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The Stalin question (2018)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2018). The Stalin question. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 14, 96-114

When polling on the topic first began in 1989, Stalin was ranked bottom of the list of the most important Russians, scoring 12 per cent. The same survey, by the independent Levada Centre, placed him at the top in 2017, with an approval rating of 38 p... Read More about The Stalin question.

Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9 (2015)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J., & Phythian, M. (2015). Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9. Contemporary British History, 29(4), 441-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2014.987530

Given its close association with the formation of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, it is tempting to assume that the response of Left intellectuals to the advent of atomic weapons was rooted in consistent opposition. This article demonstrates th... Read More about Left intellectuals and the atomic dilemma in the age of the US atomic monopoly, 1945-9.

Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life. Moving the social (Internet), 51, 239-263. https://doi.org/10.13154/mts.51.2014.239-261

Bertrand Russell came from a political family but was devoted to an academic life before 1914. It was the Great War which transformed him. He broke from the Liberal Party, began to regard himself as a socialist and became a prominent public intellect... Read More about Bertrand Russell : The committed sceptic in public life.

Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s (2014)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2014). Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s. Twentieth Century Communism: A Journal of International History, 6, 149-171

As the post-war configuration of power became clearer in 1946 – involving an uncooperative Soviet Union in Europe and stronger Communist parties in Europe and Asia – American foreign policy drew upon and greatly reinforced domestic anti-Communism in... Read More about Anti-communism in the USA and American foreign policy in the late 1940s.

State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu (2013)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J., & Phythian, M. (2013). State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu. Journal of Intelligence History, 2013(1),

Rose Cohen was a prominent member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) in the 1920s. She relocated to Moscow with her husband Max Petrovsky, the Comintern’s UK representative, in 1927. Both were arrested and shot in 1937 during the Stali... Read More about State surveillance and the communist lives: Rose Cohen and the early British communist milieu.

In search of social democratic foreign policy (2009)
Journal Article
Callaghan, J. (2009). In search of social democratic foreign policy. Renewal: A journal of social democracy, 17(1), 1-26

This article asks if a distinctive social democratic foreign policy exists or has existed.