Gregory A. Daddis
@gregorydaddis.bsky.social
Professor of History, Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History at Texas A&M University. Historian of the American war in Vietnam and the Cold War era.
Pinned
Cover (and what's inside) coming soon from Oxford University Press.
Thanks to @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for sharing an excerpt of Faith and Fear on how the Cold War came home.
The Cold War Comes Home
An edited excerpt from Faith and Fear by Gregory A. Daddis
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November 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thanks to @oxfordacademic.bsky.social for sharing an excerpt of Faith and Fear on how the Cold War came home.
Historians, please pass along these two amazing job opportunities at @tamu.bsky.social. This is a really terrific department and two great positions.
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Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Environmental History in College Station, TX for Texas A&M University, Department of History
Exciting opportunity in College Station, TX for Texas A&M University, Department of History as a ...
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September 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Historians, please pass along these two amazing job opportunities at @tamu.bsky.social. This is a really terrific department and two great positions.
careers.historians.org/jobs/2167991...
careers.historians.org/jobs/2167991...
If you're free today, stop by for a listen as we chat about America's relationship with war.
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Book Talk: Faith and Fear
A discussion of Greg Daddis's new book.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you're free today, stop by for a listen as we chat about America's relationship with war.
quincyinst.org/events/book-...
quincyinst.org/events/book-...
A great opportunity at @vassar.bsky.social and the chance to work with @robertkbrigham.bsky.social. Please share widely.
Assistant Professor of History, Tenure Track
Department History Vassar College is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Decisions conc...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A great opportunity at @vassar.bsky.social and the chance to work with @robertkbrigham.bsky.social. Please share widely.
Had the chance to take the Page 99 Test for Faith and Fear. Answer below.
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Gregory A. Daddis's "Faith and Fear"
Gregory A. Daddis is professor of history and the Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History at Texas A&M University. Daddis a...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Had the chance to take the Page 99 Test for Faith and Fear. Answer below.
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It's on my kindle right now
August 18, 2025 at 5:42 AM
It's on my kindle right now
Some thoughts on our abiding faith in war.
Church of War: Our faith that lethality has the power to heal
US leaders treat the military, not as a tool of last resort, but as a divine instrument
responsiblestatecraft.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Some thoughts on our abiding faith in war.
Publication Day!
August 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Publication Day!
Official release date in less than two weeks! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Official release date in less than two weeks! @oxfordacademic.bsky.social
Thanks so much to @popmatters.com for letting me share some thoughts on how the Fantastic Four battled hatred in the early 1960s.
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When Marvel's Fantastic Four Battled Hate » PopMatters
By 1963, Marvel’s Fantastic Four battled some of the publisher's most fearsome villains. By year’s end, they faced a threat with chilling parallels to today’s political landscape.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Thanks so much to @popmatters.com for letting me share some thoughts on how the Fantastic Four battled hatred in the early 1960s.
www.popmatters.com/fantastic-fo...
www.popmatters.com/fantastic-fo...
There's nothing more humbling than having incredible scholars you respect so deeply support your own work. Thank you, @marydudziak.bsky.social for this (immensely cool) honor!
Congratulations to @gregorydaddis.bsky.social on the imminent publication of his powerful new book Faith and Fear: America's Relationship with War since 1945! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Here's my blurb:
Here's my blurb:
July 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
There's nothing more humbling than having incredible scholars you respect so deeply support your own work. Thank you, @marydudziak.bsky.social for this (immensely cool) honor!
Instructor in Modern Military History position at Virginia Tech.
Details | Instructor in Modern Military History | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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May 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Instructor in Modern Military History position at Virginia Tech.
Some thoughts on the war(s) in Vietnam.
Symposium: Was the Vietnam War a mistake or fatal flaw in the system?
It's been 50 years since the Fall of Saigon and we still haven't reckoned with the biggest question of them all. Until today.
responsiblestatecraft.org
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some thoughts on the war(s) in Vietnam.
Preorder now for a 30% discount, coming soon from Oxford University Press.
April 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Preorder now for a 30% discount, coming soon from Oxford University Press.
A little pro news to share. I’ve accepted an amazing offer to serve as the Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History at Texas A&M University. Starting there this fall. Gig ‘em!
March 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A little pro news to share. I’ve accepted an amazing offer to serve as the Melbern G. Glasscock Endowed Chair in American History at Texas A&M University. Starting there this fall. Gig ‘em!
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Because Hegseth's DoD seeks to erase the history of race, gender, etc. in the military, here are some books that speak to the realities on these topics:
Scrubbing these things from DoD webpages isn't going to make these issues go away. Rather, they will fester, to the detriment of all.
Scrubbing these things from DoD webpages isn't going to make these issues go away. Rather, they will fester, to the detriment of all.
March 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Because Hegseth's DoD seeks to erase the history of race, gender, etc. in the military, here are some books that speak to the realities on these topics:
Scrubbing these things from DoD webpages isn't going to make these issues go away. Rather, they will fester, to the detriment of all.
Scrubbing these things from DoD webpages isn't going to make these issues go away. Rather, they will fester, to the detriment of all.
Cover (and what's inside) coming soon from Oxford University Press.
February 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cover (and what's inside) coming soon from Oxford University Press.
One week from today, the awesome @karadixonvuic.bsky.social visits San Diego for talks at SDSU and USD. If you're free, come on out and join us!
February 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
One week from today, the awesome @karadixonvuic.bsky.social visits San Diego for talks at SDSU and USD. If you're free, come on out and join us!
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Delighted and honored on behalf of @milhistlee.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social. This makes 2 years in a row for our authors winning the @smh-historians.bsky.social outstanding book award!
I'm honored to announce that The Cutting-Off Way: Indigenous Warfare in Eastern North America, 1500-1800 has been award this year's Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award.
Many thanks to my editor Debbie Gershenowitz who took a chance on this one.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Many thanks to my editor Debbie Gershenowitz who took a chance on this one.
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
The Cutting-Off Way | Wayne E. Lee | University of North Carolina Press
Incorporating archeology, anthropology, cartography, and Indigenous studies into military history, Wayne E. Lee has argued throughout his distinguished caree...
uncpress.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Delighted and honored on behalf of @milhistlee.bsky.social and @uncpress.bsky.social. This makes 2 years in a row for our authors winning the @smh-historians.bsky.social outstanding book award!
Page proofs! Coming soon from OUP.
January 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Page proofs! Coming soon from OUP.
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"This is less a book than a 600-page diatribe. Wawro reduces an incredibly complex political-military contest to the barest simplicity: Vietnam was a bad war run by bad American leaders." Gregory Daddis reviews "The Vietnam War: A Military History." lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
An Angry Book for an Angry Time | Los Angeles Review of Books
Gregory Daddis reviews Geoffrey Wawro’s “The Vietnam War: A Military History.”
lareviewofbooks.org
December 23, 2024 at 7:09 PM
"This is less a book than a 600-page diatribe. Wawro reduces an incredibly complex political-military contest to the barest simplicity: Vietnam was a bad war run by bad American leaders." Gregory Daddis reviews "The Vietnam War: A Military History." lareviewofbooks.org/article/an-a...
What happens when our angry political moment seeps into the writing of our history? Some thoughts thanks to the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social.
An Angry Book for an Angry Time | Los Angeles Review of Books
Gregory Daddis reviews Geoffrey Wawro’s “The Vietnam War: A Military History.”
lareviewofbooks.org
December 23, 2024 at 3:38 PM
What happens when our angry political moment seeps into the writing of our history? Some thoughts thanks to the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social.
Reposted by Gregory A. Daddis
Protip: keep an eye out for Andrew Preston's new book!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Total Defense — Harvard University Press
The story of how FDR and fellow New Dealers created the idea of national security, transforming the meaning of defense and vastly expanding the US government’s responsibilities.National security may s...
www.hup.harvard.edu
December 8, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Protip: keep an eye out for Andrew Preston's new book!
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Want to listen in on our conversation with film director Oliver Stone? Thanks to the @quincyinst.bsky.social for helping make this event a success.
Oliver Stone: The Legacies of War
YouTube video by Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
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December 12, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Want to listen in on our conversation with film director Oliver Stone? Thanks to the @quincyinst.bsky.social for helping make this event a success.