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Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism.
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Mary Louise Dudziak is an American legal theorist, civil rights historian, educator, and a leading foreign policy and international relations expert. She is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at Emory University. .. more

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 21d

Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism is on sale at the @umasspress.bsky.social holiday sale! 40% discount when you use the code HOLIDAY for this & other books.
www.umasspress.com/978162534568...

Making the Forever War

The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global ...

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 13h

I am so happy to hear that my chapter is helpful. What a fine Christmas gift!
On Josephine Baker, in case it's helpful there's more in this article:
www.jstor.org/stable/2081171
Best wishes for the new year to you and your students!

Josephine Baker, Racial Protest, and the Cold War on JSTOR

Mary L. Dudziak, Josephine Baker, Racial Protest, and the Cold War, The Journal of American History, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Sep., 1994), pp. 543-570

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 1d

May your days be merry and bright.

A beach after sunset, with a very low waves washing in and a darkening sky. At the horizon, a layer of gold light, left over from sunset, is reflected on the shoreline.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 3d

Two geese head out at dusk.

Two geese swimming out together into a body of water at dusk. There are docks on either side in the foreground and land in the distance. The sky is blue with a lube of pink at the horizon which is reflected on the water.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 4d

Grading is making me crazy but company has arrived.

Seven Canadian Geese on a body of water.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 7d

From Dower and Grandin:

“Alfred W. McCoy continues his indispensable role as a guide through the shadow side of U.S. empire. His most recent book, Cold War on Five Continents: A Global History of Empire and Espionage, should force us to rethink the postwar period, a sweeping, magisterial, and humane vision of how superpower rivalry was fundamentally a covert op and a psych war, and, in a way, a prelude to our current state of confusion. A tour de force. “
—Greg Grandin, author, America, América: A New History of the New World

"A masterful account of conflict of every sort in almost every imaginable place. Alfred McCoy's history of the Cold War is a must-read." —John Dower

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 7d

Just started reading an advance copy and you should gift yourself this book for the holidays.
Alfred McCoy,
Cold War on Five Continents @haymarketbooks.org HaymarketBooks.org share.google/cAM9ZXObq9Pi...

Book Cover: Coldplay War on Five Continents: A Global His6of Empire and Espionage by Alfred Wm McCoy.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 8d

The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

University of Toronto - Associate Professor/Professor - John Yaremko Chair in Ukrainian History | H-Net

The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Ukrainian History. The appointment will be at t...

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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 8d

Must read.

Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 10d

I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard Price, Michael A. Clemens , and 12 more Elizabeth Saunders, Richard Price, Michael A. Clemens, Rosemary A. Joyce, Ian Hall, Johan P. Olsen, Robert C. Richards, David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, Mary L. Dudziak, Rory O’Connell, Mark Rice, Simon Lester, Kate Jackson, Brian Jm Quinn

Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 9d

It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.

Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'

None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.

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Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak, Christoph Irmscher

National Book Critics Circle @bookcritics.bsky.social · 9d

Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography

2025 LONGLIST BIOGRAPHY
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America, by Sam Tanenhaus (Random House)
Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography, by Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star, by Mayukh Sen (W.W Norton)
A Perfect Turmoil: Walter E. Fernald and the Struggle to Care for America's Disabled, by Alex Green (Bellevue Literary Press)
Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution, by Amanda Vaill (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Queen Mother: Black Nationalism, Reparations, and the Untold Story of Audley Moore, by Ashley D. Farmer (Pantheon)
Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson, by Claire Hoffman (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford, by Carla Kaplan (Harper)
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin, by Sue Prideaux (W. W. Norton)
William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love, by Philip Hoare (Pegasus Books)

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Serge Guimond, Mary L. Dudziak , and 1 more Timothy Snyder, Serge Guimond, Mary L. Dudziak, Olivier Mannoni

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 9d

AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 10d

More on Bill Burr via @nsarchive.bsky.social. What a hero. When Kissinger stole his files rather than giving them to the archives, Burr found copies elsewhere and made them publicly available.
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...

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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 10d

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 11d

Completely agree.
My article for @TNR the day the decision came down—
newrepublic.com/article/1833...

The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King

The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.

newrepublic.com

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 11d

What a nightmare.

David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 11d

"'The one thing that gave me comfort was, like, statistically, it’s practically impossible for this to ever happen to me again,' said Weissman. 'And clearly, we’re getting to a point where no one can say that any more.'"

Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings

Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Lindsay M. Tedds, Mary L. Dudziak

David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 11d

Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings

Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 11d

It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being “largely consistent with our vision”…

Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 11d

And here is the link. Also loaded above via alt txt.
mailchi.mp/shafr.org/20...

In Memoriam: Bill Burr

mailchi.mp

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 11d

The obituary is from Richard Immerman.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 11d

Oh my. News of Bill Burr's death is a gut punch to all who knew him & everyone who relies on declassified US national security records. Once called the Yoda of FOIA, he always had a sparkle in his eyes. All who care about government transparency will continue to benefit from his contributions.

William Burr
1949-2025
Over the course of my half-century academic career, actually over the course of my lifetime, I never met anyone quite like Bill Burr. It’s a cliché to call him one of a kind, but in Bill’s case, it’s true. And that’s unfortunate. Not just the scholarly and public policy communities but also the world would be better off if there were more Bill Burrs. He was wicked smart; he was selfless and unassuming; his commitment to transparency and truth-seeking was boundless; his respect for evidence inspired us all; and above all he was a kind and generous human being.
These attributes made Bill irreplaceable. His countless electronic briefing books accessible to all of us on the National Security Archive’s web site told the hidden story of America’s nuclear history. Once labeled “the Yoda of FOIA,” his publication of thousands of declassified documents was vital to our scholarship. So was Bill’s own scholarship. His Nixon’s Nuclear Specter was an instant classic, and his Kissinger Transcripts was a staple of my “Superpower America” course. And, of course, Bill was extremely active in SHAFR, serving on Council and Diplomatic History’s editorial board and, it seemed to me, attending every annual meeting no matter the location. One of my greatest honors was to join with David Painter to nominate Bill for the Anna Nelson Prize. The last time I saw him was when he stood up to accept it. His body was diminished, but not his mind or soul.
Yet it was during my decade-plus tenure as HAC chair that I observed most unambiguously how one-of-a-kind Bill was....At almost every meeting he was the sole attendee who was not a member of the HAC or Office of the Historian. Drawing on his granular expertise, he held our feet to the fire, asking probing questions about the status of a FRUS volume or a State Department record group, always pushing for more rapid release. I wish I had archived our voluminous offline correspondence. Because of Bill Burr, I was a better HAC ch…

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 12d

If you are looking for a reliable source, refresh this page periodically from the Brown Daily Herald. They are posting periodic live updates at the moment. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University

Serving the Brown University community since 1891

www.browndailyherald.com

Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak

Just Security @justsecurity.org · 12d

Weekend Special - updated with 11 new Q&A (including on seizure of sanctioned vessels) and expanded answer on law of proportionality and boat strikes involving the shipwrecked.

Expert Q&A
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social

Expert Q&A on Operation Southern Spear and Seizure of Sanctioned Vessels

Expert Q&A on the U.S. lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas and more.

www.justsecurity.org

Reposted by Lawrence Freedman, Holger Nehring, Mary L. Dudziak

Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 13d

For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...

Working at Cold War Los Alamos

A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos

doomsdaymachines.net

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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 15d

This paragraph (in @stevevladeck.bsky.social ‘s excellent post) says so much about about the unitary executive project. Through 40+ years of repetition, it’s become almost a cult belief. Who cares if after all that time, the evidence doesn’t add up. 1/2

www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-196-...

Instead, the argument was principally devoted to fan service-except the fans the justices were servicing were themselves. One might have expected more depth in a case that is, at its core, about restructuring the separation of powers. And instead, we got a heck of a lot of hand-waving. All that matters is fidelity to the "unitary executive theory," never mind that the historical evidence for the theory is equivocal at best; never mind that we've had 90 years of Humphrey's Executor and the sky has not fallen; and never mind that the justices themselves don't seem willing to take the unitary executive theory all the way to where it should necessarily lead them. The Court is so committed to the specific project of overruling
Humphrey's Executor that the details can be filled in later.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 15d

So kind of you to share your experience teaching the book! ❤️

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 15d

I am so very happy to hear this!! Some essays in the book are ones Marilyn sent me to read, and some are so hard to find! Especially The Big Sleep. It was in an Italian conference volume and all the other essays were in Italian! That's why at her funeral I started thinking about the edited volume.

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Mary L. Dudziak, Evan Roberts

Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 15d

Is there a piece of scholarship on your syllabus that students really connected with or really worked well for your semester? You should take some time today to email those authors and tell them. I love sending these emails.

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 16d

From @attackerman.bsky.social on the inhumanity at Alligator Alcatraz.
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...

Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz

Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison

www.forever-wars.com

Reposted by Mary L. Dudziak

Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 17d

My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...

The Most Awful Responsibility – Alex Wellerstein

alexwellerstein.com

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 18d

I am so sorry for your loss. It is so hard when a death comes so suddenly. 💔

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