War, and people who thought about it. Centre for Future Defence and National Security, Deakin University
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7 May 2024
The day has finally arrived – my new @OUPHistory book Making Makers: The Past, the Present, and the Study of Warhas been published and is available for purchase and download.
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
👉Read more of the @tandfonline review of Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped A Global Conflict edited by @mpmfinch, @DrAEFox, and David G. Morgan-Owen: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
📚Learn more: kansaspress.ku.edu/978070064…
#WWI #BookReview #MilitaryHistory #UPKansas
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May 2
My favourite Ashington gag:
A sparky turns up at a clurrb in Ashington and asks the barmaid where the mains are.
“Tha just doon there past the ladies.” ⚡️
A Geordie man goes to the Ashington swimming baths.
As he walks along the poolside, a lass in the pool starts complimenting him.
The Geordie says, “Are ye flirtin’?”
"Nah, pet. I'm on me tiptoes!”, she replies.
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This part in particular.
Dort and Publius love to blame Iraq and Afghanistan on war college professors. You wont find many war college profs had good things to say about our strategy process in those wars, and many (half? more?) made prescient warnings before we went in
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
Important to understand the movement attacking the war colleges isn't just about 'wokeness' or non-military topics, but is fundamentally anti-Clausewitizan (and other eggheads) in favor of all tactics and war as only total war free of "politics" (i.e., policy goals)
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May 1
The manuscript of my latest book, The Battle for American Opinion: British Propaganda and Anglo-American Relations, 1914-1917 has just gone off to the publisher. 🎉🥳
Now, time for a glass of wine!🍷
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Oh hey, that me…
Framing the First World War explores how military leaders understood the conflict, and how those interpretations influenced their decisions. Pair your reading with a podcast.
Framing the First World War: tinyurl.com/r76hn2tr
#WorldWarI #MilitaryHistory #WWI #UPKansas
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
Framing the First World War explores how military leaders understood the conflict, and how those interpretations influenced their decisions. Pair your reading with a podcast.
Framing the First World War: tinyurl.com/r76hn2tr
#WorldWarI #MilitaryHistory #WWI #UPKansas
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Mar 26
New review of Making Makers, this time in the Journal of Strategic Studies, and from the estimable pen of Greg Kennedy.
It's a fascinating read and worth your time - read it at the link:
tandfonline.com/eprint/QT4BR…
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
Framing the First World War explores how perceptions shaped military decisions.
Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6lq…
Learn about Framing the First World War: kansaspress.ku.edu/978070064…
#WorldWarI #WWIHistory #MilitaryHistory #UpKansas
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Mar 13
Outrageous attempt to take Norfolk Island away from the division of bean! region.com.au/boundary-chang…
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
Delighted to announce the publication of "US Cultural Diplomacy after the Cold War: Decline, Recovery, and Fall?" co-edited with Giles Scott-Smith
My thanks to all our brilliant contributors and to the editors at Manchester University Press!
manchesteruniversitypress.co…
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And here. Framing the First World War youtu.be/WBtax6gbphI?si=3gBo… via @YouTube
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My fellow editors and I recorded a podcast about ‘Framing the First World War’ with the MacArthur Memorial. You can listen to it here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcas…
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
The launch event for Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict will be held @univofstandrews, and chaired by David Morgan-Owen. The presentation will include contributors and @DrAEFox.
#firstworldwar #worldwarI #WWI #militaryhistory #upkansas
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Great to see the first review of @Kansas_Press Framing The First World War - courtesy of the great Jonathan Boff:
tandfonline.com/eprint/VRRIQ…
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Feb 13
Fascinating read. I had a Mellon funded postdoc in the early 2010s. Hard to imagine something similar being funded now.
Feb 12
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has become the country’s preeminent funder of humanities research, @Tyler_A_Harper writes. Is it saving American arts and letters—or killing them? theatlantic.com/magazine/202…
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Michael P.M. Finch retweeted
Medicare was no sure thing in its early years. Thanks to Opposition bungling of health care policy in the 1980s, which I describe in this article, we recently celebrated 40 years of universal health insurance.The Early Years of Australian Medicare tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Jan 26
Aimée Fox, David Morgan-Owen and I had a great globe-spanning conversation with Miranda Melcher from the New Books Network about our new edited volume, Framing the First World War. You can listen to the podcast here: newbooksnetwork.com/framing-…
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