profmarkwilson.bsky.social
@profmarkwilson.bsky.social
History professor at UNC Charlotte; research and writing on history of the US military-industrial complex. Author of The Business of Civil War (2006); Destructive Creation: American Business and the Winning of World War II (2016).
Yes. Anticipating the day my smart oven refuses to bake.
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yes. Anticipating the day my smart oven refuses to bake.
Solid piece. I recommend Larrie Ferreiro’s book on UK-US cooperation on WWII high tech, as well as Alex Field and myself on the industrial mobilization. We can also reflect today on the quantity-quality debates of the 1970s including the Boyd circle and military reform Luddism.
October 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Solid piece. I recommend Larrie Ferreiro’s book on UK-US cooperation on WWII high tech, as well as Alex Field and myself on the industrial mobilization. We can also reflect today on the quantity-quality debates of the 1970s including the Boyd circle and military reform Luddism.
Don’t know of anything, even though I am teaching the New Deal this semester. It appears that one of the more ambitious of the 2025 books on the New Deal (not FDR) is the George Selgin book. Haven’t yet seen a copy, but it appears to extend libertarian and conservative efforts of Higgs, Shlaes, etc.
October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Don’t know of anything, even though I am teaching the New Deal this semester. It appears that one of the more ambitious of the 2025 books on the New Deal (not FDR) is the George Selgin book. Haven’t yet seen a copy, but it appears to extend libertarian and conservative efforts of Higgs, Shlaes, etc.
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The ultimate aim here is that people will no longer expect the military to serve the public at large, but that its goal and purpose is to advance the interest of one faction or party in politics. 10/
September 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The ultimate aim here is that people will no longer expect the military to serve the public at large, but that its goal and purpose is to advance the interest of one faction or party in politics. 10/
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“The professional soldier” by Morris janowitz
“The paradoxes of professionalism in International security by @risabrooks12.bsky.social
“The right to be right” by Peter Feaver (anything by him is good)
“Supreme command” by Eliot cohen
These are all good primers I think
“The paradoxes of professionalism in International security by @risabrooks12.bsky.social
“The right to be right” by Peter Feaver (anything by him is good)
“Supreme command” by Eliot cohen
These are all good primers I think
August 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“The professional soldier” by Morris janowitz
“The paradoxes of professionalism in International security by @risabrooks12.bsky.social
“The right to be right” by Peter Feaver (anything by him is good)
“Supreme command” by Eliot cohen
These are all good primers I think
“The paradoxes of professionalism in International security by @risabrooks12.bsky.social
“The right to be right” by Peter Feaver (anything by him is good)
“Supreme command” by Eliot cohen
These are all good primers I think