Samuel Helfont
@HelfontSamuelMideast & Int’l Historian @NavalWarCollege in residence @NPS_Monterey | Compulsion in Religion (Oxford 2018) & Iraq Against the World (Oxford 2023)|Views my own
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Now available! The conflict between Saddam's Iraq, the USA, and the World; rooted in Iraqi sources; details Iraqi operations from the streets of New York and Stockholm, to the mosques of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, to the halls of power in Paris and Moscow. global.oup.com/academic/produ…
It's official! The new book now has a cover! Check it out (along with the description, endorsements, etc) at the link. Forthcoming in April but it is already available for pre-order. global.oup.com/academic/produ…
Many international people I follow on Twitter, please consider opening a Bluesky account. Many have moved over there, or posting both places for now.
Hear, hear. Twitter is unique in that one of its strong points has always been its international crowd. So, yes, please consider making the move (if not for today, let it be for the tomorrows to come).
Many international people I follow on Twitter, please consider opening a Bluesky account. Many have moved over there, or posting both places for now.
My account there is already a third the size of the account here, with much more engagement. Come on over and say howdy.
I have been enjoying bluesky but there are not enough voices from the Middle East there. It needs more Hebrew and Arabic
Trump’s focus on Iran will be tested. The Middle East has changed, Saudi and UAE have moved on, Palestine looms large, and Iran holds a weaker hand. Is that the recipe for war or could it portend a diplomatic opening? My latest for @EngelsbergIdeas engelsbergideas.com/notebook/trump…
tandfonline.com/eprint/PKHKEYP… Last year I had an article on counterfactuals and the 2003 Iraq War in which I critiqued Frank Harvey's book. He wrote a reply, and now the Journal of Strategic Studies has published my reply to his reply, where I try to spell out as a historian/
Austin Friends! On Thursday, Nov 14th, at 12:15 PM, Dr. Julia Irwin will discuss her new book "Catastrophic Diplomacy: Foreign Disaster Assistance in the American Century." Details below! clementscenter.org/event/catastro… @UTIntel @LiberalArtsUT @StraussCenter @utaustinihs @UTAustin
First copies are here! Glad to see that my new book, The Eurasian Century, is a real thing. It uses the history of the long 20th century to provide a mental map for the clashes that define the modern age.
Shattered Assumptions: Missiles and Deterrence in the Middle East #BehindTheFront open.substack.com/pub/behindthef…
Postdocs, join us @HooverInst! Three weeks left until the application closes for the Hoover History Lab's Research & Teaching Fellowship. We prioritize diplomatic, economic, political, and technological history. We are open all topics and regions. Apply: applyrtfellowship.hoover.org
The Hoover History Lab seeks post-docs. The term is one year and renewable once. HHL prioritizes diplomatic, economic, political, and technological history. We are open to any specific topic and to all regions of the world, including the US. Apply here: applyrtfellowship.hoover.org
Leading the new November issue of the American Journal of Sociology is my article on the influence of a small group of Iraqi exiles in making regime change in Iraq the official foreign policy of the US. The Iraqi case yields insights into this particularly fraught historical…
Many thanks to Amanda Kay McVety for her thoughtful review of my book, Catastrophic Diplomacy, in @SHAFRDH ! academic.oup.com/dh/advance-art…
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