Five things to remember about war: 1. Many things reported with confidence in the first hours and days will turn out not to be true 2. Whatever they say, the people who start wars are often thinking chiefly about domestic politics 3. The rationale given for a war will change

Pauline is the real thing. Character and courage.

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And this. Just because 😂 tiktok.com/@ogflashbackfi…

Our take on the Battle of Charleston 28 June 1776. morethannelson.com/the-attack-on-…

The Age of Forever Wars foreignaffairs.com/age-forever-wa… via Foreign Affairs

A civ-mil to start the day! Well done, Rob Williams! SMH Historians armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Milit…

phenomenal movie... only natural/ available lighting ; hard to think of another movie that gets inside the period so deeply. Ryan O'Neill though ( sigh) . Leonard Rossiter wonderful. the Thackeray book rather wonderful too tho v tongue in cheek;Kubrick makes it more profound

This was fun. Thank you Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Kate Lemay, & The George Washington Presidential Library U.S. Army War College ArmyHeritage Ford Evening Book Talk: Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of Washington ... youtube.com/live/XyWlKicR1… via YouTube

🇺🇸 Today at Mount Vernon, we proudly welcomed over 100 new U.S. citizens at our annual July 4 naturalization ceremony, which featured a keynote address from Arnold Schwarzenegger. He said it best: George Washington was America’s first action hero. 💥🦅 It was a day of

History is uncomfortable. If you want feel good stories you don't want history, you want heritage. The past, like the present, and the future is, was, and will be uncomfortable. Teaching with Integrity: Historians Speak youtu.be/LdcoBQy41zI?si… via YouTube

Corner of a hand-stitched sail from the 1800s. Every warship had a sailmaker who played a vital role in making and maintaining the huge number of sails required to power the ship in all weathers. #Ageofsail #RoyalNavy #Tallships

Conflict archaeology, George Washington, and not-so-friendly fire. SMH Historians The George Washington Presidential Library nytimes.com/2025/07/15/art…

By my former teaching partner, Col. Rodrigo de Almeida Paim, PhD, Brazilian Army. Parabéns! SMH Historians U.S. Army War College "The Legacies of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force: Influences on Brazil’s National Defense Agenda." armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Milit…

My review of Dr Flan 's book is out today. To no one's surprise, it's a fabulous book, and you should read it if you are interested in the Pacific world, Spanish colonization, the Philippines, and/or piracy. doi.org/10.1017/tam.20…

A forgotten imperial atrocity? I was typing up some handwritten notes, and rediscovered that when the British summarily executed around 100 mutineers after the 1806 Vellore mutiny, THEY EXECUTED THE WRONG SEPOYS. 1/

Two early Rafael Palacios maps. Both from Eisenhower's 1948 book, Crusade in Europe. Simple but effective maps with phase lines showing development of a campaign over time.