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Steve Murdoch is an academic and writer. He is author on the history of Scotland and the Wider World… more

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On 15 October, IMH’s @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy will be giving the paper

”Who is afraid of war? Memories and reflections on Danish service on the Cold War’s front line - the Stevnsfort case-study”

Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

#skystorians #MilHist
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Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar! IMH's Dr Iben Bjørnsson will present a paper titled “Who’s afraid of War? Memories and… | Inst...
Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar! IMH's Dr Iben Bjørnsson will present a paper titled “Who’s afraid of War? Memories and reflections...
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Eisenhower wanted a society made up of Americans who were citizens first and soldiers second, and of soldiers who can behave in polite society, effectively offering a counterargument to the “warrior ethos” Pete Hegseth keeps pushing.
As Eisenhower Knew, Hegseth’s ‘Warrior Ethos’ Isn’t What Wins Wars
The U.S. defense secretary’s emphasis on warfighting ignores the other important factors that make a military cohesive and effective.
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by Steve Murdoch

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More famous than Culloden? Or even Flodden?

#Justasking
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by Steve Murdoch

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"Lost"....he was never in it ya #numptie

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Ha! I'll get you those beers back @ollibackstrom.bsky.social 🍻
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Went to the National Library in Helsinki and ended up reorganizing @profmurdoch.bsky.social books, because they had not been shelved correctly. (Having a drink coz it's thirsty work being Steve's librarian.)
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Went to the National Library in Helsinki and ended up reorganizing @profmurdoch.bsky.social books, because they had not been shelved correctly. (Having a drink coz it's thirsty work being Steve's librarian.)
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Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.

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SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
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Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.
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"This is why Starmer could never win this fight: while he aids the radicalisation of public discourse by normalising xenophobia, he will always look like a watered-down Farage" well said, @guyfassler.bsky.social ! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour won’t fend off Reform UK by just diluting Farage’s poison | Letters
Letters: The party must not offer a watered-down version of Reform’s policies, but instead tell the truth about immigrants, writes Guy Fassler. Plus letters from Doug Maughan, Sunil Bhopal and Dr Roge...
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by Steve Murdoch

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Kzickermann.bsky.social FYI!
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On 1 October, We host Dr Nicola Martin from @uhihistory.bsky.social who will discuss:

“The British Army and interpretations of the Laws of War in the eighteenth century”

Details here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

#Skystorians #EarlyModern #17thC #MilHist #LAW
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#HerBook

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Also, ask Ismini
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Bereft of all Human Help: Scottish Widows during the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
This article traces the plight of the widows of Scottish soldiers who participated in the Thirty Years' War. Contrasting a number of strategies the women used in two main contrasting legal systems...
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‘Mary Haynes and Frances Drummond: Two Abandoned Wives of Scottish Soldiers during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)
Steve Murdoch, ‘Mary Haynes and Frances Drummond: Two Abandoned Wives of Scottish Soldiers during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648)’ in Northern Studies 53 (December 2022)
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So utterly sick of the religion of 'Digital '. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?
BBC news page simultaneously reporting UK Gov plan for compulsory digital IDs and a nursery hack that stole the photos and addresses of hundreds of small children.
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Cartoon de Marian Kamensky (Autriche)
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by Steve Murdoch

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Clearly reading the "wrong" merchants 😉

Get into the Andrew Russell papers in the Dutch Republic. There lies a world of intrigue, espionage, revolutionaries.... the link beween tha VOC, WIC, the EIC..... boring Scottish coastal commerce, banking, privateering, the Baltic dilema....

oh, and trade.
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Baltic Military History Conf: baltmilhist.eu

Steve Murdoch (IMH) "The Codification of the Laws of War in Early Modern Northern Europe"

David Turns (International & Operational Law) "Military war crimes trials in historical & comparative perspective"

#Skystorians #MilHist #EarlyModern #17thC
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by Steve Murdoch

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See you there Iain.
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by Steve Murdoch

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1980 Wembly Arena

That is all 😉
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Fox News' solution
for the homeless...

"Just kill them."
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Welcome to our next IMH research seminar on 17 September.

Ody Dwicahyo, PhD student (University of Leiden), will discuss "Rationalizing War in Early Modern Indonesia: Insights from the Javanese Court of Mataram, 1680s–1708

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Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar!   Our guest speaker this week is Ody Dwicahyo (Ph.D. Student, University of Leiden University, The… ...
Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar!   Our guest speaker this week is Ody Dwicahyo (Ph.D. Student, University of Leiden University, The N...
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We’re delighted to welcome DMF postdoctoral scholar Dr Daniel Strid to the department. Dr Stridh will be working on a project on the system of—and exceptions to—military recruitment in Swedish Sápmi in the first half of the 19thC. Read more about his work here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
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by Steve Murdoch

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We just all have to be a bit more visibly "August Landmesser" in such crowds....

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August Landmesser - Wikipedia
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by Steve Murdoch

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*published, naturally. As if #dyslexia was not bad enough, #diplopia is ruining me 😉
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by Steve Murdoch

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@degruyterbrill.bsky.social I have published 8x books with you in 5x series. These are oublished in Leiden AND Boston. What are you doing to assert my, and other Brill authors' copyright?

Antropic/Meta etc
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