Geoffrey Jensen
geoffsonofjen.bsky.social
Geoffrey Jensen
@geoffsonofjen.bsky.social
Historian of Spain, the military, the Maghreb, and war. VMI. I am not Geoffrey W. Jensen. Reposting or following is not necessarily an endorsement.
Happy to see the publication of this new book with my chapter on "Mística militar y realidades incómodas: la independencia de Marruecos en el imaginario africanista-militar franquista.” www.bellaterra.coop/es/libros/pr...
Proceso y legado de la descolonización española en África T1 - Gonzalo Álvarez Chillida
Proceso y legado de la descolonización española en África T1 - Gonzalo Álvarez Chillida. Disponible en www.bellaterra.coop. La presente obra, Proceso y le...
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May 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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April 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nothing like a trip to the emergency room in Spain to remind you how screwed up our health care system is in the US
March 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
March 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/o...
Opinion | What Does the Palisades Disaster Mean for L.A.’s Future? (Gift Article)
Do these disasters signal a shift in social conditions?
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January 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The Texan Carlists. Wow. Just wow. caminorealdetejas.com/About-Us/
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January 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Let’s think about the scale of Russian casualties and of European Armies….

Russia has lost >600,000 killed or wounded in 3 years.

That’s the same as destroying the entire British Army (62,000) ten times.

www.defensenews.com/pentagon/202...
Russia casualties reach 600,000 during war in Ukraine, Pentagon says
While staggering, the losses don't mean a clear victory for Ukraine either, U.S. officials said.
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January 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Forgotten fatherlands. Coming to terms with Germany’s colonial past, by Peter Frederick Matthews
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The Long Shadow of German Colonialism by Henning Melber | Review
In a short story by Louis Becke, “Dr Ludwig Schwalbe, South Sea Savant” (1897), an injured sailor is left to recover on an isolated Pacific island, in the care of a German naturalist. This “bug hunter...
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December 22, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Los mejores libros de historia del 2024 (II), clionauta.hypotheses.org/44457
December 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
From my WARDIG presentation at the RMA Sandhurst last month. Thanks to Klaus Schmider for organizing the visit and to everyone else who showed up. It was an honor and a privilege to be back.
December 9, 2024 at 6:30 PM