Mary Dudziak
@marydudziak.bsky.social
Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism.
https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ #lawsky 🗃
https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ #lawsky 🗃
Pinned
Making the Forever War
The late historian Marilyn B. Young, a preeminent voice on the history of U.S. military conflict, spent her career reassessing the nature of American global ...
www.umasspress.com
Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism is on sale at the @umasspress.bsky.social holiday sale! 40% discount when you use the code HOLIDAY for this & other books.
www.umasspress.com/978162534568...
www.umasspress.com/978162534568...
Just started reading an advance copy and you should gift yourself this book for the holidays.
Alfred McCoy,
Cold War on Five Continents @haymarketbooks.org HaymarketBooks.org share.google/cAM9ZXObq9Pi...
Alfred McCoy,
Cold War on Five Continents @haymarketbooks.org HaymarketBooks.org share.google/cAM9ZXObq9Pi...
December 18, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just started reading an advance copy and you should gift yourself this book for the holidays.
Alfred McCoy,
Cold War on Five Continents @haymarketbooks.org HaymarketBooks.org share.google/cAM9ZXObq9Pi...
Alfred McCoy,
Cold War on Five Continents @haymarketbooks.org HaymarketBooks.org share.google/cAM9ZXObq9Pi...
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
AOC: Donald Trump and Stephen Miller want you to believe that this is who we are as a country. And we are here to say that it is not. We are a country that has fought and defeated the confederacy. That has defeated a history of civil rights violations, of secret police, of fascism.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
University of Toronto - Associate Professor/Professor - John Yaremko Chair in Ukrainian History | H-Net
The Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Ukrainian History. The appointment will be at t...
networks.h-net.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The History department at the University of Toronto is searching in the field of Ukrainian history.
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Must read.
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Must read.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
December 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Announcing the National Book Critics Circle 2025 Longlist for Biography
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
December 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It is international law 101 that a military blockade is not just a violation of the UN Charter, but a crime of aggression.
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
Unless that blockade is in response to an 'armed attack.'
None of President's Trump's list of complaints come close to an armed attack.
1/
More on Bill Burr via @nsarchive.bsky.social. What a hero. When Kissinger stole his files rather than giving them to the archives, Burr found copies elsewhere and made them publicly available.
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
More on Bill Burr via @nsarchive.bsky.social. What a hero. When Kissinger stole his files rather than giving them to the archives, Burr found copies elsewhere and made them publicly available.
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/2025-12...
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...
The Most Awful Responsibility – Alex Wellerstein
alexwellerstein.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
My new book, THE MOST AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY goes on sale TODAY! It is a NEW argument about TRUMAN AND THE ATOMIC BOMB, from Hiroshima through the Korean War, from HarperCollins. alexwellerstein.com/writing/book...
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
ICYMI
For this week’s DOOMSDAY MACHINES, I interviewed my good friend @cherylrofer.bsky.social about her +30 year career at Los Alamos — topics discussed include gender, lasers, and much more — doomsdaymachines.net/p/working-at...
Working at Cold War Los Alamos
A conversation with the chemist Cheryl Rofer about her over thirty year career at Los Alamos
doomsdaymachines.net
December 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
ICYMI
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
Completely agree.
My article for @TNR the day the decision came down—
newrepublic.com/article/1833...
My article for @TNR the day the decision came down—
newrepublic.com/article/1833...
The Supreme Court Turns the President Into a King
The conservative justices have ignored history altogether and created a shocking new precedent: The president is above the law.
newrepublic.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Completely agree.
My article for @TNR the day the decision came down—
newrepublic.com/article/1833...
My article for @TNR the day the decision came down—
newrepublic.com/article/1833...
What a nightmare.
"'The one thing that gave me comfort was, like, statistically, it’s practically impossible for this to ever happen to me again,' said Weissman. 'And clearly, we’re getting to a point where no one can say that any more.'"
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What a nightmare.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
At the end of the Cold War, we wanted Russia to become more like us. Trump wants US to become more like Russia.
It’s never a good sign when the United States’ national security plan is praised by Russia as being “largely consistent with our vision”…
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Read @johnavlon.bsky.social's commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
At the end of the Cold War, we wanted Russia to become more like us. Trump wants US to become more like Russia.
Oh my. News of Bill Burr's death is a gut punch to all who knew him & everyone who relies on declassified US national security records. Once called the Yoda of FOIA, he always had a sparkle in his eyes. All who care about government transparency will continue to benefit from his contributions.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Oh my. News of Bill Burr's death is a gut punch to all who knew him & everyone who relies on declassified US national security records. Once called the Yoda of FOIA, he always had a sparkle in his eyes. All who care about government transparency will continue to benefit from his contributions.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
If you are looking for a reliable source, refresh this page periodically from the Brown Daily Herald. They are posting periodic live updates at the moment. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University
Serving the Brown University community since 1891
www.browndailyherald.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you are looking for a reliable source, refresh this page periodically from the Brown Daily Herald. They are posting periodic live updates at the moment. www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
Weekend Special - updated with 11 new Q&A (including on seizure of sanctioned vessels) and expanded answer on law of proportionality and boat strikes involving the shipwrecked.
Expert Q&A
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Expert Q&A
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Expert Q&A on Operation Southern Spear and Seizure of Sanctioned Vessels
Expert Q&A on the U.S. lethal strikes against suspected drug trafficking boats on the high seas and more.
www.justsecurity.org
December 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Weekend Special - updated with 11 new Q&A (including on seizure of sanctioned vessels) and expanded answer on law of proportionality and boat strikes involving the shipwrecked.
Expert Q&A
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Expert Q&A
By @tessbridgeman.bsky.social, @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
This paragraph (in @stevevladeck.bsky.social ‘s excellent post) says so much about about the unitary executive project. Through 40+ years of repetition, it’s become almost a cult belief. Who cares if after all that time, the evidence doesn’t add up. 1/2
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-196-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-196-...
December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This paragraph (in @stevevladeck.bsky.social ‘s excellent post) says so much about about the unitary executive project. Through 40+ years of repetition, it’s become almost a cult belief. Who cares if after all that time, the evidence doesn’t add up. 1/2
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-196-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-196-...
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
I have one class left, due to being an absent-minded professor, lol, but last week students LOVED the edited volume of beloved Marilyn Young's work, edited by @marydudziak.bsky.social and Mark Bradley.
Is there a piece of scholarship on your syllabus that students really connected with or really worked well for your semester? You should take some time today to email those authors and tell them. I love sending these emails.
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have one class left, due to being an absent-minded professor, lol, but last week students LOVED the edited volume of beloved Marilyn Young's work, edited by @marydudziak.bsky.social and Mark Bradley.
From @attackerman.bsky.social on the inhumanity at Alligator Alcatraz.
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
From @attackerman.bsky.social on the inhumanity at Alligator Alcatraz.
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
www.forever-wars.com/torture-tech...
💔
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
💔
Mountains, clouds, and a dirty window.
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Mountains, clouds, and a dirty window.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
A remarkable project - a consortium of scholars from prehistorians to modern history. The Russians are indeed trying to kill an entire country and its culture, Ukrainians and their friends are resisting
uhgi.org
uhgi.org
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A remarkable project - a consortium of scholars from prehistorians to modern history. The Russians are indeed trying to kill an entire country and its culture, Ukrainians and their friends are resisting
uhgi.org
uhgi.org
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
“The Radical Center in Contemporary Legal Thought” - my latest balkin.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
Balkinization: The Radical Center in Contemporary Legal Thought
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“The Radical Center in Contemporary Legal Thought” - my latest balkin.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
Took favorite 93-year-old to lunch on the Sound.
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Took favorite 93-year-old to lunch on the Sound.
Reposted by Mary Dudziak
More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!