Notes
1. As of this writing, this book was already extensively reviewed by other historians as part of a roundtable review convened by H-Diplo, <www.h-net.org/∼diplo/roundtables/PDF/Roundtable-XV-1.pdf>. One hopes it receives attention from an even wider audience.
2. Jill Lepore, “Tea and Sympathy: Who Owns the American Revolution?,” New Yorker, May 3, 2010, quoted in Gavin, p. 2.
3. Stephen M. Walt, ‘The cult of irrelevance,’ Foreign Policy blog post, April 15, 2009, <http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/04/15/the_cult_of_irrelevance>.