Historian at University of Sussex and freelance writer
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This month’s issue of History of War includes a feature by me about Confederate cavalryman and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Inside issue 165: The French defeat at Trafalgar. Inside the horrific close quarters combat
➕ Profile of Douglas MacArthur.
➕ Operator's handbook for the Fokker DR.1 Dreidecker.
➕ "What if Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor?"
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This month’s issue of History of War includes a feature by me about Confederate cavalryman and KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Clive Webb retweeted
Inside issue 164: JFK in the Pacific with @CliveWebb14. Long before he became the 30th US President, Kennedy, commanded PT boats in the Pacific theatre.
Kennedy became a famous war hero after surviving PT-109's sinking.
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Inside issue 164: The Battle of Crete with @TuckerJones1944.
➕ JFK's WWII survival with @CliveWebb14
➕ Operators' Handbook for the largest aircraft carrier.
➕ Great Battles: Mantinea - @murray_dahm. Spartan and Athenian hoplites clash.
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Inside issue 163: Frontline features:
➤ Midget submarines at Pearl Harbor.
➤ @brendanpsimms on if Russia is headed for a collapse.
➤ Propaganda in the American Revolution.
➤ Recruiting in the OSS.
➤ Warsaw's turbulent history.
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Three fakes invitations to literary festivals in one day. Clearly my books are more popular in the land of make believe.
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I am retiring from the University of Sussex on 30th November. The time has come to move on.
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3 September 1783 - On this day, Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the War of American Independence and recognise the Thirteen Colonies. Meanwhile, the Peace of Paris normalised relations between Great Britain and the US’ supporters.
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Inside issue 162: Richard Nixon on the frontline with @CliveWebb14. Discover his rise to Lieutenant Commander during the Pacific War.
“I felt that if I didn’t get where the action was I would not have done my duty," Nixon later said.
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Nineteenth-century name of the day, someone who donated to the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society in 1835: Noble Lovely.
@ActualNames1
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Inside issue 162: Okinawa, the bloodiest battle of the Pacific.
➕ The Japanese Americans who went from internment to the frontline.
➕ What if Able Archer 83 had led to war?
➕ Richard Nixon's Second World War service.
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Inside issue 158 - Star-Spangled Fascism. University of Sussex historian @CliveWebb14 explores the rise and fall of Fritz Kuhn, and how Nazism found a foothold in 1930s America through the German American Bund, pictured on a parade.
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