Excellent civ-mil thread (with reference articles!) from @profjessblankshain.bsky.social
Ok, I've seen this piece on military obedience shared enough that I feel the need to respond. tl;dr I agree that "obey all legal orders" can feel like a dangerous oversimplification at times, but this goes way too far in the opposite direction #CivMilSky 1/? www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/o...
The prospect of a second Trump administration has rekindled an important debate from four years ago.
I am very concerned that we have seen these civilian institutions repeatedly fail to safeguard democracy. But that is reason for citizens to push these civilian institutions to do their jobs, not to turn to the military as the savior of democracy. 4/ www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/o...
The gap between trust in the military and trust in civilian institutions of government helps explain our 20 years in Afghanistan.
The deeper point is that an enormous part of why the Romans were so successful is that they were unusually good at employing diversity and running a multi-ethnic polity. Roman power declined when they lost this habit. For more, read this series: acoup.blog/2021/06/11/c... /end
Who were the Romans? How did they understand themselves as a people and âRomanâ as an identity? And what were the implications of that understanding â and perhaps more importantlyâŚ
Starting Saturday morning with coffee and Tecumseh. Really enjoying this chapter in âwhole of society strategyâ in the âNew Makersâ by @kschake.bsky.social.
The Ojibwa word for October is binaakwe-giizis, or âfalling leaves monthâ đ
đ¨JOB! Well look at that, the link is available earlier than I had thought! UNC Chapel Hill History Dept is now officially advertising a position for Assistant Professor of U.S. Military History, with a preference for specialization in the 20th century. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/288586
it's one thing to dither on long-range strike or whatever it's another to actively treat an ally like an adversary for domestic political reasons
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I love this @washingtonpost.com series asking great writers to write about public servants
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