Sincere “thank you” to Springfield College for a warm reception and support of my #ConstitutionDay talk on “US Responses to Terrorism Over the Past Century and Beyond.” #ChasingBandits

The "Chasing Bandits" book tour starts tonight in Springfield!

The #ChasingBandits Book Tour begins! Honored to have been invited by Springfield College for Constitution Day to discuss "U.S. Responses to Terrorism Over the Past Century and Beyond."

For anyone who's ever worked in local journalism, this hit me right in the nostalgia. "It was the best experience we never want to have again." www.theringer.com/2025/09/04/t...

For the next 48 hours, @uncpress.bsky.social is running a 50% off sale on new books on their website using promo code 01NEWSITE50. As Samuel Jackson might say, "BUY MY BOOK!" #ChasingBandits uncpress.org/978146969104...

"The history of American officials using this language to justify foreign policy decisions shows that it is not merely an anodyne attempt to describe people." Check out this piece by ‪@mikeneagle.bsky.social‬, author of CHASING BANDITS in Time's Made by History time.com/7303350/demo...

My take on how #ChasingBandits helps inform the Trump administration’s immigration policy. time.com/7303350/demo...

The @nehistoricalassoc.bsky.social (NEHA) Fall conference Call for Papers deadline has been extended to Sept. 12. Open to all historians/scholars - not just in New England. We'll also hear from former @historians.org Exec. Dir. @jgrossman.bsky.social at the NEHA 60th Anniversary dinner on Nov. 7.

Friendly reminder to all historians/scholars - not just the New England ones - that the CFP deadline for the Fall @nehistoricalassoc.bsky.social conference is Aug. 1. We would love to hear what you're working on!

Page Proofs are here! See you in November! #ChasingBandits

This scratches right where I itch! variety.com/2025/tv/news...

My knee-jerk historical analysis:

Why naming ANYTHING after Lee is appalling. Illuminating @theatlantic.com article by @adamserwer.bsky.social. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

As lead organizer of the Fall conference for @nehistoricalassoc.bsky.social, here is the call for papers. The conference is open to all historians (not just in or about New England) and will be held at Nichols College, my professional home, in November. Hope you will consider taking part.

Throughout US history, those in power have othered people of color by naming them threats to security, which is used to justify violent pursuit of them. @mikeneagle.bsky.social's CHASING BANDITS offers 6 examples of this deep-rooted, disturbing practice in the long 20c. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Probably a losing battle, but a fight worth waging. nymag.com/intelligence...

My 2024-25 academic year ...

Thrilled to share that my next book, "Chasing Bandits: America's Long War on Terror" is now available for pre-order at the @uncpress.bsky.social website. Promo code: 01SOCIAL30 to save 30%. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

Thanks to all supporters who voted me to be the next Vice President of the New England Historical Association (www.newenglandhistorians.org).

Brazenly defying a Court order means the authoritarian water is now officially on boil.

An impressively dominant Final Four for the UConn women! Congrats! #BleedBlue

An excellent articulation of what Team Trump is doing and why.

Coming this Fall from @uncpress.bsky.social

Just watched the whole press conference. Certainly one that foreign relations historians will be coming back to for a long time. First off, it is BRUTAL to listen to Trump's stream of consciousness. Just full of grievances and non sequiturs. …

In addition to the gross immorality of suggesting the removal of Palestinians from Gaza to create some sort of fakakta Mediterranean Riviera, I agree w/ @attackerman.bsky.social here re: the increased prospect for violence if any of this nonsense comes to pass: www.forever-wars.com/blowback-lik...

I know it’s part of the Bannon “flood the zone with shit” approach, but this strikes me as a 5-alarm fire. I get trying to trim govt fat, but this is so grossly slipshod. We may be reaching the apotheosis of Reagan’s war on government. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

Please to be reading my latest op-ed, written in collaboration with my Nichols College colleague Boyd Brown re: the U.S. & Syria in the wake of Assad's fall and the need for continued diplomatic and humanitarian engagement. www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

If you watch only one short video today, make it this one. Remarkable bravery, and the looks on the various faces could be material for a dissertation on gender, the family, and authoritarianism. youtu.be/gVInX42IQD8?...

Trump didn't have his left hand on the Bible when he gave the oath. Did he have his fingers-crossed instead???

Whatever happened to “Fiat justitia ruat caelum”? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

A life well-lived, Mr. President.

Apparently, Tennesseein’ ain’t Tennebelievin! #CFP

My review in The Americas of Joan Flores-Villalobos terrific book, "The Silver Women" (published by University of Pennsylvania Press) about West Indian women's contributions to the Panama Canal project. doi.org/10.1017/tam....

I found this post by @attackerman.bsky.social re: the fall of #Aleppo to be incredibly helpful in sorting out all the players and complex machinations in this escalating conflict. www.forever-wars.com/the-other-wa...

Please to be reading my latest op-ed in the Worcester Telegram about the historical currents that Trump tapped in his recent electoral victory: www.telegram.com/story/opinio...

As the sub-head asks: she has because she’s not. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/u...

Where the War on Drugs meets the Global War on Terror meets Militarism.

So much for the “rule of law.”

Just going to leave this here for the next 4 (8, 12, …?) years.

Trump nominees on the way to their confirmation hearings.

Coming Fall 2025!