Tony Cowan
@tonycowan5.bsky.social
I write about the German army before and during the First World War. PhD, FRHistS. www.tonycowan.com
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Tony Cowan
@tonycowan5.bsky.social
· Jul 30
Hurray! The paperback edition of my book ‘Holding Out’ has just been published. It’s flying off the shelves, so don’t delay, buy today!
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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Well that’s that. Very officially done and dusted PhD. Cheers.
October 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Well that’s that. Very officially done and dusted PhD. Cheers.
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That's probably the end of my pilot's career then.
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
That's probably the end of my pilot's career then.
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The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! Appropriately in the 80th anniversary of VE & VJ day we have 3 articles on the SWW. 1/7
August 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! Appropriately in the 80th anniversary of VE & VJ day we have 3 articles on the SWW. 1/7
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Dekolonial Erinnern: Online-Rechercheleitfäden des Bundesarchivs zu deutschen Kolonialtruppen.
@michmo.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @he-mel.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @unangstm.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social
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@michmo.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @he-mel.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @unangstm.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social
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Preußische und deutsche Streitkräfte 1867 bis 1918
Preußische und deutsche Streitkräfte 1867 bis 1918 - Das Bundesarchiv online: Ihre zentrale Anlaufstelle für historische Dokumente, digitale Sammlungen und Informationen zur deutschen Geschichte. Besu...
www.bundesarchiv.de
August 9, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Dekolonial Erinnern: Online-Rechercheleitfäden des Bundesarchivs zu deutschen Kolonialtruppen.
@michmo.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @he-mel.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @unangstm.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social
👉 www.bundesarchiv.de/im-archiv-re...
@michmo.bsky.social @kim-todzi.de @he-mel.bsky.social @adamblackler.bsky.social @unangstm.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social
👉 www.bundesarchiv.de/im-archiv-re...
Hurray! The paperback edition of my book ‘Holding Out’ has just been published. It’s flying off the shelves, so don’t delay, buy today!
July 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hurray! The paperback edition of my book ‘Holding Out’ has just been published. It’s flying off the shelves, so don’t delay, buy today!
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Leo Amery and his amazing networks
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Leo Amery's amazing networks
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery (1873-1955) lead a remarkable career; the son of a father who was a forestry official in Imperial India and a mother who descended from Hungarian Jews, he ended ...
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June 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Leo Amery and his amazing networks
open.substack.com/pub/bpc59/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/bpc59/p/...
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In an alternate universe the chief representative of the only major German company operating in Micronesia in the late nineteenth century did not keep his diary in fading lead pencil but in an easy to decipher format.
April 24, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In an alternate universe the chief representative of the only major German company operating in Micronesia in the late nineteenth century did not keep his diary in fading lead pencil but in an easy to decipher format.
Includes a review by me of John Kiszely's excellent biography of General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay.
The new issue of the BJMH is now online at journals.gold.ac.uk/bjmh/ As always Open Access and free to all! In this issue you’ll find a range of methodologies: biographical reassessment, statistical analysis, conflict archaeology, battlefield identification, oral history. 1/3
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Includes a review by me of John Kiszely's excellent biography of General Hastings 'Pug' Ismay.
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I support the decision by the IWM not to renew the 15-yr loan of the Ashcroft Victoria Cross collection. The taxpayer has indemnified & funded the costs of security & exhibition of his investment in a prestigious national museum, increasing its value & probably recouping his £5 million. 1/
News | Imperial War Museum’s war medal exhibition closing to make way for post-WWII galleries – Lord Ashcroft 'sad' over shutdown of gallery funded by his £5m donation
Imperial War Museum's war medal exhibition closing to make way for post-WWII galleries - Museums Association
Lord Ashcroft 'sad' over shutdown of gallery funded by his £5m donation
www.museumsassociation.org
February 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I support the decision by the IWM not to renew the 15-yr loan of the Ashcroft Victoria Cross collection. The taxpayer has indemnified & funded the costs of security & exhibition of his investment in a prestigious national museum, increasing its value & probably recouping his £5 million. 1/