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Alec Worsnop

@aworsnop.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at UMD School of Public Policy. I study military power and civil-military relations, mainly in insurgent groups. www.alecworsnop.com

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Alec Worsnop @aworsnop.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
For anyone interested, my book Rebels in the Field is now available to order with a 30% discount. Use code AUFLY30 here: global.oup.com/academic/product/978…. In addition, Chapter 1 is available for free until November 24 here: academic.oup.com/book/60727/chapter…
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Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
It's easy to see this speech as just weirdly performative, but there's a lot more—and a lot worse—going on here. The meeting & speeches are part of a larger project aimed at promoting the military leadership’s partisan alignment with the administration. How? 1/
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Russell the Love Muscle 💪 @rpg-volley.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
👋 Kent State grad here with 26+ years in the Guard and Reserve.
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Alec Worsnop @aworsnop.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I have a new publication out in the Journal of Strategic Studies. It observes that while many have identified the strategic benefits of guerrilla warfare, there is much less understanding of why some organizations have the military capacity to implement these strategies and others do not.
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Rebels fire and maneuver too: How small-unit combat leaders sustain guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is perhaps the most iconic strategy that less powerful insurgents have employed to defeat, or at least stymie, much stronger fighting forces. While many have identified the strate...
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Alec Worsnop @aworsnop.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'm excited to share that my book, Rebels in the Field, will be coming out with Oxford University Press this summer. The book focuses on the military processes involved in deploying force in substate conflicts.
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Jess Blankshain @profjessblankshain.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Risa is a preeminent scholar of U.S. and comparative civil-military relations. As a rule, if she takes the time to write it, I take the time to read it. #civmilsky
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JP Clark @jpclark97.bsky.social · 14/09/2024
This is a great resource for aspiring military writers. The Harding Project and Army University Press put together a top-notch product. It was a pleasure to make a small contribution that reviews the earliest US Army professional journals. Check it out! www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Mil...
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Heidi Urben @heidiurben.bsky.social · 01/12/2023
Excited to share the latest from me, @risabrooks12.bsky.social, and @eclipticevader.bsky.social in TNSR which centers on a novel survey of retired flag officers and features a framework to assess the state of the norm against retired officer political activism. (1/2) tnsr.org/2023/11/spea...
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Alec Worsnop @aworsnop.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
@profmusgrave.bsky.social could I be added to the Polisky list? Thank you!
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