Senior Lecturer in War Studies at RMA Sandhurst, Senior Research Fellow at University of Buckingham, AVFC ST Holte Upper and loves cats.
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Door to door sales cat was dressed smartly. Loses point for poor finance options and insistence on paying in fish 9/10 @thecatreviewer
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Latest publication: Hammers and Nails: Military Innovation as a Strategic Dead End
In this article I argue that innovation has become an end-in-itself, supplanting the much harder challenge of defining a meaningful, justifiable and achievable strategy
Many thanks to the folks at @milstrategymag for publishing my work.
militarystrategymagazine.com…
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New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise: on.natgeo.com/JRuaGj
Now all we need to do is get the game moved to Stoke and hope it’s a wet, windy night. Then we’ll see if he can do it.
I am so emotional over this. I’ve been going to Villa all my life, I was a boy when we last won a major trophy. I watched us go down, watched us lose a play off final, I’ve seen the club on the brink of bankruptcy only to rebuild, overcome and conquer. Thank you #avfc!
I am in favour of animals being on bank notes so long as the animals in question are all just pics of my cats. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4ge…
Villa nail five wins in a row meaning we can all get our hair cut…
FT: Spurs 1-2 #AVFC
Villa register a 5th straight win across all comps, with this the biggest. Showed they still retain that edge/grit to find a way to win tough. Increasingly the more coherent in possession and better structured overall, winning the game with a brilliant goal.
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“I had read Hemingway and Remarque for years. I thought they knew everything about war. But they didn’t know mine.”
“When I came back from the front and saw my bookshelf, I felt like a fool,” wrote 25y old Ukrainian soldier and author Artur Dron in UP. 1/
Really sorry to those of you who signed up to this. It seems the tech gremlins beat us this time and we couldn’t get the attendees into the meeting. (That or were very unpopular!) Stay tuned for a rescheduled event coming soon!
This will be a good one!
At 6.30pm UK time today, esteemed military historian @SBTMitchell and I will be discussing what Ukraine teaches us about the future of warfare in the 21st century, including what I saw on the front lines.
Sign up here:
henryjacksonsociety.org/even…
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There's still time to join Major (Ret.) @Mr_Andrew_Fox and Dr @SBTMitchell as they discuss the lessons the Russia-Ukraine war teaches us about warfare in the 21st century
RSVP: henryjacksonsociety.org/even…
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On Tuesday we're hosting a conversation between @Mr_Andrew_Fox and @SBTMitchell to discuss our forthcoming report examining the evolution of 21st century warfare.
RSVP: henryjacksonsociety.org/even…
Interesting on the worrying ‘confidence’ of AI. There seems to be a kind of built in ‘wisdom of masses’ assumption that the more times something is repeated in the ‘data set’ the truer it is, which of course, isn’t how history works.
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Ukraine Update 🇺🇦
@jaglancy and I delivered humanitarian aid to the front-line areas in the southeast of Ukraine. One family we met was hit by a missile strike the very next day. Their son was killed, and their father died in the hospital yesterday.
These are poor people who had very little to begin with. They couldn't evacuate due to a sick family member. After the strike, we took them some food and toys and promised to help however we could.
I am raising money to help with (now two) funeral costs, medical bills for family members injured, and anything left will go to help rebuild their lives.
Pictured is their daughter, Ludmilla. You can see this is not a wealthy family by any means. She only survived the missile strike because she was in the kitchen getting water.
You can donate to the family here:
gofundme.com/f/litvin-inna
RIP Ozzy. It was a privilege to say “I was there” at that amazing final show. The world has lost a true legend #HEITS
To read sustained and magnificent historical narrative educates the mind and the character - GM Trevelyan
Another banger of an episode - my military history followers will enjoy!
New Episode! We chat with Jonathan Carroll (@The_Irish_Texan) about @IrishRugby, grad study at @historyTAMU, teaching at @RMASandhurst, @bucees, and his book Beyond Blackhawk Down-Enjoy!
@Kansas_Press
@SMH_Historians
@iaphistorians
@SocHistoryWar
open.spotify.com/episode/1Ag…
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If you want to put your money where your mouth is, a friend of mine is soon taking generators to Ukraine soon as part of a convoy.
Does anyone in the UK have a generator (any size) they would like to donate?
DM if so.
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1/ As today is the 31st anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, "Black Hawk Down," it is my great pleasure to announce that after years of research and preparation, my book, Beyond Black Hawk Down, will be released with @Kansas_Press in the Spring.
