DavidRetherford
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Historian of US Army in The First World War. Interested in intelligence and learning development. Available for book reviews. Social media manager at the Strategy Bridge. 🇺🇸&🇬🇧
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social  Interesting www.foxnews.com/politics/pen...
Pentagon unveils battlefield test to ensure new generals are warfighters – not Washington bureaucrats
Pete Hegseth's Pentagon overhaul introduces wargame-style assessments requiring senior officers to solve combat problems before earning a star.
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We need to dispense with the useless euphemisms that have previously been used to describe this so politicians can look away. This is war, plain and simple, and is how Putin sees it. And it will only get worse until Russia thinks it is getting push back. understandingwar.org/research/def...
The Russian Military Campaign Against Europe: Defining the Threat
The Kremlin is conducting a coordinated series of kinetic campaigns targeting Europe and NATO states must design holistic responses.
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I will give the 2026 Richard Holmes Lecture ‘Redcoats to Dusty Warriors: Britain and its Soldiers from Waterloo to Helmand’. Royal Air Force Club Tuesday 27 October 6.30, lecture starting at 7. Wine. Canapés. Tickets £45 each. Non-members welcome. Tickets- www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/richard-ho...
Richard Holmes Lecture 2026
The BCMH hosts a lecture on military history in memory of Professor Richard Holmes
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Join host @prbeckman.bsky.social for a TSB Podcast with @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social, former AFPAK Hand and author of the 2013 Small Wars Journal article “Handcuffed: The Burden of Institutional, Management, and Leadership Problems on the AFPAK Hands Program.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Awesome time enjoying Scout camp in North Carolina!
Excited to share that I’ve published another book review! It’s always a privilege to engage with new scholarship, explore fresh perspectives, and contribute to the ongoing conversation about military history. jmss.org/article/view... #MilitaryHistory #History #BookReview #Research
The Unvanquished By Patrick K. O’Donnell Atlantic Monthly Press ISBN: 978-0-8021-6286-1 | Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
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My 14-year-old daughter is coming home from a two week hike in the New Mexico mountains. Super stoked.
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social and @tyrellmayfield.bsky.social the 13 year old is graduating from space camp this Today in Huntsville! I wanna go to space camp! #Spaceship
One of the interesting aspects of exploring Italian Front battlefields…calorie deficit. It’s often not physically possible to consume the same number of calories as those expended. This was also the case for soldiers, in WW1 and now. After a week of -1,500 k/cal per day at altitude, I’m done in.
@ericmmurphy.bsky.social Who are you liking for the World Cup? I am feeling Spain, but it would be nice to see Portugal take the W.
Are you a student doing work in intelligence history? There's an award for that!
In the technological wave of artificial intelligence that’s crashing upon us in every which way and direction historians are best poised to not only use this technology, but thrive in any work environment I’ll die on this hill!
We've revealed the details for nearly TWENTY talks available at our online conference on 26th April. Pick and choose your favourites, or load up with snacks and settle in for a marathon! SEE THE FULL LINEUP & TICKETS AT: greatwargroup.com/product/online
The Associational State involves the “delegation of authority that created these…Intermediary Institutions that allowed the creation of public policy prescriptions that balanced between…what the federal and state governments wanted to achieve with individual opportunity and freedom.”
North Carolina's Military Mobilization in the First World War with Nate Finney
Podcast Episode · The Strategy Bridge · March 22 · 41m
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How did the US mobilize for WWI? Join @prbeckman.bsky.social and @nathankfinney.com for a deep look at one facet of this fascinating question. thestrategybridge.org/the-podcast
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