When Trump invades Greenland, and he will, what is to become of NATO article 5?

After watching West Ham today I take solace in the fact that my day is not as bad as Maduro's

This seems like something @nytpitchbot.bsky.social would come up with

To be fair, Calibri is not an esthetically pleasing font, and I prefer using Garamond or Constantia. That being said, all my emails will be in Calibri for the foreseeable future.

Student emails me asking why he got a zero. He claimed he did not use AI. His submission:

I yearn for a world where this is the most important piece of news.

Had Tom Cotton been a senator during the Vietnam War, he would have been one of the ones trying to prosecute Hugh Thompson for stopping the My Lai massacre.

A few photos from my trip to Potsdam for the SHoW conference, which is one of my (if not THE) favorite conferences, and not just because it gives me an excuse to avoid Thanksgiving in the US. @sochistorywar.bsky.social

My new book, Biafra: A Military History is coming out on MONDAY. If you order from this link, use the following 30% discount codes: UF2530 for orders in the Americas IUP30 for orders outside of the Americas

Oliver Coates from Cambridge University speaking at the conference on Military Leadership in African History at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Harry Raffal from the @rafmuseum.bsky.social speaking at the Military Leadership in African History at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Hello from Nigeria!

When I get these requests, I reply that without a documented reason, I am required to give everyone the same treatment. But it is maddening. But these requests come in more frequently and later in the term than they ever did before.

This new mantra of meeting students where they has gone a bit too far toward enabling the inmates to run the asylum.

Must be nice to be financially secure enough to resign in protest and not worry where your next meal will come from.

At the MHC conference at @ISCTE in Lisbon.

At the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy in Kew, looking at the records for the three African divisions that fought in Burma as part of the 14th army. This is the first clear mention of Seth Anthony, a Ghanaian who was the first African to become an officer in the British Army.

Had a good time at #ASA2024 #africanstudies. My new book on the #nigeria #biafra #civilwar is on the way and you can pre-order it on Amazon or wherever you get your books.

Heading to #asa2024.

I spent my #sunday locked in fierce combat against a massive #raccoon that took refuge in my toolshed. Everyone was unarmed and the raccoon fled after an hour.

My new book on the history of the Nigerian Civil War has a cover and is now available to pre-order on Amazon. Very excited to have completed this important work.

Happy to announce that the new issue of the Journal of African Military History has been sent to print. This is a special issue about the Southern African experience during World War II and should be available on our website soon. Journal of African Military History | Brill