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Mark and Sam (the dog)

@mark18681918.bsky.social

One of us is an MA student at the University of Birmingham, researching adaption, innovation & learning in the British Army (with a bit of social history thrown in for good measure).

The other is a dog (a research assistant of questionable effectiveness).
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I am very pleased to have a chapter in this book in memory of Colonel David Benest: "From forgetting to institutional failure: The army as a non-learning organization" Thanks to Dr Aaron Edwards, Prof Helen Parr & Dr Frank Ledwidge for asking me to contribute. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ground-tr...
Ground Truthwww.bloomsbury.com After twenty years of almost unbroken wars of choice, the ethical deficiencies in the operational conduct of war by Western armed forces have largely been ignor…
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Willem van Ghent! Cornelius de Witt! Michiel de Ruyter! Your boys took one hell of a beating!
Southgate's really been going all out to motivate his team for tonight
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Now published OA! You can download the book here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... Thanks @amsterdamupress.bsky.social & @erikagaffney.bsky.social & congratulations Nuno Vila-Santa! 👏👏👏 #seafever #history
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Hah!
Interpol Your kids don't listen to rock much, but they still somehow know The Strokes. You imagine, over your third Aviation, that you're one of the brave few partisans of a rockist fight that never ended. As you leave the bar, you buy a pack of cigarettes you'll never smoke.
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Oooof this one cut deep
The Decemberists You are at present involved in at least three separate fights online about the definitions of "putsch" vs "coup." Your Steam profile is on private because a coworker once casually mentioned how much time you'd spent on EU IV, and that was easily 1000 hours ago.
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It's #histbookchat and #PhotoFriday. The last couple of weeks have been very nautical in theme - a good palette cleanser from dissertation reading. @axe99.bsky.social @matteatonmedia.bsky.social
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OK, so technically this series should now be finished. However, I just wanted to quickly share some 'honourable mentions' for the 'choose 20 books that greatly influenced you'. #booksky #histbookchat
The final skeet of the series! The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 20/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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The final skeet of the series! The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 20/20 #booksky #histbookchat
The penultimate skeet! The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 19/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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The penultimate skeet! The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 19/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 18/20 #booksky #histbookchat
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 17/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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Rather late to #HistBookChat this week! Having faithfully promised not to purchase any further in last week's post...I failed. Have been holding out for a while in the hope a sensibly priced hardback copy would emerge. However, I have to say I'm very happy with this 'as new' copy. Also...
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 17/20 #booksky #histbookchat
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 16/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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Heck, do I know any scholar on here specializing in COIN in Africa, Europe, or South America?
Do I know any historians on here researching COIN in South America?
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 16/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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Musing on Britishness and the two world wars today (as you do). The Great War’s two dominant public figures were from the Celtic periphery: the (very) Welsh David Lloyd George and the (very) Scottish Douglas Haig. The SWW had no equivalents. Churchill was sui generis; Attlee very English in a …
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Do I know any historians on here researching COIN in South America?
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 15/20 #booksky #histbookchat
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 14/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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I recall @vandawilcox.bsky.social highlighting the lack of sports related chat on Bluesky, so I thought I'd get things started tonight...honestly, how is Lee Dixon still being selected for commentary duties???
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The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 14/20 #booksky #histbookchat
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 13/20 #booksky #histbookchat
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