Jonathan Boff
@jfb1066.bsky.social
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2026). Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Not sure I’ve ever seen the Cenatoph so naked
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Not sure I’ve ever seen the Cenatoph so naked
There is a corner of Congress House which is forever St Giles Rookery
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There is a corner of Congress House which is forever St Giles Rookery
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
@tricksterprince.bsky.social
Interesting conversation at KCL this evening
October 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Interesting conversation at KCL this evening
Historians wear safety goggles too
October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Historians wear safety goggles too
October 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Please leave a flannel in my room ha ha ha
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Please leave a flannel in my room ha ha ha
Grand Canal with view of the Rialto bridge
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Grand Canal with view of the Rialto bridge
I pressed the big red SEND button on this today.
Publishing books is often anti-climactic- it’s a long process even after you’ve submitted the ms - but rarely can it be as anti-climactic as it was for me this afternoon…
Publishing books is often anti-climactic- it’s a long process even after you’ve submitted the ms - but rarely can it be as anti-climactic as it was for me this afternoon…
September 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I pressed the big red SEND button on this today.
Publishing books is often anti-climactic- it’s a long process even after you’ve submitted the ms - but rarely can it be as anti-climactic as it was for me this afternoon…
Publishing books is often anti-climactic- it’s a long process even after you’ve submitted the ms - but rarely can it be as anti-climactic as it was for me this afternoon…
Might slow down my progress through this bad boy, mind
September 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Might slow down my progress through this bad boy, mind
Michael Howard, ‘Grand Strategy’ Vol IV (HMSO 1972)
That ‘in the first half of the twentieth century’ is typical of Howard and a good example of the perspective the historian brings
That ‘in the first half of the twentieth century’ is typical of Howard and a good example of the perspective the historian brings
August 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Michael Howard, ‘Grand Strategy’ Vol IV (HMSO 1972)
That ‘in the first half of the twentieth century’ is typical of Howard and a good example of the perspective the historian brings
That ‘in the first half of the twentieth century’ is typical of Howard and a good example of the perspective the historian brings
Nothing fills the reader with confidence that this will be a good book like mis-spelling Britain on the title page
(Spoiler alert: it isn’t)
(Spoiler alert: it isn’t)
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Nothing fills the reader with confidence that this will be a good book like mis-spelling Britain on the title page
(Spoiler alert: it isn’t)
(Spoiler alert: it isn’t)
The view from my seat
July 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The view from my seat
Where you would have worked
July 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Where you would have worked
To gladden the heart of @curatorian.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
To gladden the heart of @curatorian.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
June 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
June 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Moral courage in leadership, and one of most impressive pieces of D-Day story:
Eisenhower thought he was sending 80% of these men to their deaths yet insisted on going to look them in the eye and wish them luck
Eisenhower thought he was sending 80% of these men to their deaths yet insisted on going to look them in the eye and wish them luck
June 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Moral courage in leadership, and one of most impressive pieces of D-Day story:
Eisenhower thought he was sending 80% of these men to their deaths yet insisted on going to look them in the eye and wish them luck
Eisenhower thought he was sending 80% of these men to their deaths yet insisted on going to look them in the eye and wish them luck
Yes and all the 50 states they came from
June 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yes and all the 50 states they came from
Appropriately perhaps, today is the birthday of Maynard Keynes, Britain's greatest ever financial warrior: 142 years young today. #AgeofMammonandMars
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Appropriately perhaps, today is the birthday of Maynard Keynes, Britain's greatest ever financial warrior: 142 years young today. #AgeofMammonandMars
June 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM