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Sean T. Byrnes

@sby10.bsky.social
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Historian, writer, former bartender. Author of The United States and the Ends of Empire, @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social. Bylines in Time, @newrepublic.com, @dissentmag.bsky.social, and @jacobinmag.bsky.social. www.seantbyrnes.com

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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My latest for @newrepublic.com, grateful as always for the work of @lauramarsh.bsky.social! Francis Fukuyama’s Failures of Imagination newrepublic.com/article/2135... via @newrepublic.com
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Francis Fukuyama’s Failures of Imagination
As he looks back on a life in ideas, he is able to see the flaws in his system. But he cannot take seriously the type of politics that might address them.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My latest for @newrepublic.com, grateful as always for the work of @lauramarsh.bsky.social! Francis Fukuyama’s Failures of Imagination newrepublic.com/article/2135... via @newrepublic.com
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Francis Fukuyama’s Failures of Imagination
As he looks back on a life in ideas, he is able to see the flaws in his system. But he cannot take seriously the type of politics that might address them.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ah, yes, the vigorous Republican defense of “Western Civilization” at work. Nashville Symphony Suspends 2026-27 Season. www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...
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Nashville Symphony suspending 2026-2027 season due to ‘financial emergency’
Amid a financial emergency, the Nashville Symphony is suspending the 2026-2027 season, officials announced Monday.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So my 1st book is about half off right now. Great time to snag a book labeled: “convincing... well written... and subtle,” by Reviews in Am. History, "fantastic" by @joestieb.bsky.social, "excellent," by @rickperlstein.bsky.social, & "important & incisive" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social. a.co/d/0fGyfe1b
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Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right
Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right [Byrnes, Sean] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So my 1st book is about half off right now. Great time to snag a book labeled: “convincing... well written... and subtle,” by Reviews in Am. History, "fantastic" by @joestieb.bsky.social, "excellent," by @rickperlstein.bsky.social, & "important & incisive" by @samuelmoyn.bsky.social. a.co/d/0fGyfe1b
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Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right
Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right [Byrnes, Sean] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Disunited Nations: US Foreign Policy, Anti-Americanism, and the Rise of the New Right
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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
FOIA is 60 years old! Can the legal right to know survive while the practical ability to exercise that right steadily erodes, and when the President claims White House records are his personal property? nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/foia/20...
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Freedom of Information at 60
Washington, D.C., July 9, 2026 - Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson reluctantly signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into law, Americans enjoy a national transparency treasure in th...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th, or—as I like to call it—historian's marketing day! Was the 4th the end of empire, the start, both? Check out the book @samuelmoyn.bsky.social called “an epic and masterful survey” and Tim Shenk labeled “sweeping and incisive”. Review and exam copies available! @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
Image of the hardback edition of the United States and the Ends of Empire.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Happy 4th, or—as I like to call it—historian's marketing day! Was the 4th the end of empire, the start, both? Check out the book @samuelmoyn.bsky.social called “an epic and masterful survey” and Tim Shenk labeled “sweeping and incisive”. Review and exam copies available! @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
Image of the hardback edition of the United States and the Ends of Empire.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Reposting for the Fourth: What the American Revolution Owes the Rest of the World newrepublic.com/article/2027... via @newrepublic.com
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What the American Revolution Owes the Rest of the World
Historian Richard Bell’s new book traces a global upheaval stretching from Philadelphia and London to Freetown and Madras.
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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🎉 Congratulations to SHAFR's June 2026 award winners! We're thrilled to recognize this year's recipients and can't wait to celebrate them alongside our January award winners at the SHAFR Annual Meeting in Columbus next week. tinyurl.com/39a2kzsk
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June 2026 Awards
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Don't forget, while the snazzy hardback of the United States and the Ends of Empire (below) is highly sought after, it's also available in a reasonably priced (and still snazzy) paperback edition, perfect for you, your friends, and your students this fall! Available all over!
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Excited to share some advance reviews for The United States and the Ends of Empire from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and Tim Shenk for their generous comments. Check them out below or via the link! www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Don't forget, while the snazzy hardback of the United States and the Ends of Empire (below) is highly sought after, it's also available in a reasonably priced (and still snazzy) paperback edition, perfect for you, your friends, and your students this fall! Available all over!
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Really appreciated the opportunity to interview @professorsheyda.bsky.social about her award-winning book The Poverty of the World in the new issue of Federal History. Link below! shfg.wildapricot.org/page-18414
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
My latest for @newrepublic.com—much improved, as usual, by the work of the great @lauramarsh.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2089...
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An Elegy for the Foreign Correspondent
Elisa Tamarkin retraces her father’s work in Vietnam, and untangles the relationship of American newspaper business to the American war machine.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The US and the Ends of Empire is now out in the US! Come for the kind blurbs from @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and Tim Shenk, stay for the (relevant?) discussion of American empire. Great for classrooms, zoom backdrops, and readers of all kinds—available everywhere. www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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The United States and the Ends of Empire
Few topics are more important to understanding the origins of the modern world than decolonization, and few countries have played a more important role in that…
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The US and the Ends of Empire is now out in the US! Come for the kind blurbs from @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and Tim Shenk, stay for the (relevant?) discussion of American empire. Great for classrooms, zoom backdrops, and readers of all kinds—available everywhere. www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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The United States and the Ends of Empire
Few topics are more important to understanding the origins of the modern world than decolonization, and few countries have played a more important role in that…
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
My latest for @newrepublic.com—much improved, as usual, by the work of the great @lauramarsh.bsky.social. newrepublic.com/article/2089...
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An Elegy for the Foreign Correspondent
Elisa Tamarkin retraces her father’s work in Vietnam, and untangles the relationship of American newspaper business to the American war machine.
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History News Network @myhnn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Read @sby10.bsky.social on the “Roosevelt Corollary for the world.” www.hnn.us/article/a-ro...
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A Roosevelt Corollary for the World
Donald Trump didn’t bring back the Monroe Doctrine. That was the work of the 26th president — and many of the presidents who succeeded him.
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Bloomsbury History @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The United States and the Ends of Empire by Sean T. Byrnes offers a definitive, single‑volume account of how the United States shaped global decolonization and the post‑war world order—illuminating a central force behind the making of the modern world. bit.ly/3LouNrf
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s a real book now, folks. The United States and the Ends of Empire, out in UK print and global e-pub Feb 19th, US print April 30th. Exam copy requests available from Bloomsbury, pre-order available all over. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s a real book now, folks. The United States and the Ends of Empire, out in UK print and global e-pub Feb 19th, US print April 30th. Exam copy requests available from Bloomsbury, pre-order available all over. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thrilled to be back in @newrepublic.com with a review of Richard Bell's The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Thanks as always to @lauramarsh.bsky.social for the superlative editing! newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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What the American Revolution Owes the Rest of the World
Historian Richard Bell’s new book traces global upheaval stretching from Philadelphia and London to Freetown and Madras.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thrilled to be back in @newrepublic.com with a review of Richard Bell's The American Revolution and the Fate of the World. Thanks as always to @lauramarsh.bsky.social for the superlative editing! newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com
What the American Revolution Owes the Rest of the World
Historian Richard Bell’s new book traces global upheaval stretching from Philadelphia and London to Freetown and Madras.
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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
If you aren’t listed and should be, message us! go.bsky.app/33BLAuk
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Excited to share some advance reviews for The United States and the Ends of Empire from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @samuelmoyn.bsky.social and Tim Shenk for their generous comments. Check them out below or via the link! www.bloomsbury.com/us/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Wrote a bit about the dangers of “aristopopulism” in a review of Deneen’s Regime Change for @newrepublic.com a couple of years ago. Things have clearly not improved since. newrepublic.com/article/1755...
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Patrick Deneen’s Escape from Liberalism
“Regime Change” fits into a long tradition of magical thinking, from Anton Mesmer to Theodore Roosevelt and beyond.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Wrote a bit about the dangers of “aristopopulism” in a review of Deneen’s Regime Change for @newrepublic.com a couple of years ago. Things have clearly not improved since. newrepublic.com/article/1755...
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Patrick Deneen’s Escape from Liberalism
“Regime Change” fits into a long tradition of magical thinking, from Anton Mesmer to Theodore Roosevelt and beyond.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"At turns banal, well-meaning, and thoroughly off-putting, Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge." In our latest issue, Sean T. Byrnes reviews Outclassed by Joan C. Williams. www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
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Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Proofs -- coming February! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Proofs -- coming February! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it! www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
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Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Thrilled to be back in @dissentmag.bsky.social this fall, writing on that depressing yet hardy perennial: why the Democrats lose (featuring Zohran Mamdani!). Issue out today— don’t miss it! www.dissentmagazine.org/article/talk...
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Talk Traditions of the Brahmin Left - Dissent Magazine
Outclassed is a monument to the very elitism it seeks to challenge.
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Our fall issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance, is out now! Featuring @patrickiber.bsky.social @sarahjones.bsky.social @apagliar.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social @viririos.bsky.social @humbertobeck.bsky.social @petizagavarrete.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/fall-2...
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue, Authoritarianism and Resistance. www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/authori...
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Authoritarianism and Resistance - Dissent Magazine
A preview of our Fall 2025 issue.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Cover art! Coming early 2026! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/united-st...
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Bunk @bunkhistory.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Nicaragua filed charges against the U.S. at the Intl. Court of Justice #OTD in 1985 for violating international law by forcibly disrupting trade, violating its airspace, and fomenting a coup. @sby10.bsky.social wrote @myhnn.bsky.social on the U.S.'s hypocritical response: loom.ly/Wfw525E
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Letting the World Scream
The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
A handful of tickets are still available for this event in support of Dissent (Tuesday) - come meet me, Jamelle, Matt, Sara, Tressie, a special guest, and a couple hundred of your new closest friends
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
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Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Really appreciated the detailed and generous review of Disunited Nations in the current issue of Reviews in American History. Check it out here: muse.jhu.edu/article/948359 (not that the relationship of American exceptionalism and modern conservatism are particularly relevant right now or anything).
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Project MUSE - The Rise of the Third World and the American Response
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Really enjoyed getting to review @mwpalen.bsky.social's terrific Pax Economica for Diplomatic History. I'm partial, but I still think it's the best academic journal going! @princetonupress.bsky.social Now live for subscribers: Free Trade Before the Fall academic.oup.com/dh/article-a...
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Free Trade Before the Fall
In February 2020, as Americans wondered who the Democratic party would nominate to take on President Donald Trump that November, the BBC’s North America re
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Kevin Schultz @acousticalchaos.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Another piece and great commentary by my friend @sby10.bsky.social.
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Sean T. Byrnes @sby10.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Was honored to have the chance to write about the legacy of Jimmy Carter’s presidency for @jacobinmag.bsky.social. Though his life was an admirable one, his presidency is part of a sadder story. May he rest in peace. jacobin.com/2024/12/jimm...
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Jimmy Carter Held the Door Open for Neoliberalism
The presidency of Jimmy Carter was deeply constrained by economic and political crises. His unwillingness to take a radical stance forced him to respond to these events by imposing austerity and doing...
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