Writing
I’ve been writing about American political life for over a decade and am delighted to present a selection of materials on this site. My work has appeared around the world and on various platforms.
Please contact me on 07763 131020 to discuss potential writing assignments, op-eds or book deals.
Books
Clinton’s Grand Strategy: U.S. Foreign Policy in the 1990s In Preparation
American Political Oration (Two Volumes) In Preparation
Book Chapters
Boys, James D. (2009) ‘JFK: The Exceptional Ideal?’ in JFK: History, Memory, Legacy: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry, edited by John Williams, Robert G. Waite and Gregory Gordon, University of North Dakota Press, 2009
Boys, James D. and Hind Zantout, (2009)‘E-Government: Big Brother of Athenian Democracy,’ in Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference e-society 2009: Volume II, edited by Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías, Barcelona, Spain, pp 13-17.
Articles and Reports
Boys, James D. (2012) “Intelligence Design: UK Intelligence in a Changing World”
Boys, James D. (2011) ‘What’s So Extraordinary About Rendition?’ International Journal of Human Rights, Volume 15, Issue 4, 2011.
Boys, James D. and Michael Keating, (2009) ‘The Policy Brief: Building Practical Skills in International Relations and Political Science,’ in Politics, edited by Dr Alasdair Young, October 2009
‘The Dual Containment of Rogue States,’ NthPosition.com, April 2005
‘Clinton and Europe: The Transatlantic Relationship’ 49th Parallel Journal, Issue 14, Summer 2004.
‘Assessing Clinton’s Culpability for September 11,’ 49th Parallel Journal, Issue 10, Spring 2003
‘Two Years in the White House, Clinton’s Foreign Policy 93-95,’ 49th Parallel Journal, Issue 9, Spring 2002
Commentaries
“Obama’s Nuclear Game Changer?” The Commentator, October 21
“Round 2: Romney Continues Unabated?” The Commentator, October 17
“Is Ryan Just Biden His Time?” The Commentator, October 12
“How To Debate (Mitt Romney Style…),” The Commentator, October 10.
“Mitt’s Big Night,” The Commentator, October 4.
“The Great Debates,” The Commentator, October 3.
“So Much for 2012…Bring on 2016,” The Commentator, September 26.
“Romney: Throwing It All Away?” The Commentator, September 12, 2012
“Role Reversal in the US Presidential Election,” The Commentator, September 12, 2012.
“The Whistleblower Culture,” The Commentator, September 5, 2012.
“Ann Romney: Pin-Up Girl of the GOP,” The Commentator, August 29, 2012.
“Sex and the GOP: The Republicans Can’t Afford To Wage a War on Women,” The Commentator, August 22, 2012.
“Considering the Ryan Nomination,” The Commentator, August 15, 2012.
“Death of a Critic: Gore Vidal,” The Commentator, August 1, 2012.
“National Security: The Government Has Made a Good Start, But There’s A Lot More To Do,” Conservative Home, July 27, 2012.
“In the Cross-Hairs of History: Gun Control in America,” The Commentator, July 25, 2012.
“Race, Romney and the NAACP,“ The Commentator, July 18, 2012.
‘The Missed Opportunity of the Joint Strategy Board,’ The Commentator, July 11, 2012.
‘Lights, Camera, Inaction: Obama’s Bankrupt Culture,’ The Commentator, July 4, 2012.
‘The Supreme Test,’ The Commentator, June 27, 2012.
‘The Pattern of Scandal in American Political Life,’ The Commentator, June 20, 2012.
‘America’s Place in the World’ The Commentator, June 13, 2012.
‘Stick or Twist, “Kill or Capture”: Obama & Bush Policy,’ The Commentator, June 7, 2012.
‘Obama Re-writes the History of the Vietnam War,’ The Commentator, May 30, 2012.
‘The Approaching Veep-stakes,’ The Commentator, May 23, 2012.
‘Is Obama’s Gadar Malfunctioning?’ The Commentator, May 16, 2012.
‘Courting Bubba: Bill Clinton and the 2012 Election,’ The Commentator, May 9, 2012.
‘Obama Misses his ‘One Chance,’’ The Commentator, May 2, 2012.
‘Blood, Sweater-Vests and Tears: The April 24 Showdown That Never Was,’ The Commentator, April 25, 2012.
‘The Closing of the New Frontier: Obama and the Death of the American Space Programme,” The Commentator, April 18, 2012.
‘The Special, Unique, Essential Relationship,” The Commentator, March 15, 2012.
‘Mitt Romney: An Edsel Not a Lincoln,” The Commentator, February 29, 2012.
‘The Maine Event?,” The Commentator, February 13, 2012.
‘In the Heartland: Three States, Two Losers, One Winner,” The Commentator, February 9, 2012.
‘With Days to Go, Perry Drops Out,’’ The Commentator, January 19, 2012.
“The United States and the Arab Spring: In a Policy Void, Events Become Philosophical Hostages,” The Global Policy Institute, October 17, 2011.
‘A Sub-Plot on the Sub-Continent,’ The Fresh Outlook, November 2010
‘The Somali Legacy: Black Hawk Two,’ NthPosition.com February 2004
‘Early evening, April 4th,’NthPosition.com, February 2003
‘With us or against us: Cultural Projections and US Foreign Policy after 9/11,’ 49th Parallel Journal, Summer 2003
Reviews
Review of Kevin McGrath’s, ‘Confronting al Qaeda,’ (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2011) Pending in International History Review 2012
Review of Marc J. Hetherington’s, ‘Why Trust Matters,’ (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2007) in Journal of American Studies / Volume 42 / Issue 02, E18 25 September 2008.
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