Sean Case
@seanmcase.bsky.social
Historian of modern U.S. history & IR / Balance of power, strategic consultants, and limited war during the Cold War - oh my! / Policy as storyworlds, storyworlds as policy 🌎 IR or D&D 🎲 ⚔️ 🐉
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Sean Case
@seanmcase.bsky.social
· Dec 12
@seanmcase.bsky.social reviews “The Contest Over National Security" by Peter Roady and “Total Defense" by Andrew Preston, which both trace the faults with our current understanding of national security to the New Deal, but tell quite different tales and focus on different sets of key actors.
How to Tell a National Security Story
A review of two books from Peter Roady and Andrew Preston.
www.lawfaremedia.org
I am pleased to share my dual review of Roady & Preston’s recent histories examining FDR’s New Deal & national security. My thanks to the @lawfaremedia.org editorial team for their guidance and to @mbrenes.bsky.social for his early support.
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Really enjoyed seeing the results of this survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social! The folks @cfr.org turned the lists into a great teaching resource, and I'm honored to have my book included in the section on the Cuban Missile Crisis! #History 🗃️
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
The 10 Best and 10 Worst U.S. Foreign Policy Decisions
For two-and-a-half centuries, the United States has faced a challenging world. Some of its responses have advanced U.S. interests and values. Others have not. We asked members of the Society for Histo...
www.cfr.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Really enjoyed seeing the results of this survey of @shafrhistorians.bsky.social! The folks @cfr.org turned the lists into a great teaching resource, and I'm honored to have my book included in the section on the Cuban Missile Crisis! #History 🗃️
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
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This week, Historians At The Movies gets to talk about the South, Jim Crow, the Klan, music, and motherlovin’ VAMPIRES. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, January 18th at 8pm eastern for SINNERS.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This week, Historians At The Movies gets to talk about the South, Jim Crow, the Klan, music, and motherlovin’ VAMPIRES. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, January 18th at 8pm eastern for SINNERS.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
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Your friendly independent bookstore breaking into your timeline to tell you to take a couple hours this weekend, put your phone in like, a box, or something & read a book. All of this <waves hand> will be here when you come back.
January 9, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Your friendly independent bookstore breaking into your timeline to tell you to take a couple hours this weekend, put your phone in like, a box, or something & read a book. All of this <waves hand> will be here when you come back.
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Headed to Chicago this week? Check out these panels made by and for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #AHA2026
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Headed to Chicago this week? Check out these panels made by and for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social #AHA2026
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Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Isabel Arroyo.
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out the Week that Was, a roundup of Lawfare's articles and podcasts of the past week, compiled by Isabel Arroyo.
I am pleased to share my dual review of Roady & Preston’s recent histories examining FDR’s New Deal & national security. My thanks to the @lawfaremedia.org editorial team for their guidance and to @mbrenes.bsky.social for his early support.
@seanmcase.bsky.social reviews “The Contest Over National Security" by Peter Roady and “Total Defense" by Andrew Preston, which both trace the faults with our current understanding of national security to the New Deal, but tell quite different tales and focus on different sets of key actors.
How to Tell a National Security Story
A review of two books from Peter Roady and Andrew Preston.
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am pleased to share my dual review of Roady & Preston’s recent histories examining FDR’s New Deal & national security. My thanks to the @lawfaremedia.org editorial team for their guidance and to @mbrenes.bsky.social for his early support.
Happy #TheMightyNein on Prime to all those who celebrate 🎉 The chaotic band of 🌊 🍭 👊 🐈 🥃 🌙 🗡️ 🍄 ⏳ introduced me to #CriticalRole and showed how TTRPGs can shift our approach to teaching & framing international relations for the public good 🌎 🙌 #IsItWednesdayYet
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy #TheMightyNein on Prime to all those who celebrate 🎉 The chaotic band of 🌊 🍭 👊 🐈 🥃 🌙 🗡️ 🍄 ⏳ introduced me to #CriticalRole and showed how TTRPGs can shift our approach to teaching & framing international relations for the public good 🌎 🙌 #IsItWednesdayYet
Whenever I assist an intrepid traveler navigate the MBTA, I often want to say, “Good journey, adventurer”
October 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Whenever I assist an intrepid traveler navigate the MBTA, I often want to say, “Good journey, adventurer”
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OK #BookSky, here it is, our first micro-course on close reading! We’re hoping to help you slow down, have deeper & richer reading experiences, & spend some time enjoying one of the cool things your brain can do. This 1st one is definitely designed as an intro. Read on! 1/5
Heyyyyyyy #BookSky Been thinking a bit about how, given various cultural & technological forces, the importance of "close reading" is growing significantly. Since we're basically professional readers, would y'all appreciate occasional, tips, techniques, perspectives, dives into & on close reading?
August 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
OK #BookSky, here it is, our first micro-course on close reading! We’re hoping to help you slow down, have deeper & richer reading experiences, & spend some time enjoying one of the cool things your brain can do. This 1st one is definitely designed as an intro. Read on! 1/5
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Just in time for my birthday today, the NYT publishes my list of climate novels. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/b...
Jeff VanderMeer’s Favorite Climate Fiction Novels
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Just in time for my birthday today, the NYT publishes my list of climate novels. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/b...
A contemporary IR classic returns - the Paul Poast threads/“lectures” 🎉
The return of 🧵s!
Each weekend during the summer, I'll post (exclusively on Bluesky) a 🧵 "lecture" that uses my @wpr.bsky.social column to teach about some international relations concept.
Let's start with what can learn in this week's column!
Each weekend during the summer, I'll post (exclusively on Bluesky) a 🧵 "lecture" that uses my @wpr.bsky.social column to teach about some international relations concept.
Let's start with what can learn in this week's column!
Russia and Ukraine Are Both Still in This War for the Long Haul
With Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine demonstrated it has a lot of fight left. All that means is that the war is set to rage on.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
July 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A contemporary IR classic returns - the Paul Poast threads/“lectures” 🎉
If you find yourself this afternoon at Day 2 of #SHAFR2025, come on by Studio D from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm for an incredible lightning round of research from rising junior scholars @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If you find yourself this afternoon at Day 2 of #SHAFR2025, come on by Studio D from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm for an incredible lightning round of research from rising junior scholars @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
It’s only the first day of #SHAFR2025 but I confirmed @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social is indeed THE Brad Simpson in this 2002 NYT letter to the editor. The more you know 💫 @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Kissinger: Right Man for the Job? www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/o...
Kissinger: Right Man for the Job? www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/o...
Opinion | Kissinger: Right Man for the Job? (Published 2002)
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It’s only the first day of #SHAFR2025 but I confirmed @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social is indeed THE Brad Simpson in this 2002 NYT letter to the editor. The more you know 💫 @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Kissinger: Right Man for the Job? www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/o...
Kissinger: Right Man for the Job? www.nytimes.com/2002/11/30/o...
Having seen this special exhibition 🌟 at the Morgan Library, I cannot recommend it enough! Bella da Costa Greene truly was a remarkable historical figure
Nice capsule biography of Belle da Costa Greene, occasioned by the ✨ exhibition at the Morgan Library. When I taught my knwldg infrastructures class at TNS, we’d spend a day @ the Morgan (for the cylinder seals!) + NYPL underground stacks; svrl students over the yrs focused their projects on Greene!
The Hidden Story of J. P. Morgan’s Librarian
Belle da Costa Greene, a brilliant archivist, buried her own history.
www.newyorker.com
December 24, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Having seen this special exhibition 🌟 at the Morgan Library, I cannot recommend it enough! Bella da Costa Greene truly was a remarkable historical figure
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Came home from training to find a package…The Rivalry Peril uncorrected proof! Pre-order now!
November 13, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Came home from training to find a package…The Rivalry Peril uncorrected proof! Pre-order now!
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The Legal History Blog -- the essential source for news related to the field, including publications, conferences & all the rest -- is now on Bluesky!
Give them a follow: @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social!
Give them a follow: @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social!
October 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The Legal History Blog -- the essential source for news related to the field, including publications, conferences & all the rest -- is now on Bluesky!
Give them a follow: @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social!
Give them a follow: @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social!
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The Students Have Never Been the Enemy
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about.
New piece:
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about.
New piece:
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about
thomaszimmer.substack.com
May 9, 2024 at 11:56 PM
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about.
New piece:
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be talking about.
New piece:
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H-Diplo|RJISSF Commentary II-4:
@seanmcase.bsky.social 's "Kissinger and the Angel of Applied History” "These obituaries and memorials collectively omit one of Kissinger’s most enduring policy legacies: his self- perception as a historian" issforum.org/commentary/h...
@seanmcase.bsky.social 's "Kissinger and the Angel of Applied History” "These obituaries and memorials collectively omit one of Kissinger’s most enduring policy legacies: his self- perception as a historian" issforum.org/commentary/h...
April 12, 2024 at 1:47 PM
H-Diplo|RJISSF Commentary II-4:
@seanmcase.bsky.social 's "Kissinger and the Angel of Applied History” "These obituaries and memorials collectively omit one of Kissinger’s most enduring policy legacies: his self- perception as a historian" issforum.org/commentary/h...
@seanmcase.bsky.social 's "Kissinger and the Angel of Applied History” "These obituaries and memorials collectively omit one of Kissinger’s most enduring policy legacies: his self- perception as a historian" issforum.org/commentary/h...
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So much of the coverage about the Israel-Gaza war is about how we talk about the war rather than the war itself
December 10, 2023 at 1:44 PM
So much of the coverage about the Israel-Gaza war is about how we talk about the war rather than the war itself
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Congratulations to all AHA book prize winners!
Congratulations to the recipients of the various awards, prizes, and honors that will be conferred by the American Historical Association at #AHA24! Find the full list in Perspectives on History. 🗃️
Awards, Prizes, and Honors to Be Conferred at the 137th Annual Meeting
Join us in San Francisco to honor the 2023 AHA prizewinners.
www.historians.org
December 7, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations to all AHA book prize winners!
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Heartbreaking stories of Afghan families being torn apart as Pakistan forcibly expels up to 1 million Afghans, many of whom were born in Pakistan and have spent their entire lives there. Cruel dilemma: hide in the shadows and hope to avoid getting caught, or go to Taliban Afghanistan?
Families Ripped Apart as Pakistan Expels Tens of Thousands of Afghans
Husbands and wives, parents and children, wonder when, or if, they will ever see each other again.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2023 at 5:49 PM
Heartbreaking stories of Afghan families being torn apart as Pakistan forcibly expels up to 1 million Afghans, many of whom were born in Pakistan and have spent their entire lives there. Cruel dilemma: hide in the shadows and hope to avoid getting caught, or go to Taliban Afghanistan?
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Some exciting recently released/declassified docs on the National Security Archive site from the records of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith shed additional light on the 1977 discovery of South Africa's nuclear testing site, and the reactions/diplomacy between the US and USSR over that discovery. 🗃️
The Discovery of South Africa’s Secret Nuclear Test Site, August 1977
Today’s posting focuses on the decision-making and diplomatic process during August 1977 that began after the Carter administration obtained evidence confirming the existence of the Kalahari site.
nsarchive.gwu.edu
October 26, 2023 at 6:15 PM
Some exciting recently released/declassified docs on the National Security Archive site from the records of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith shed additional light on the 1977 discovery of South Africa's nuclear testing site, and the reactions/diplomacy between the US and USSR over that discovery. 🗃️
Are we at nothing but Bluesky yet?
August 3, 2023 at 8:27 PM
Are we at nothing but Bluesky yet?