PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS

Books

1939: Al'ians, kotoryi ne sostoialsia i priblizhenie vtoroi mirovoi voiny/1939. Альянс, который не состоялся, и приближение Второй мировой войны.  Moscow: Izdatel'skii dom «Grant'», 2005, 376pp.

1939: l'alliance de la dernière chance, une réinterprétation des origines de la Seconde
 Guerre mondiale.  Montréal: Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 2001, 365pp.

1939: The Alliance that Never Was and the Coming of World War II.Chicago: Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 1999; London: House of Stratus, 2000, xxvii + 321pp.

Revolution and Intervention: The French Government and the Russian Civil War, 1917-1919. Kingston & Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983, xiv + 265 pp.
 

“Years of War in the East, 1939-1945: A Review Article,” Europe-AsiaStudies (formerly Soviet Studies [University of Glasgow, UK]), vol. 59, nº  2 (March 2007), pp.  331-52.

"Resurgent France or Decadent France?: War Origins Once Again," review article on Peter Jackson, France and the Nazi Menace: Intelligence and Policy Making, 1933-1939.  Canadian Journal of History  (University of Saskatchewan), vol. XXXVII, nº  (August 2002), pp. 311-17.

"Behind Stalin's Moustache: Pragmatism in Early Soviet Foreign Policy, 1917-1941," Diplomacy & Statecraft, vol. 12,  nº 3 (September 2001), pp. 159-174.

"It's a Hard World in Academic Publishing," Historically Speaking (The Historical Society, Boston University), vol. 2, nº 3 (May 2001), pp. 14-15.

"Episodes from the Early Cold War: Franco-Soviet Relations, 1917-1927," Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 52, nº 7 (November 2000), pp. 1275-1305.

"'A Situation of Delicacy and Danger': Anglo-Soviet Relations, August 1939 - March 1940," Contemporary European History (Cambridge U.P., U.K.), vol. 8, part 2 (July 1999), pp. 175-208.

"Publish Well and Wisely: A Brief Guide for New Scholars," (28pp.), January 1999, revised autumn 1999.

Ten entries (300-600 words each) for the Historical Dictionary of World War II France: the Occupation, Vichy, and the Resistance (1938 - 1946) Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Forum on Robert J. Young, France and the Origins of the Second World War, editor and contributor, H-France (USA), 11,000 words, September 1997.

"Always in Need of Credit: the USSR and Franco-German Economic Co-operation, 1926 -1929", with R. K. Debo, French Historical Studies (USA), vol. 20, nº 3 (summer 1997), pp. 315-56.

"The Early Cold War, 1917 - 1939," Relevance (quarterly journal of the Great War Society, 1914 - 1918, Hoover Institute, USA), vol. 5, nº 4 (Fall 1996), pp. 6-11.

"'Fearful Concatenation of Circumstances': the Anglo-Soviet Rapprochement, 1934 - 1936," Contemporary European History, vol. 5, nº 1 (March 1996), pp. 29-69.

"Prelude to Defeat: Franco-Soviet Relations, 1919 - 1939", special issue on the Fall of France, 1940, Historical Reflections (Alfred University, N.Y., USA), vol. 22, nº 1 (winter 1996), pp. 159-88; re-published in J. Blatt (ed.), The French Defeat of 1940: Reassessments, Providence, R.I.: Berghahn Books, 1998, pp. 171-203.

"Generals, Diplomats, and International Politics in Europe, 1898 - 1945", Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXX, nº 2 (August 1995), pp. 289-321.

"Down a Blind-Alley: Anglo-Franco-Soviet Relations, 1920 - 1939," Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXIX, nº 1 (April 1994), pp. 147-72.

"End of the 'Low, Dishonest Decade': Failure of the Anglo-Franco-Soviet Alliance in 1939," Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 45, nº 2 (1993), pp. 303-41.

"Five Kopecks for Five Kopecks: Franco-Soviet Trade Relations, 1928 - 1939," Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique [École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris, France], vol. XXXIII, nº 1 (janv.- mars 1992), pp. 23-58.

"The Shoe on the Other Foot: A Letter from Raymond Poincaré to Alexandre Millerand, December 1922," Canadian Journal of History, vol. 26, nº 3 (December 1991), pp. 581-87.

"From Revolution to Dissolution: The Quai d'Orsay, the Banque Russo-Asiatique, and the Chinese Eastern Railway, 1917 - 1926", International History Review (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C.), vol. XII, nº 4 (November 1990), pp. 721-61.

"Allied Intervention and the Russian Civil War, 1917 - 1922," International History Review, vol. XI, nº 4 (November 1989), pp. 689-700.

"Vladimir Ilich Ulianov Lenin," (overview & bibliography) in Book of Days, 1989-90, Pierian Press, 1989.

"The Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War" (overview & bibliography) in Book of Days, 1988, Pierian Press, 1988.

"Le Déclin d'une grande puissance: la politique étrangère de la France en Europe, 1914-1924," Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXI, nº 3 (December 1986), pp. 397-407.

"Anti-Bolshevism in French Foreign Policy: The Crisis in Poland in 1920", International History Review, vol. II, nº 3 (July 1980), pp. 410-31.

"The Origins of the French Intervention in the Russian Civil War, January - May 1918: A Reappraisal", Journal of Modern History (University of Chicago, USA), vol. 48, nº 3 (September 1976), pp. 413-39.

"The Politics of Anti-Bolshevism: The French Government and the Russo-Polish War, December 1919 - May 1920", Historical Journal  (Cambridge University, UK), vol. XIX, nº 1 (March 1976), pp. 163-89.  

Book reviews

Roger R. Reese, Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991.  Europe-Asia Studies,  vol. 58,  nº 3 (May 2006),  pp. 470-72.

Benjamin F. Martin, France in 1938.  Modern & Contemporary France,  vol. 14,  nº 1 (February 2006), pp.  115-16.

Antoine Sidoti, Le Monténégro et l’Italie durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale: Histoire, mythes et réalités.  Slavic Review  (USA), vol. 64,  nº 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 430-31.

Patricia A. Weitzman.  Dangerous Alliances: Proponents of Peace, Weapons of War.  American Historical Review, vol. 110, nº  2 (April 2005), pp. 548-49.

Sabine Jansen, Pierre Cot. Un antifasciste radical.  Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 13,  nº 1 (February 2005), pp. 123-24.

Talbot C. Imlay, Facing the Second World War: Strategy, Politics, and Economics in Britain and France, 1938-1940.  Canadian Journal of  History, vol. XXXIX, nº 3 (December 2004), pp. 603-05.

Stephen K. Wegren (ed.), Russia’s Policy Challenges: Security, Stability, and Development  & James M. Goldgeier & Michael McFaul, Power and Purpose: U.S. Policy Toward Russia after the Cold War.  Europe-Asia Studies, vol. 56,  nº  8 (December 2004), pp. 1249-52.

Hugh Ragsdale, The Soviets, the Munich Crisis, and  the  Coming of World War II.  Russian History/Histoire russe (USA), vol. 31, nº  3, (Autumn 2004),  pp. 358-59.

Philippe Cohen-Grillet,  Jean-Pierre Raffarin; fulgurances & platitudes.  Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 12, nº  3 (August 2004), pp. 404-05.

Donald E. Davis & Eugene P. Trani.  The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S.-Soviet Relations.  Russian History/Histoire russe, vol. 30, nº  3 (Autumn 2003), pp. 369-71.

Arno J. Mayer.  The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions.  Russian History/Histoire russe, vol. 30, nº  3 (Autumn 2003), pp. 360-62.

Greg Kennedy, Anglo-American Strategic Relations and the Far East 1933-1939.  American Historical Review, vol. 108, nº  4 (September 2003) p. 1114.

Lynne Viola (ed.), Contending with Stalinism: Soviet Power and Popular Resistance  in the 1930s.  Europe-Asia Studies . vol. 55, nº  6 (September 2003), pp. 955-56.

Evan Mawdsley & Stephen White, The Soviet Elite from Lenin to Gorbachev: The Central Committee and its Members, 1917-1991. Europe-Asia Studies,  vol. 55, nº  2 (March 2003), pp. 311-13.

Pierre-Jean Deschodt & François Huguenin, La République xénophobe, 1917-1939.  De la machine d’État au “crime de bureau”: les révélations des archives. Modern & Contemporary France,  vol. 11, nº 1  (February 2003), pp. 87-88.

Markku Ruotsila, British and American Anticommunism Before the Cold War.  Journal of American History, vol. 89, nº 2 (September 2002),  pp. 673-74.

Normal E. Saul, War and Revolution: The United States and Russia, 1914-1921.  International History Review, vol. XXIV, nº  3 (September 2002), pp. 666-69.

Sabine Dullin, Des hommes d’influences.  Les ambassadeurs de Staline en Europe, 1930-1939.  Russian History/Histoire russe (USA), vol. 29, nº 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 132-37.

Raymond W. Leonard, Secret Soldiers of the Revolution: Soviet Military Intelligence, 1918-1933.  Russian History/Histoire russe, vol. 29, nº 1 (Spring 2002), pp. 122-24.

Gordon Martel, ed. The Times and Appeasement: The Journals of A. L. Kennedy, 1932-1939.  International History Review, vol. XXXIV, nº 2 (June  2002), pp. 462-64.

Alexander Dallin and F. I. Firsov (eds.), Dimitrov & Stalin, 1934-1943: Letters from the Soviet Archives.  Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXVI, nº 3 (December 2001), pp. 572-75.

Anthony Heywood, Modernizing Lenin's Russia: Economic Reconstruction, Foreign Trade and the Railways.  Russian History/Histoire russe, vol. 27, nº 3  (Fall 2001), pp. 359-61.

Julian and Margaret Bullard (eds.), Inside Stalin's Russia: The Diaries of Reader Bullard, 1930-1934. International History Review,  vol. XXXIII, nº 3 (September 2001), pp. 701-03.

Gabriel Gorodetsky, Grand Delusion: Stalin and the German Invasion of Russia.  Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXV, nº 2 (August 2000), pp. 352-54.

Sarah Davies, Popular Opinion in Stalin's Russia: Terror, Propaganda and Dissent, 1934-1941.  Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXIV, nº 1 (April 1999), pp. 123-24.

Aleksandr M. Nekrich, Pariahs, Partners, Predators: German-Soviet Relations, 1922-1941.  Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXIII, nº 3 (December 1998), pp. 459-61.

P. M. H. Bell, France and Britain, 1900-1940: Entente & Estrangement.  History(UK), vol. 83 (April 1998), pp. 371-72.

Jonathan D. Smele, Civil War in Siberia: The Anti-Bolshevik Government of Admiral Kolchak, 1918 - 1920. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXII, nº 3 (December 1997), pp. 471-73.

Martin Thomas, Britain, France & Appeasement: Anglo-French Relations in the Popular Front Era. Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 5, nº 4 (November 1997), p. 504.

Michael Alfred Peszke, Battle for Warsaw, 1939-1944 & Anita J. Prazmowska, Britain and Poland, 1939-1943: The Betrayed Ally. International History Review, Vol. XIX, nº 4 (November 1997), pp. 955-57.

Oleg A. Rzheshevsky, War and Diplomacy: The Making of the Grand Alliance. International History Review, vol. XIX, nº 3 (August 1997), pp. 709-11.

Harvey Klehr, John E. Haynes, & Fridrikh I. Firsov, The Secret World Of American Communism. H-Russia, July 1995 & Labour/le Travail (Canada), nº 39 (spring 1997), pp. 329-33.

Gregory P. Nowell, Mercantile States and the World Oil Cartel, 1900-1939. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXI, nº 3 (December 1996), pp. 491-93.

Anthony Adamthwaite, Grandeur & Misery: France's Bid for Power in Europe, 1914-1940. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXI, nº 2 (August 1996), pp. 320-22.

David S. Foglesong, America's Secret War against Bolshevism: U.S. Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1917 - 1920. H-Russia, July 1996.

Dmitri Volkogonov, Lenin: A New Biography & Lars T. Lih, et al., eds., Stalin's Letters to Molotov. H-Russia, October 1995; Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXXI, nº 1 (April 1996), pp. 125-29

Maurice Vaïsse, et al. (eds.), Le Pacifisme en Europe: des années 1920 aux années 1950. International History Review, vol. XVI, nº 3 (August 1994), pp. 612-14.

Christine A. White, British & American Commercial Relations with Soviet Russia, 1918 - 1924. International History Review, vol. XVI, nº 1, (February 1994), pp. 168-70.

David W. McFadden, Alternative Paths: Soviets and Americans, 1917 - 1920. American Historical Review, vol. 99, nº 1 (February 1994), pp. 319-20.

John E. Dreifort, Myopic Grandeur: The Ambivalence of French Foreign Policy toward the Far East, 1919 - 1945. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXVII, nº 3 (December 1992), pp. 602-04.

Marjorie Milbank Farrar, Principled Pragmatist: The Political Career of Alexandre Millerand. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXVII, nº 1 (April 1992), pp. 141-43.

Bruce Kent, The Spoils of War: The Politics, Economics, and Diplomacy of Reparations, 1918 - 1932. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXVI, nº 2 (August 1991), pp. 369-71.

Francis Conte, Christian Rakovski (1873-1941): A Political Biography & Jean-Luc Barré, Le Seigneur-chat: Philippe Berthelot, 1866-1934. International History Review, vol. XII, nº 3 (August 1990), pp. 602-06.

Betty Miller Unterberger, The United States, Revolutionary Russia, and the Rise of Czechoslovakia. International History Review, vol. XII, nº 2 (May 1990), pp. 389-92.

Zdzislaw Musialik, General Weygand and the Battle of the Vistula, 1920. International History Review, vol. XI, nº 2 (May 1989), pp. 362-64.

Lloyd C. Gardner, Safe for Democracy: The Anglo-American Response to Revolution, 1913 - 1923. International History Review, vol. IX, nº 1 (February 1987), pp. 147-50.

Peter Kenez, The Birth of the Propaganda State: Soviet Methods of Mass Mobilization, 1917 -1929. Canadian Journal of History, vol. XXI, nº 3 (December 1986), pp. 464-65.
 

Papers, Documentaries, and Other Stuff

Commentator, television documentary on “Franklin Roosevelt: The Unifinished Portrait”, for Russian (RTR) television, Moriland International, Toronto, producer, October 2006.

Commentator, television documentary, for Russian television, Moriland International, Toronto, producer, "The Immortal War" (BESSMERTNAYA VOYNA), 4 part series, on "1 (ORT) Pervyi Kanal", aired in April 2005.

Commentator, television documentary on Winston Churchill for Russian television (RTR), Moriland International, Toronto, producer, aired for the first time in December 2004.

Commentator and consultant for “Teheran Labyrinth”, for Russian television (RTR), Moriland International, Toronto, producer, aired for the first time in November 2003.
   
Seminar on 1939: l'alliance de la dernière chance, Université de Québec à Montréal, November 2001.

Panelist, roundtable on the Fall of France, 1940, at the annual meetings of the Society for French Historical Studies, March 2001.

Comments on M. M. Litvinov, commentary at the annual meetings of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, March 2001.

"Pragmatism in Early Soviet Foreign Policy" paper given at the annual meetings of The Historical Society, June 2000.

"An Eye on French Politics and Politicians from the Soviet Embassy on the rue de Grenelle in Paris, 1924-1940," paper given at the annual meetings of the Society for French Historical Studies (USA), March 1998.

"Keeping a Place for Traditional Scholarly Publishing," comments given at the conference "Scholarly Communication in the Next Millennium", Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 6 March 1997.

"Peer Review and Academic Freedom," comments given at conference "Academic Freedom: The History and Future of a Defining Idea," University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, 20 September 1996.

"Tips on Good Writing (or How to Transform a Thesis into a Book)," comments offered at a workshop at the University of Ottawa, 18 September 1996.

"Anglo-Soviet Relations during the 1930s", commentator, annual meetings of the Canadian Historical Association, spring 1996.

"Appeasement in the 1930s: Right or Wrong Policy?", panelist, annual meetings of the Society for French Historical Studies (USA), March 1996.

"The Early Cold War, 1917 - 1939," paper invited by the 5^th annual World War I seminar, organized by the Great War Society, 1914-1918 (USA), Sept.-Oct. 1995.

"The State of Scholarly Publishing in Canada," 7^th Biennial Meeting, International Group of Publishing Libraries, Ottawa, Tuesday, 13 June 1995, published in International Group of Publishing Libraries (UK), nº 6 (May 1997), pp. 36-40.

"Roundtable Discussion: Interwar French International Relations," panelist, annual meetings of the Society for French Historical Studies (USA), March 1995.

"Franco-Soviet Relations, 1930 - 1939: The Early Cold War as Prelude to the Fall of France," paper given at the meetings of the Society for French Historical Studies (USA), March 1994.

"Down a Blind Alley: Anglo-Franco-Soviet Relations, 1920 - 1939," paper given at the meetings of the Canadian Association of Slavists, June 1993.

"Les Années décevantes: l'échec de l'alliance anglo-franco-soviétique en 1939", conférence donnée au Département des Affaires extérieures, le 9 avril 1992, organisée par l'Université d'Ottawa.

Introductory presentation at a speakers' series on the USSR/Russia at the Department of External Affairs, organized by the University of Ottawa, 27 Feb. 1992.

"Breaking the Deadlock in World War I," commentator, annual meetings of the Canadian Historical Association, June 1991.