Jonathan Wyrtzen
@jonathanwyrtzen.bsky.social
Studying empire, colonialism, decolonization, nation, collective identity, state formation, non-state political orders, Middle East / North Africa; Global Texas; sociologist and historian. Latest book, Worldmaking in the Long Great War
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@nicholasdanfort.bsky.social ‘s history of Middle Eastern border creation, richly illustrated with historical maps, shows that there is nothing exceptionally conflict-prone about the shape of regional states. (4/5)
Beyond Bad Borders: How Nationalism, Imperialism, and Power Politics Shaped the Modern Middle East
In 2014, the Islamic State swept across large swaths of Iraq and Syria, soon emerging as the obligatory lede for every article about the Middle East and
tcf.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@nicholasdanfort.bsky.social ‘s history of Middle Eastern border creation, richly illustrated with historical maps, shows that there is nothing exceptionally conflict-prone about the shape of regional states. (4/5)
Thanks SO much ya'll! (Also where'd you end up on the latest T Childers album with new producer?)
August 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thanks SO much ya'll! (Also where'd you end up on the latest T Childers album with new producer?)
Shadow puppets for xtra credit
June 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Shadow puppets for xtra credit
Totally interesting and important story but headline somewhat misleading:
Fact is that close to 200K African colonial troops were deployed to fight in Indochina;
100s "found new life" in SE Asia,
but 100Ks fought, were injured, died, returned home transformed. More history on this needed!
Fact is that close to 200K African colonial troops were deployed to fight in Indochina;
100s "found new life" in SE Asia,
but 100Ks fought, were injured, died, returned home transformed. More history on this needed!
May 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Totally interesting and important story but headline somewhat misleading:
Fact is that close to 200K African colonial troops were deployed to fight in Indochina;
100s "found new life" in SE Asia,
but 100Ks fought, were injured, died, returned home transformed. More history on this needed!
Fact is that close to 200K African colonial troops were deployed to fight in Indochina;
100s "found new life" in SE Asia,
but 100Ks fought, were injured, died, returned home transformed. More history on this needed!