Ruth Lawlor
@lawlorruth.bsky.social
U.S. and global diplomatic and military history | teaching at Cornell, formerly at Cambridge
Reposted by Ruth Lawlor
FYI: A superb review of Andrew Buchanan & @lawlorruth.bsky.social's "The Greater Second World War" has landed in Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Intrigued? More on this "luminous collection of essays" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Intrigued? More on this "luminous collection of essays" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
World War II Didn’t End in 1945
A new history of the war lengthens the conflict’s timeline and argues that its “ragged ends” complicate the neat morality tale we still tell today.
www.bloomberg.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
FYI: A superb review of Andrew Buchanan & @lawlorruth.bsky.social's "The Greater Second World War" has landed in Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Intrigued? More on this "luminous collection of essays" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Intrigued? More on this "luminous collection of essays" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Not your dad’s WW2–find out more in this interview I did recently and get 50% off the book at the same time 🥳
"This summer marks the 80th anniversary of the 'official' end of WWII, but in 'The Greater Second World War,' the war’s timeline is extended back to 1931 and into the mid-1950s." news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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June 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Not your dad’s WW2–find out more in this interview I did recently and get 50% off the book at the same time 🥳
Our book is out in the world! If you want to hear more about the process of writing a truly global history of WWII—as well as some reflections on the memory of the war today—join me and @alexfortes66.bsky.social at the National Army Museum on 11 June for SWWRG's mega 80th anniversary conf. ✨
ICYMI, Team #MilitaryHistory - the stellar volume edited expertly by Andrew Buchanan and Ruth Lawlor, "The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives," has reached its publication date! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's page to get one. I'll wait...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
April 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Our book is out in the world! If you want to hear more about the process of writing a truly global history of WWII—as well as some reflections on the memory of the war today—join me and @alexfortes66.bsky.social at the National Army Museum on 11 June for SWWRG's mega 80th anniversary conf. ✨