To accompany his new book, Rowan also writes today for the RHS blog on the impact of the Navy and Air Leagues in maintaining militarism in Britain after 1918: bit.ly/3OJ53as

The NHP series is supported by @ihr.bsky.social and @echistsoc.bsky.social. All 26 books are available OA bit.ly/4sBmIyC

Front cover of 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson.

Thursday is also publication day of 'Organised Militarism in Interwar Britain. The Navy League and the Air League of the British Empire', by Rowan Thompson: bit.ly/474AbHq

Next in the RHS 'New Historical Perspectives' book series. Published free OA & in p/back @uolpress.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water . ALT: a cartoon character without a face is floating in the water .

Me every day sitting down to finally do some writing only for the wave of admin to crash over me...

CALL FOR PAPERS!
International Politics/(Un)Ethical Worlds: Morality, Power, Resistance and the Aesthetics of Politics in Dark Times.

20th-21st July 2026 │In-Person│@standrewsir.bsky.social

Keynotes:
- Dr. Seán Molloy @seanmolloyir.bsky.social
- Dr. James Souter

Call closes: 20th APRIL 2026

🪖 NEW: "Beyond the manual: Doctrine’s role in military transformation reconsidered" by John Nisser (@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social).

Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

PhD Studentship: From the Frontline: Witnesses to War – Exploring the role, perspectives and impact of war correspondents during the Cold War and late 20th century at University of Bristol Find a PhD Studentship: From the Frontline: Witnesses to War – Exploring the role, perspectives and impact of war correspondents during the Cold War and late 20th century on jobs.ac.uk, the top job bo...

Of possible interest: a funded PhD project in conjunction with the Imperial War Museum: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB897/p...

So looking forward to participating in this workshop! I’ll be presenting on Una & Richard Pope-Hennessy’s intellectual partnership, exploring their collaborative endeavours before and during #WW1. Huge thanks to Zoe, Sven, and the team for their work putting together this wonderful programme 🙌🏻

Further details & the application process for this funded PhD studentship at the Imperial War Museums (IWM) & at the University of Glasgow are available at the link below 🔗 - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship, 'Playing at War'. www.iwm.org.uk/sites/defaul...

Logo including text of the organisation titles for the Imperial War Museums (IWM), University of Glasgow, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

🚨🎓Funded #PhD opportunity: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship - ‘𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿’, with Imperial War Museums (IWM) & University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk. Supervised by Tim Peacock, Matt Barr & Ian Kikuchi. Apply by Friday 22 May, 5pm. October 2026 start. Details in next post.

A right royal row, or what happens when a junior German officer’s language training manual describes a German invasion of Britain just as King Edward VII is meeting Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1904: www.tonycowan.com/once-upon-a-.... (1/2)

A picture of the devastated city of Napier in the wake of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.

🚨 CFP: Disastrous Pasts And Sustainable Futures. Urban disasters and resilience in historical and social scientific perspectives.

🗓️ 29-30 June 2026

An interdisciplinary and international conference organised at the University of Warwick

For more details, see warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his...

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"Contrasted Drummers", a humorous 1790s print depicting a stocky British soldier with a bass drum confronting an slender Frenchman with a much smaller drum. From the Bodleian Libraries.

Delighted to learn that my PhD dissertation has received the 2026 Research Prize from the International Society for the Research and Promotion of Wind Music.
The book version, Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars, is out early next year with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T) at University of Glasgow An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in the History of War and International Relations in the Modern Period (R&T) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore othe...

A great permanent job at the University of Glasgow:

Lecturer in the History of Intelligence and International Relations, post-1850

The war business: British shipping and the First World War | King's College London This paper develops an alternative account of the wartime relationship between ships, shipowners, and the state – and thus of Britain at war.

Looking forward to talking about my current project on seapower & the FWW at @kcllnucsc.bsky.social on 28 May. Link here: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-w...

Hearing word of a complex new form of hybrid weapon operating in the UK, combines integrated forms of sleep denial, financial devastation, emotional trauma and hypersonic barking to utterly destroy the equilibrium of those who come to own it. Recent pic here @draefox.bsky.social

Emergency Exits: The Fight for Independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus At the end of the Second World War, a wave of independence movements swept the British Empire. Emergency Exits focuses on three often overlooked independence movements. These were brutal conflicts bet...

It’s the last week to see Emergency Exits at the Imperial War Museum, which explores decolonisation in Kenya, Cyprus and Malaya and which I was lucky enough to consult on as a part of a team of imperial historians. Go and see it if you can — it’s really great!

It's not just him. He's just a symptom of a trend that's been happening for a long time.

BISA/BFPG Undergraduate Network (UGN) This Undergraduate Network from the British International Studies Association (BISA) and the British Foreign Policy Group (BFPG) is brand new, and launched in October 2025. The network is designed exc...

British International Studies Association (BISA) and British Foreign Policy Group (BFPG) Undergraduate Network.
The network for undergraduates across UK who are interested in international relations, diplomacy, and foreign policy.
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/ugn
@mybisa.bsky.social
@bfpg.bsky.social

I was just disinvited from the Air War College where I’d been asked to lecture on my book, which is a history of U.S. civil-military relations.

Framing the First World War explores how perceptions shaped military decisions. On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lqHGPVUv7NS0ykwvb4Xgt

Learn more: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640560/

#WorldWarI #MilitaryHistory #UpKansas @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social

It’s a picture of me with my new book Quiet protest a new history of activism during the Vietnam war

My first copy of Quiet Protest just arrived! It will be out on 1 April, published by @newsouthpublishing.bsky.social (although there will be early copies for sale at the Newcastle Writers Festival from 27-29 March) and launches and author talks to follow.

Once again the United States has entered into a conflict with no strategy. This time, there isn’t even a policy (without which you can’t have a strategy anyway). The war with Iran is little more than the joint targeting process unleashed. The Frankenstein’s monster that is the operational level of war, unsatiated after eating strategy, is now feasting on policy.

Hell of an opening graph by @bafriedman.bsky.social

Is there anything on this in Paul Harris’ “The Men Who Planned The War”? (Don’t have a copy to hand, sadly)

Great to speak to the World War I podcast about Framing the FWW, check it out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f... @draefox.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @univpressofkansas.bsky.social

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi | The dry and the wet burn together The war launched against Iran by the United States and Israel is a war of choice and of hubris. There is scarcely even...

One constant in this moment for Iran is that @eskandarsadeghi.bsky.social is a must read. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...

The launch event chaired by @dmorganowen.bsky.social hosted at St. Andrews University, will feature presentations from contributors and @draefox.bsky.social for the book Framing the First World War: How Divergent Views Shaped a Global Conflict.

#firstworldwar #WWI #militaryhistory #upkansas

Can’t wait to read this 😍Congratulations @rowan-thompson.bsky.social!

If you are in St Andrews on 9 March, please come along to ‘Framing the First World War’ book launch. Aimée, Dave and Mike have done a terrific job with the book that explores how combatants framed the conflict as it unfolded. I will also present on my contribution on Russo-French military learning.

Without doubt the most significant development of the last few days: BOFFINATION. Thanks for the kind words, @jfb1066.bsky.social very lucky to have worked with some wonderful authors on this @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social @draefox.bsky.social

Thanks Prof 🙌🏻 @univpressofkansas.bsky.social @kansasjoyce.bsky.social @mpmfinch.bsky.social