| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 92.2

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Book Review

Post–Cold War Europe, Post–Cold War America. Ed. by Ruud Janssens and Rob Kroes. (Amsterdam: VU University Press, 2004. 202 pp. Paper, €31.50, ISBN 90-5383-916-X.)

This book illustrates why expectations of edited collections are frequently low. According to Rob Kroes's introductory essay, the collection draws on diverse disciplinary perspectives to examine how the end of the Cold War represented a historic watershed in global affairs, with far-reaching implications for the contemporary world in spheres ranging from diplomacy to culture. In particular, the contributions focus on these implications for the United States and Europe, both internally and in their transnational interactions. They also seek to address the impact on the unfolding post–Cold War era of the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, and subsequent American responses. Unfortunately, the collection as a whole does not adequately fulfill these worthy intentions.

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