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Brian Drohan

@briandrohan.bsky.social
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US Army officer and historian of war, humanitarianism, human rights, and the United Nations at the US Military Academy - West Point. Author of *Brutality in an Age of Human Rights* (Cornell UP ‘18).

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Justin Pearce @justinpearce.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Our Special Issue of @jsas-journal.bsky.social 'Liberation Armies' Imagined Futures in Southern Africa' is now out. We focus on military institutions formed by liberation struggles & remade in independent states as sites of political, social & cultural production. www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjss20/5...
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Journal of Southern African Studies
Liberation Armies' Imagined Futures in South Africa. Volume 51, Issue 6 of Journal of Southern African Studies
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🚨ONE MORE WEEK till our book launch for Military Humanitarianism!🚨 @briandrohan.bsky.social 5.30pm — 17th June — Bristol We’ll be joined by fantastic speakers to celebrate, @asobocinska.bsky.social, Grace Huxford and @bennetthuw.bsky.social 🙌 Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/military-h...
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'Military Humanitarianism' Book Launch
Join us in Bristol to celebrate the launch of our edited volume 'Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations & Armed Forces'
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
ICYMI: @briandrohan.bsky.social and @drmargottudor.bsky.social's impressive volume, "Military Humanitarianism" is shipping now! It's ready for you! Are you ready for it? No worries - you can prepare (and order) at the @cornellupress.bsky.social book page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
A book cover with a central painting of an aid ship with orange and pink sky above and violet sea below. The book title is at top in navy blue text, Military Humanitarianism, and editor names at bottom, Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor.
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Brian Drohan @briandrohan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you can’t come to the book launch on 17 July, you can still find a copy of the book at the link below! @historyworkshop.org.uk @milwelfhist.bsky.social @occupationstudies.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @bisawarstudies.bsky.social @sochistorywar.bsky.social
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Military Humanitarianism has just hit the UK! the perfect read for this heatwave ☀️pair with your preferred beverage of choice, i’ve gone for an earl grey, mint, and lemon iced 🍹 and don’t forget to come along to our book launch in Bristol on 17th June!! www.eventbrite.com/e/military-h...
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
A little over a month until our book launch in the centre of Bristol for our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Histories and Practices on 17th June @ 5.30pm. Join @briandrohan.bsky.social and me to celebrate the publication and all its contributors! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/military-h...
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'Military Humanitarianism' Book Launch
Join us in Bristol to celebrate the launch of our edited volume 'Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations & Armed Forces'
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
After years of calls, events, and track changes, Brian Drohan and I are excited to announce the publication of our edited volume, Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces, with @cornellupress.bsky.social in July 2026! www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor eds. Military Humanitarianism: Aid Operations and Armed Forces - @cornellupress.bsky.social, July 2026 www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Military Humanitarianism by edited by Brian Drohan and Margot Tudor | Paperback | Cornell University Press
While interconnections between humanitarian actors and military operations are a pervasive feature of contemporary conflicts around the globe today, Military Humanitarianism challenges the idea that.....
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Check out this new blog post from @briandrohan.bsky.social and me about our forthcoming edited volume on Military Humanitarianism with @cornellupress.bsky.social on the Occupation Studies Research Network webpage: fasos-research.nl/occupationst...
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Connecting Aid Operations and Occupation | Occupation Studies
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Lesley J Gordon @ljg106.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Cambridge is offering 20% discount off my new book DREAD DANGER! ☺️
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u
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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights is available for pre-order!! Pub date 6/17/25. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Cold War Civil Rights
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearHow the fight for civil rights in America became an important front in the Cold War
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
(Re)introducing myself for all new pals: I’m a historian of UN peacekeeping and decolonisation. My work focuses on identifying colonial continuities and unequal practices in liberal internationalism. My first book will be out in paperback in Jan 2025 with CUP ✌️ www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...
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Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
@sechistnetwork.bsky.social is on air! Please follow & join!
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Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
We are looking for relatively short (1-2,000 words) opinion pieces on issues pertaining to imperial history, historiography, colonialism or the legacies of empire. Please do not hesitate to get in touch (jonas.f.gjerso@uis.no)!
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Lydia Walker @lydiawalker.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I wrote an essay on decolonization talk for Aeon Magazine, sparked in part by the seemingly odd image search results for 'decolonization' when making posters for Ohio State's International History Seminar last year. @mershoncenter.bsky.social @osuhistory.bsky.social aeon.co/essays/what-...
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What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation? | Aeon Essays
There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?
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Amy J. Rutenberg @amyjay401.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Can report there is still no opt-out. I'm part of a team of #milhist scholars that has voided its contract for a 4th ed of American Military History with Routledge because T&F sold out to Microsoft rather than protect its authors' IP. 🗃️ #academicsky www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...
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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI
Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.
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Kseniya Oksamytna @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
It's been a fantastic project working together with amazing @oisintansey.bsky.social, @birtegippert.bsky.social and Sarah von Billerbeck! "United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism" is open access, out in early 2025 If you're an academic, please order a copy for your library
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Documents on Irish Foreign Policy @difp-ria.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
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Kara Dixon Vuic @karadixonvuic.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.
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Syrus Solo Jin, PhD @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
If you're a history graduate student, organizing conference panels is a game changer. You meet people, get your name out there, and set the terms for how your own work is presented. But how do you find people to invite if you don't know anyone? A 🧵
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Brian Drohan @briandrohan.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Congrats Lesley!
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Mark Leon Goldberg @markleongoldberg.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
UN nerds! @anjalikdayal.bsky.social and I are recording a fresh episode of our UN podcast tomorrow. What should we discuss? Get it here: www.globaldispatches.org/s/to-save-us...
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Dr Georgina Holmes @drgholmes.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
go.bsky.app/RHqYVwb
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Timothy Nunan @timothynunan.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Hello to folks on BlueSky! I'm a historian working on international and global history, with a focus on the (post-)socialist world and the Middle East. I published a book on development in Cold War Afghanistan, and I'm now finishing a book on Shi'a Islamism. www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
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Humanitarian Invasion
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Humanitarian Invasion
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Brian Drohan @briandrohan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Since @modamhist.bsky.social is on BlueSky now, I thought I’d celebrate by posting my article in the journal, about US military humanitarian support to the United Nations 🇺🇳 Enjoy! www.cambridge.org/core/service...
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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The journal Modern American History is on @bsky.app! @modamhist.bsky.social So is the Association for Law, Culture, and the Humanities! @lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social
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Boyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
new article by Daniel Palmieri - “Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace | International Review of the Red Cross | Cambridge Core
“Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace
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Erik Linstrum @eriklinstrum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
My review of Laurie Benton's They Called It Peace is out in Diplomatic History academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...
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Violence Without End: Small Wars and Big Empires
That European empires depended on the pervasive and often devastating use of force has never been seriously in doubt. But what historians choose to make of
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Wayne E. Lee @milhistlee.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
go.bsky.app/3dQn6DG
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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Our first #InterConnections book is out in the UNC Press Spring/Summer Catalog!! So excited for everyone to read these fascinating new oral history-based pieces on ordinary people's experiences in Cold War Asia uncpress.org/book/9781469... 🗃️ @juliairwin.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social
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Cold War Asia | Hajimu Masuda | University of North Carolina Press
Conventional narratives of the Cold War revolve around high-level diplomats and state leaders in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow, but this anthology challeng...
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Julia Irwin @juliairwin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Thanks to Andrew (and his cat) for this great SHAFR starter pack!
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Jan Eijking @janeijking.com · 11/11/2024
Job: Assistant Prof International History & Politics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKO617/a...
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Assistant Professor of International History and Politics at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Assistant Professor of International History and Politics opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
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Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Hi new folks! I'm a historian of French Empire, Algeria, decolonization, warfare, and migration, and I've just published a book. Check it out here (and use the code 09BCARD for 30% off if you're thinking of ordering): www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Image of a book cover. Revolutionary Warfare: How the Algerian War Made Modern Counterinsurgency, by Terrence G. Peterson. The cover depicts a map of Europe and North Africa. Large red and black arrows sweep from the Soviet Union, through Egypt, and into Algeria. A blue arrow springs from France and slices the points off the arrows entering Algeria.
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Cold War Historians... via @coldwarhost.bsky.social go.bsky.app/NAWTQUp
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AHA Career Center @historyjobs.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
New History Job Posted Today: Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East | University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Assistant Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East | University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts,   Job Description The History Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a tenure-system appointment expected to start on September 1, 2025, at the level of Assistant Professor in the History…
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Julia Irwin @juliairwin.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
Happy to see so many new folks here! I'm a historian of US foreign aid and international humanitarianism. My new book, Catastrophic Diplomacy, examines the history and politics of US foreign disaster assistance during the 20th century: uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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Catastrophic Diplomacy | Julia F. Irwin | University of North Carolina Press
Catastrophic Diplomacy offers a sweeping history of US foreign disaster assistance, highlighting its centrality to twentieth-century US foreign relations. Sp...
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Ignas Karvelis 🇱🇹🇺🇦 @karvelis.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
It turns out that there’s no insurgencies starter pack, so I’ve made one. Let me know if I’ve missed someone. go.bsky.app/12EFpjk
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Sebastian van Baalen @sebastianvanbaalen.se · 09/11/2024
As people are leaving X and joining Bluesky instead, here is a starter pack of peace and conflict researchers for all new users ⤵️ go.bsky.app/7o8tZt2
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Dr Rob Thompson 🇺🇦 @drrobthompson.com · 10/11/2024
go.bsky.app/EuG5E1C
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David Fitzgerald @davidfitzgerald.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
It seems like the explosion in Bluesky usage was perfectly timed to coincide with Diplomatic History publishing my new article! 🗃️ (to be clear: not delighted about the specific reason for the explosion)
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Base Closures, Neoliberalism, and the Strange Death of the Peace Dividend*
On the afternoon of August 13, 1993, US President Bill Clinton stood in front of a crowd of sailors and civilian defense workers at wharf no. 3, Alameda Na
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Gareth Knapman @garethknapman.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I have started building a stater pack for history of colonialism and imperialism go.bsky.app/TDMSz4Y
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NK Finney @nathankfinney.com · 10/11/2024
With the influx of folks here, I recommend these great folks that write on military affairs…and are members of the @milwritersguild.bsky.social.
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Erez Manela @erezmanela.bsky.social · 18/01/2024
It's been out for a few months now.. but I'm new to Bluesky
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Shifting Sovereignties @shiftingsovs.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
🎓 This volume has a number of fascinating chapters. You can check it out here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...
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The Anticolonial Transnational
Cambridge Core - Global History - The Anticolonial Transnational
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Nate Ledbetter @nhledbetter.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Someone had to do it, so I did: Military History (Very Broadly Defined) starter pack. This is just a start but already at over 100, with a 150 account limit on packs. Therefore I didn't duplicate the WWI or WWII history starter packs. Let me know if you want to be included, deleted, or...
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Dr Rob Thompson 🇺🇦 @drrobthompson.com · 09/11/2024
Here you go newcomers, another way to get acclimated.
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