Looking forward to discussing my new book #Battle at @BridLitFestival on 7 November tickets still available: bridlit.com/buy-tickets/... @BloomsburyBooks
Iain MacGregor
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Pub Director NF, @HoZ_Books | FRHistS | Author | Rep: @APowerAgent & @pastpreservers | Words: Guardian, Spectator, BBC History, The Critic, The Washing Post | Views my own
Thanks to 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗕𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 for having me on his 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 to discuss my book #𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 and focusing on the war in Ukraine, the last and most crucial essay. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/4... @goalhanger.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
437. The Human Element of War: Iain MacGregor on Morale, Tech, and Ukraine
Podcast Episode · Battleground · 16 September · 42min
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To all my Edinburgh friends, please do come along to my talk on Thursday 29 October at The Edinburgh Bookshop where I'll be in conversation with James Naughtie about my new book #Battle. Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/theed...
BOOK NOW – IAIN MACGREGOR: Battle – The Edinburgh Bookshop
IAIN MACGREGOR: Battle – The Edinburgh Bookshop, Thu 29 Oct 2026 - Tickets from £5 Historian and award-winning author Iain MacGregor joins us at the bookshop this October, to discuss his latest book,...
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China remains by international standards an “upper middle-income” country. But its life expectancy matches that of the USA’s, and poverty has been declared eradicated ✏️ @paulmason.bsky.social
Is the future communist?
In an exclusive extract from Paul Mason’s new book, Reds: A Global History of Communism, he warns that, in the struggle between democracy and dictatorship, the entire history of the left is now in…
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What is a trial for? Is it enough simply to establish guilt, or must that guilt then be communicated to the wider world? The struggle to capture the Nuremberg Trials | @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...
The struggle to capture the Nuremberg Trials
What is a trial for? Is it enough simply to establish guilt, or must that guilt then be communicated to the wider world?
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Love this painting by Douglas Fox-Pitt. "Indian Army Wounded, the Dome, Brighton, 1919."
Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Battle” by @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop! 📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10... 🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/hist... #History #Podcast
Ten years! Could have built a house, learned a few languages, or become a potter. Instead, this ... Thanks to @littlebrown.bsky.social for making it real.
I raged ...
History Rage Podcast@historyrage.bsky.social · last mo.🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 We love the great commanders. 👑⚔️ @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social looks beneath Alexander, Napoleon and Nelson to the institutions, training, logistics and people that made their victories possible. The “great man” rarely wins a battle alone. 🔥 #MilitaryHistory #History
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History Rage Podcast@historyrage.bsky.social · last mo.🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 What actually wins a battle? ⚔️ @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social looks beyond bigger armies and “military genius” to explore morale, leadership, technology, timing, terrain and logistics across 3,000 years of war. The reality is much messier🔥 #History #MilitaryHistory
Hey folks. My author tour for this autumn is now live. Please do let me know if you're coming to any of the talks. Tickets available from my website listed.
Very pleased with the research and forever grateful to the survivors and veterans who agreed to be interviewed.
My article celebrating the 80th anniversary of the seminal reporting of the great John Hersey that revealed the human face of atomic warfare. engelsbergideas.com/portraits/jo...
John Hersey and the horrors of Hiroshima
The American journalist's account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath, told through the eyes of Japanese survivors, forced the world to reckon with the terrifying power of nuclear weapons.
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With @paulmason.bsky.social at the @hachetteuk.bsky.social warehouse as he signs pre-publication copies for his thrilling new history book REDS: A Global History of Communism. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @headofzeus.bsky.social
Jacket signed off - not long to go to publication (8 October). Incredibly grateful to historians I rate for offering some words of admiration having read the book proofs. #Battle @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social
So pleased for my research/ writing to be elevated in this way by Jacinto Anton. Lovely article about #TheHiroshimaMen in @elpais.com Thanks to @aticodeloslibros.com for arranging our interview.
Ático de los Libros @aticodeloslibros.com · 2mo agoEl atroz estallido atómico de Hiroshima contado a través de cinco de sus protagonistas: "Los hombres de Hiroshima" de @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social hoy en @elpais.com en una espléndida pieza de Jacinto Antón. elpais.com/cultura/2026...
Some news! From today until Friday 24 July, @waterstones.bsky.social are offering 25 % off pre-orders for my new book, BATTLE Simply enter the code SUMMER26 at checkout. @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social
⚔️ A brilliant chat with @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social today! We tackled why tactics beat numbers, no commander wins alone, technology isn't magic, and logistics win wars. 🎙️ Coming to Patreon & Apple Subscriptions on 24 August! 📚🔥 www.patreon.com/historyrage #History #Podcast #MilitaryHistory
My companions in #Japan for the past few weeks. Brilliant knowledge and fun company, too. Lovely farewell card from them.
Talks can attract some incredible people. This is Frances, daughter of Dr. W. G. Marley designer of the ultra-high-speed rotating-mirror cameras that captured up to 100k frames per sec, analysing the implosion physics & detonation of the Trinity nuclear test. #TheHiroshimaMen
Hope to see you on 25 September. #herefordmilitaryhistoryfestival #visit_herefordshire #hmhf2026 #militaryfestival
Please do come along for the official launch of my new book on 8 October to be entertained and educated in a stunning venue on the top floor of the @I_W_M Link attached to purchase tickets. Hope to see you there. www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-i...
IWM in Conversation: Iain MacGregor
Join us for a discussion with award-winning historian and author, Iain McGregor, on his new book, Battle: The moments that transformed warfare from Ancient Greece to Ukraine. A richly detailed explora...
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I know it's the #ElizabethLine and we're in historic London but this guy ... and it's 26 degrees down here.
Abans d'Hiroshima, només els Estats Units corrien cap a la bomba que canviaria el món. Preguntem a @iainmacgregor1.bsky.social , autor de "Los hombres de Hiroshima" @aticodeloslibros.com a #SenseMemoria de @radio4rne.bsky.social www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
Sense Memòria Vol III - Abans d'Hiroshima: la cursa nuclear
Amb Iain MacGregor analitzem una cursa nuclear que no va ser cap competició, perquè només els Estats Units corrien cap a la bomba
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