Brian Drohan
@briandrohan.bsky.social
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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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...
Connecting Aid Operations and Occupation | Occupation Studies
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February 14, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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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Cambridge is offering 20% discount off my new book DREAD DANGER! ☺️
December 14, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Cambridge is offering 20% discount off my new book DREAD DANGER! ☺️
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Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u
November 27, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Usual caveats apply go.bsky.app/Gaka15u
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The 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights is available for pre-order!!
Pub date 6/17/25.
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Pub date 6/17/25.
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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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November 26, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The 25th anniversary edition of Cold War Civil Rights is available for pre-order!!
Pub date 6/17/25.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Pub date 6/17/25.
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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(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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November 25, 2024 at 7:24 PM
(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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@sechistnetwork.bsky.social is on air! Please follow & join!
November 26, 2024 at 2:20 PM
@sechistnetwork.bsky.social is on air! Please follow & join!
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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)!
@jich.bsky.social We have launched a new 'Current Debates' section, edited by Dr Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social! If you are interested in contributing, please see the CfP for more information, and please share with your networks:
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A New ‘Current Debates’ Section in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History | H-Net
We are happy to announce that from January 2025 the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (JICH) will feature a section devoted to current debates. This will include opinion pieces and comment...
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November 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM
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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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
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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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November 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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-...
aeon.co/essays/what-...
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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...
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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November 22, 2024 at 3:15 PM
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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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
"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
🎉🎉🎉 Our new book 'United Nations Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism' with @oisintansey.bsky.social, @kseniyaoksamytna.bsky.social, and Sarah von Billerbeck is now available for pre-order and will be open access with Oxford University Press from February 2025 🎉🎉🎉 (1/5)
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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
"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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Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.
November 20, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Not an exhaustive list, but we're all likely exhausted.
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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 🧵
But how do you find people to invite if you don't know anyone? A 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 1:56 PM
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 🧵
But how do you find people to invite if you don't know anyone? A 🧵
Congrats Lesley!
Today is official pub day for my new book _Dread Danger_! Available from Cambridge University Press via this link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...
Dread Danger
Cambridge Core - Military History - Dread Danger
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November 21, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Congrats Lesley!
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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...
@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...
November 20, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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...
@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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November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
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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...
Humanitarian Invasion
Cambridge Core - Middle East Studies - Humanitarian Invasion
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November 10, 2024 at 9:52 AM
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...
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...
November 20, 2024 at 12:36 AM
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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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
So is the Association for Law, Culture, and the Humanities!
@lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
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
So is the Association for Law, Culture, and the Humanities!
@lch-law-cult-hum.bsky.social
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new article by Daniel Palmieri - “Si vis pacem, impera bellum”: The ICRC, international humanitarian law and peace.
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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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November 18, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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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My review of Laurie Benton's They Called It Peace is out in Diplomatic History academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...
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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November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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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November 18, 2024 at 11:42 PM
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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
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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November 14, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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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Thanks to Andrew (and his cat) for this great SHAFR starter pack!
Haven't seen one of these for SHAFR / US in the World people, so thought I'd make one given that I'm currently trapped under a cat. Happy to add people!
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November 14, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Thanks to Andrew (and his cat) for this great SHAFR starter pack!