

Dean Acheson and the place of Korea in American foreign and security policy, 1945-1950

Hopkins, M. F. (2012). Dean Acheson and the place of Korea in American foreign and security policy, 1945-1950. American Studies, 35(2), 89-117.

Journal article

Two Labour Prime Ministers and America: Clement Attlee (1945-1951) and Tony Blair (1997-2007)

Hopkins, M. F. (2012). Two Labour Prime Ministers and America: Clement Attlee (1945-1951) and Tony Blair (1997-2007). In C. Sanderson, & M. L. Torrent (Eds.), Challenges to British Power Status: Foreign Policy and Diplomacy in the 20th Century (pp. 187-200). Brussels: PIE Peter Lang.

Chapter

Waging Limited War: Harry Truman, Dean Acheson and the Korean War, 1950-1953

Hopkins, M. F. (2012). Waging Limited War: Harry Truman, Dean Acheson and the Korean War, 1950-1953. In M. K. Barbier, & R. V. Damms (Eds.), Culture, Power, and Security: New Directions in the History of National and International Security (pp. 132-145). Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press.

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2011

Review essay on Melvyn P. Leffler and Odd Arne Westad, eds, The Cambridge History of the Cold War II: Crises and Detente (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010)

Hopkins, M. (2011). Review essay on Melvyn P. Leffler and Odd Arne Westad, eds, The Cambridge History of the Cold War II: Crises and Detente (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010). Website: H-DIPLO electronic discussion list.

Book Review

La Guerre Froide

Hopkins, M. (2011). La Guerre Froide. Paris: GEO/Prisma.

Book

The Cold War

Hopkins, M. F. (2011). The Cold War. London: Thames & Hudson.

Book

2009

“Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 Online,” Reviews in History, No. 828 (November 2009)

Hopkins, M. (2009). “Cabinet Papers 1915-1978 Online,” Reviews in History, No. 828 (November 2009). Retrieved from https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/828

Internet publication

David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-1965

Hopkins, M. F. (2009). David Ormsby Gore, Lord Harlech, 1961-1965. In M. F. Hopkins, S. Kelly, & J. W. Young (Eds.), The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to Washington, 1939-1977 (pp. 130-149). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter

Oliver Franks, 1948-1952

Hopkins, M. F. (2009). Oliver Franks, 1948-1952. In M. F. Hopkins, S. Kelly, & J. W. Young (Eds.), The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to Washington, 1939-1977 (pp. 71-90). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter

Reisen, 1945-1991

Hopkins, M., & Dockrill, M. L. (2009). Reisen, 1945-1991. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten.

Book

The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to Washington, 1939-1977

Hopkins, M. F., Kelly, S., & Young, J. W. (Eds.) (2009). The Washington Embassy: British Ambassadors to Washington, 1939-1977. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book

2008

President Harry Truman's Secretaries of State: Stettinius, Byrnes, Marshall and Acheson

Hopkins, M. F. (2008). President Harry Truman's Secretaries of State: Stettinius, Byrnes, Marshall and Acheson. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 6(3), 290-304. doi:10.1080/14794010802547935

DOI
10.1080/14794010802547935
Journal article

Acheson, Truman und die Entscheidungen im Koreakrieg 1950

Hopkins, M. F. (2008). Acheson, Truman und die Entscheidungen im Koreakrieg 1950. In B. Greiner, C. Muller, & D. Walter (Eds.), Krisen im Kalten Krieg. Hamburg: Hamburger Edition.

Chapter

Ronald Reagan's and George H. W. Bush's Secretaries of State: Alexander Haig, George Shultz and James Baker

Hopkins, M. F. (2008). Ronald Reagan's and George H. W. Bush's Secretaries of State: Alexander Haig, George Shultz and James Baker. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 6(3), 228-245.

Journal article

Teaching and research on the Cold War in the United Kingdom

Hopkins, M. F. (2008). Teaching and research on the Cold War in the United Kingdom. Cold War History, 8(2), 241-258. doi:10.1080/14682740802018793

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10.1080/14682740802018793
Journal article

2007

CONTINUING DEBATE AND NEW APPROACHES IN COLD WAR HISTORY

HOPKINS, M. F. (2007). CONTINUING DEBATE AND NEW APPROACHES IN COLD WAR HISTORY. The Historical Journal, 50(4), 913-934. doi:10.1017/s0018246x07006437

DOI
10.1017/s0018246x07006437
Journal article

Godfrey Hodgson. America in Our Time: From World War II to Nixon-What Happened and Why. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005)

Hopkins, M. (2007). Godfrey Hodgson. America in Our Time: From World War II to Nixon-What Happened and Why. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005). History: the journal of the Historical Association, 92(308), 555-556.

Book Review

Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, The First Cold Warrior: Harry S. Truman, Containment and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006)

Hopkins, M. (2007). Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, The First Cold Warrior: Harry S. Truman, Containment and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006). International History Review, 29(2), 431-433.

Book Review

Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo and Kirsten E. Schulze, International History of the Twentieth Century (London: Routledge, 2004

Hopkins, M. (2007). Antony Best, Jussi M. Hanhimäki, Joseph A. Maiolo and Kirsten E. Schulze, International History of the Twentieth Century (London: Routledge, 2004. Contemporary British History, 21(1), 138-140.

Book Review

Review of Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, The First Cold Warrior: Harry S. Truman, Containment and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006)

Hopkins, M. F. (2007). Review of Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, The First Cold Warrior: Harry S. Truman, Containment and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2006). International History Review, XXIX(2), 431-433.

Journal article

Review of Godfrey Hodgson. America in Our Time: From World War II to Nixon-What Happened and Why. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005)

Hopkins, M. F. (2007). Review of Godfrey Hodgson. America in Our Time: From World War II to Nixon-What Happened and Why. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005). History, 92(308), 555-556.

Journal article

The Korean War and Great Britain'

Hopkins, M. F. (2007). The Korean War and Great Britain'. In The Legacies of the Korean War: A Reevaluation (pp. 94-114). Tokyo: National Institute for Defense Studies.

Conference Paper

2006

Peter Boyle, ed, The Eden-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1955-1957 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2005)

Hopkins, M. (2006). Peter Boyle, ed, The Eden-Eisenhower Correspondence, 1955-1957 (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 2005). History: the journal of the Historical Association, 91(3), 606-607.

Book Review

David Reynolds, In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (London: Allen Lane: The Penguin Press, 2004)

Hopkins, M. (2006). David Reynolds, In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War (London: Allen Lane: The Penguin Press, 2004). Contemporary Review, 288(1681), 245-247.

Book Review

Britain and Europe, 1945-1963

Hopkins, M. (2006). Britain and Europe, 1945-1963. “Britain and Europe, 1945-1963,” Cahiers Charles V, (41), 39-65.

Journal article

Geoffrey Warner, In the Midst of Events: The Foreign Office diaries and papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950-October 1951 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2005),

Hopkins, M. (2006). Geoffrey Warner, In the Midst of Events: The Foreign Office diaries and papers of Kenneth Younger, February 1950-October 1951 (Abingdon: Routledge, 2005),. International Affairs (London, 1944), 82(1), 224-225.

Book Review

Rhiannon Vickers, Labour and the World Volume I: 1900-1951 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2006). Rhiannon Vickers, Labour and the World Volume I: 1900-1951 (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003). Party Politics: international journal for the study of political parties and political organizations, 12(1), 153-154.

Book Review

The Cold War, 1945-1991

Dockrill, M. L., & Hopkins, M. F. (2006). The Cold War, 1945-1991. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book

Warren I. Cohen, America’s Failing Empire: US Foreign Relations since the Cold War (Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford: Blackwell, 2005)

Hopkins, M. (2006). Warren I. Cohen, America’s Failing Empire: US Foreign Relations since the Cold War (Malden, Massachusetts and Oxford: Blackwell, 2005). International Affairs (London, 1944), 82(1), 203-204.

Book Review

2005

Arthur M. Schlesinger, War and the American Presidency (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004) and James Naughtie, The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency (London: Macmillan, 2004)

Hopkins, M. (2005). Arthur M. Schlesinger, War and the American Presidency (New York: W. W. Norton, 2004) and James Naughtie, The Accidental American: Tony Blair and the Presidency (London: Macmillan, 2004). International Affairs (London, 1944), 81(3), 644-645.

Book Review

'The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" '

Hopkins, M. F., & Young, J. W. (2005). 'The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" '. In P. Addison, & H. Jones (Eds.), Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Britain, 1939-2000 (pp. 499-516). Oxford: Blackwell.

Chapter

Imperial America: Niall Ferguson’s perspective on the United States in the world

Hopkins, M. (2005). Imperial America: Niall Ferguson’s perspective on the United States in the world. Diplomatic History, 29(1), 179-183.

Journal article

2004

Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk, Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Yoram Gorlizki and Oleg Khlevniuk, Cold Peace: Stalin and the Soviet Ruling Circle, 1945-1953. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004). Contemporary Review, 285(1667), 367-368.

Book Review

John W. Young and John Kent, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003

Hopkins, M. (2004). John W. Young and John Kent, International Relations Since 1945: A Global History (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Contemporary Review, 285(1665), 249.

Book Review

Niall Ferguson, Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2004)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Niall Ferguson, Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2004). International Affairs (London, 1944), 80(5), 1006-1007.

Book Review

Robert Dallek, John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 (London: Allen Lane, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Robert Dallek, John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 (London: Allen Lane, 2003). Contemporary Review, 285(1664), 178-180.

Book Review

William I. Hitchcock, The Struggle for Europe: The History of the Continent since 1945 (London: Profile Books, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2004). William I. Hitchcock, The Struggle for Europe: The History of the Continent since 1945 (London: Profile Books, 2003). Contemporary Review, 284(1660), 304-305.

Book Review

Robert E. Hannigan, The New World Order: American Foreign Policy, 1898-1917 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Robert E. Hannigan, The New World Order: American Foreign Policy, 1898-1917 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002). English Historical Review, 119, 558-560.

Book Review

John W. Young, The Labour Governments 1964-1970. Volume 2: International Policy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2004). John W. Young, The Labour Governments 1964-1970. Volume 2: International Policy (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003). International Affairs (London, 1944), 80(2), 386-387.

Book Review

Britain’s policy to the Soviet Union in the era of détente, 1968-1976

Hopkins, M. (2004). Britain’s policy to the Soviet Union in the era of détente, 1968-1976. Contemporary British History, 18(1), 132-142.

Journal article

Pierre Hassner and Justin Vaisse, Washington et le monde (Paris: Autrement, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Pierre Hassner and Justin Vaisse, Washington et le monde (Paris: Autrement, 2003). International Affairs (London, 1944), 80(1), 124-125.

Book Review

Steve Marsh, Anglo-American Relations and Cold War Oil (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2004). Steve Marsh, Anglo-American Relations and Cold War Oil (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003). International Affairs (London, 1944), 80(1), 148-151.

Book Review

2003

Peter Busch, All the Way with JFK? Britain, the US and the Vietnam War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)

Hopkins, M. (2003). Peter Busch, All the Way with JFK? Britain, the US and the Vietnam War (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003). Contemporary Review, 283(1652), 177-178.

Book Review

John Ramsden, Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945 (London: HarperCollins, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2003). John Ramsden, Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and His Legend Since 1945 (London: HarperCollins, 2002). Contemporary Review, 283(1650), 47-48.

Book Review

Eric Hobsbawm, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2003). Eric Hobsbawm, Interesting Times: A Twentieth-Century Life (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2002). Contemporary Review, 282(1649), 371-372.

Book Review

Nigel John Ashton, Kennedy, Macmillan and the Cold War (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2003). Nigel John Ashton, Kennedy, Macmillan and the Cold War (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002). International Affairs (London, 1944), 79(3), 672-673.

Book Review

A personal special relationship?: Dean Acheson and Oliver Franks

Hopkins, M. F. (2003). A personal special relationship?: Dean Acheson and Oliver Franks. Cahiers Charles V, 35, 31-53.

Journal article

Cold War Britain, 1945-1964: New Perspectives

Hopkins, M. F., Kandiah, M. D., & Staerk, G. (Eds.) (2003). Cold War Britain, 1945-1964: New Perspectives. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Book

Herbert Morrison, the Cold War and Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1951

Hopkins, M. (2003). Herbert Morrison, the Cold War and Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1951. In M. F. Hopkins, M. Kandiah, & G. Staercke (Eds.), Cold War Britain, 1945-1964: New Perspectives (pp. 17-29). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Chapter

Klaus Larres, Churchill’s Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2003). Klaus Larres, Churchill’s Cold War: The Politics of Personal Diplomacy (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002). International Affairs (London, 1944), 79(1), 201-202.

Book Review

Saki Dockrill, Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez (London: Palgrave Macmillan, July 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2003). Saki Dockrill, Britain’s Retreat from East of Suez (London: Palgrave Macmillan, July 2002). International Affairs (London, 1944), 79(1), 214-215.

Book Review

2002

John T. McNay, Acheson and Empire: The British Accent in American Foreign Policy (Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001)

Hopkins, M. (2002). John T. McNay, Acheson and Empire: The British Accent in American Foreign Policy (Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001). History: the journal of the Historical Association, 87(288), 578.

Book Review

Percy Cradock, Know Your Enemy: How the Joint Intelligence Committee Saw the World (London: John Murray, 2002) and Peter Hennessy, The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War, 1945-1970 (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2002)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Percy Cradock, Know Your Enemy: How the Joint Intelligence Committee Saw the World (London: John Murray, 2002) and Peter Hennessy, The Secret State: Whitehall and the Cold War, 1945-1970 (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2002). Contemporary Review, 281(1641), 241-243.

Book Review

Günter Bischof, Austria in the First Cold War, 1945-55: The Leverage of the Weak (London: Macmillan, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Günter Bischof, Austria in the First Cold War, 1945-55: The Leverage of the Weak (London: Macmillan, 2000). Slavonic and East European Review, 80(3), 573-575.

Book Review

Lawrence Freedman, Kennedy’s Wars: Berlin, Laos, Cuba and Vietnam (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001);Robert D. Schulzinger, A Time of War (New York: Oxford University Press, October 1997); and Gerard J. DeGroot, A Noble Cause? America and the Vietnam War (London: Longman, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Lawrence Freedman, Kennedy’s Wars: Berlin, Laos, Cuba and Vietnam (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001);Robert D. Schulzinger, A Time of War (New York: Oxford University Press, October 1997); and Gerard J. DeGroot, A Noble Cause? America and the Vietnam War (London: Longman, 2000). Contemporary Review, 280(1636), 305-306.

Book Review

Kevin Ruane, The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American relations and the Crisis of European defence, 1950-1955 (New York: Palgrave, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Kevin Ruane, The Rise and Fall of the European Defence Community: Anglo-American relations and the Crisis of European defence, 1950-1955 (New York: Palgrave, 2000). International History Review, 24(1), 213-215.

Book Review

Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes. Volume III: Fighting for Britain 1937-1946 (London: Macmillan, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Robert Skidelsky, John Maynard Keynes. Volume III: Fighting for Britain 1937-1946 (London: Macmillan, 2000). Contemporary Review, 280(1633), 113-114.

Book Review

Jonathan Hollowell, ed, Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Relations (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001)

Hopkins, M. (2002). Jonathan Hollowell, ed, Twentieth-Century Anglo-American Relations (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2001). International Affairs (London, 1944), 78(1), 186-188.

Book Review

Raymond Aron, la guerre d’Algérie et la place de la France dans le monde

Hopkins, M., & Venier, P. (2002). Raymond Aron, la guerre d’Algérie et la place de la France dans le monde. In C. Bachelier, & E. Dutartre (Eds.), Raymond Aron et la liberté politique (pp. 221-233). Paris: Fallois.

Chapter

2001

Review of Günter Bischof and Saki Dockrill, eds, Cold War Respite: The Geneva Summit of 1955 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of Günter Bischof and Saki Dockrill, eds, Cold War Respite: The Geneva Summit of 1955 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2000). Cold War History, 2(1), 171-174.

Book Review

Review of G. H. Bennett, The American Presidency 1945-2000: Illusions of Grandeur (Stroud: Sutton, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of G. H. Bennett, The American Presidency 1945-2000: Illusions of Grandeur (Stroud: Sutton, 2000). Contemporary Review, 279(1628), 177-179.

Book Review

Review of Sean Greenwood, Britain and the Cold War1945-1991 (London: Macmillan, 1999)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of Sean Greenwood, Britain and the Cold War1945-1991 (London: Macmillan, 1999). International Affairs, 76, 662-663.

Book Review

Review of Kathleen Burk, Troublemaker: The Life & History of A.J.P. Taylor (London and New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of Kathleen Burk, Troublemaker: The Life & History of A.J.P. Taylor (London and New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000). Contemporary Review, 278(1624), 310-311.

Book Review

Review of John Dumbrell, A Special Relationship: Anglo-American Relations in the Cold War and After (London: Macmillan, 2001)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of John Dumbrell, A Special Relationship: Anglo-American Relations in the Cold War and After (London: Macmillan, 2001). International Affairs: promoting dialogue between academics and policy-makers, 77, 449-450.

Book Review

Review of David Reynolds, One World Divisible: A Global History Since 1945 (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2000) and David Reynolds, Britannia Overruled: British policy and World power in the Twentieth Century 2nd ed. (London: Longman, 2000)

Hopkins, M. (2001). Review of David Reynolds, One World Divisible: A Global History Since 1945 (London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2000) and David Reynolds, Britannia Overruled: British policy and World power in the Twentieth Century 2nd ed. (London: Longman, 2000). Contemporary Review, 278(1622), 177-178.

Book Review

Raymond Aron: az algériai háborúról és Franciaország helyéröl a világban

Hopkins, M. (2001). Raymond Aron: az algériai háborúról és Franciaország helyéröl a világban. In S. Csizmadia (Ed.), Aron: Politikai szabadság és kőrultekintés erkölcsisége (pp. 205-217). Budapest: Aula.

Chapter

The Price of Cold War Partnership: Sir Oliver Franks and the British Military Commitment in the Korean War

Hopkins, M. (2001). The Price of Cold War Partnership: Sir Oliver Franks and the British Military Commitment in the Korean War. Cold War History, 1(2), 28-46. doi:10.1080/713999922

DOI
10.1080/713999922
Journal article

2000

‘Worlds apart’: The British embassy in Moscow and the search for east‐west understanding

Hopkins, M. F. (2000). ‘Worlds apart’: The British embassy in Moscow and the search for east‐west understanding. Contemporary British History, 14(3), 131-148. doi:10.1080/13619460008581597

DOI
10.1080/13619460008581597
Journal article

Review of James Chace, Acheson: the Secretary of State who Created the American World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998); and Louise Richardson, When Allies Differ: Anglo-American Relations during the Suez and Falklands Crises (London: Macmillan/St Martin’s Press, 1996)

Hopkins, M. (2000). Review of James Chace, Acheson: the Secretary of State who Created the American World (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998); and Louise Richardson, When Allies Differ: Anglo-American Relations during the Suez and Falklands Crises (London: Macmillan/St Martin’s Press, 1996). Contemporary Review, 277(1614), 49-50.

Book Review

Britain and the Korean War After Fifty Years: The Slow Emergence of an Intelligence Dimension

Hopkins, M. (2000). Britain and the Korean War After Fifty Years: The Slow Emergence of an Intelligence Dimension. Intelligence and National Security, 15, 177-182.

Journal article

Review of L. V. Scott, Macmillan, Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Political, Military and Intelligence Aspects (London: Macmillan, 1999)

Hopkins, M. (2000). Review of L. V. Scott, Macmillan, Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis: Political, Military and Intelligence Aspects (London: Macmillan, 1999). International Affairs, 76, 175-176.

Book Review

1999

Review of Michael Howard and W. R. Louis (eds), The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998)

Hopkins, M. (1999). Review of Michael Howard and W. R. Louis (eds), The Oxford History of the Twentieth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998). Contemporary Review 275:1604, 275(1604), 157-158.

Book Review

Review of Jeremy Isaacs and Taylor Downing, Cold War (London: Bantam Press, 1998); and James E. Cronin, The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos, and the Return of History (New York & London: Routledge, 1996)

Hopkins, M. (1999). Review of Jeremy Isaacs and Taylor Downing, Cold War (London: Bantam Press, 1998); and James E. Cronin, The World the Cold War Made: Order, Chaos, and the Return of History (New York & London: Routledge, 1996). Contemporary Review, 275(1602), 43-44.

Book Review

Review of Ritchie Ovendale, Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth century (London: Macmillan, 1998)

Hopkins, M. (1999). Review of Ritchie Ovendale, Anglo-American Relations in the Twentieth century (London: Macmillan, 1998). International Affairs,, 75, 407.

Book Review

Review of S. J. Ball, The Cold War. An International history, 1947-1991 (London: Arnold, 1998)

Hopkins, M. (1999). Review of S. J. Ball, The Cold War. An International history, 1947-1991 (London: Arnold, 1998). The English Historical Review, 104(456), 396-397.

Book Review

1998

Review of Raymond Seitz, Over Here (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of Raymond Seitz, Over Here (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1998). Contemporary Review 273:1594, 273(1594), 273-274.

Book Review

Review of John Killick, The United States and European Reconstruction, 1945-1960 (Edinburgh: Keele University Press, 1997)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of John Killick, The United States and European Reconstruction, 1945-1960 (Edinburgh: Keele University Press, 1997). International Affairs: promoting dialogue between academics and policy-makers, 74, 945-946.

Book Review

Review of Ronald E. Powaski, The Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) and Dennis J. Dunn, Caught between Roosevelt and Stalin: America’s Ambassadors to Moscow (Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1998)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of Ronald E. Powaski, The Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998) and Dennis J. Dunn, Caught between Roosevelt and Stalin: America’s Ambassadors to Moscow (Lexington, Kentucky: University Press of Kentucky, 1998). Contemporary Review, 273(1593), 212-214.

Book Review

Focus of a changing relationship: The Washington embassy and Britain's world role since 1945

Hopkins, M. F. (1998). Focus of a changing relationship: The Washington embassy and Britain's world role since 1945. Contemporary British History, 12(3), 103-114. doi:10.1080/13619469808581491

DOI
10.1080/13619469808581491
Journal article

Review of Christoph Bail, Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Reinhardt Rummel (eds), EU-US Relations: Balancing the Partnership. Taking a Medium-Term Perspective (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1997)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of Christoph Bail, Wolfgang H. Reinicke and Reinhardt Rummel (eds), EU-US Relations: Balancing the Partnership. Taking a Medium-Term Perspective (Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1997). International Affairs: promoting dialogue between academics and policy-makers, 74, 720.

Book Review

Review of Percy Cradock, In Pursuit of British Interests: Reflections on Foreign Policy Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major (London: John Murray, 1997)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of Percy Cradock, In Pursuit of British Interests: Reflections on Foreign Policy Under Margaret Thatcher and John Major (London: John Murray, 1997). Contemporary Review, 272(1586), 156-158.

Book Review

Review of Peter Marshall, Positive Diplomacy (London: Macmillan, 1997)

Hopkins, M. (1998). Review of Peter Marshall, Positive Diplomacy (London: Macmillan, 1997). International Affairs: promoting dialogue between academics and policy-makers, 74, 202-203.

Book Review

1994

Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post War World

Aldrich, R. J., & Hopkins, M. F. (Eds.) (1994). Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post War World. London: Frank Cass.

Book

The Washington Embassy: The Role of an Institution in Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1955

Hopkins, M. (1994). The Washington Embassy: The Role of an Institution in Anglo-American Relations, 1945-1955. In R. J. Aldrich, & M. Hopkins (Eds.), Intelligence, Defence and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post War World (pp. 79-99). London: Frank Cass.

Chapter

1992

A British Cold War?

Hopkins, M. (1992). A British Cold War?. Intelligence and National Security, 7(4), 479-482.

Journal article