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Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.
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So Gen. Doug MacArthur's dad helped cover-up the biggest atrocity of the Phil-Am War...even though it was legal, under international law at the time?
See the JAH's latest issue! @oah.org @smh-historians.bsky.social @asilorg.bsky.social @aslegalhist.bsky.social
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So Gen. Doug MacArthur's dad helped cover-up the biggest atrocity of the Phil-Am War...even though it was legal, under international law at the time?
See the JAH's latest issue! @oah.org @smh-historians.bsky.social @asilorg.bsky.social @aslegalhist.bsky.social
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“They are not declaring it, but it is like martial law here.”
In the Philippines, @alessandrabergamin.bsky.social reports, communities resisting mining, hydropower, ecotourism and other projects are facing bombings, curfews, military occupation and accusations of terrorism.
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Thanks to Jack Werner for this fun interview on the New Books Network podcast: newbooksnetwork.com/the-work-of-...
And if you enjoy listening, remember: The Work of Empire is available as an audio book!
Researching infrastructure, empire, and/or energy in US history? @aseh.bsky.social
Submit an abstract to our conference at U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, April 16-17, 2027. Deadline is August 15:
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I talked with Justin F. Jackson @justinfdjackson.bsky.social about his new book, The Work of Empire, at the New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. I greatly enjoyed the conversation. Buy the book!
One of the greats.
Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/b...
Lt. Edgar F. Koehler, U.S. Army provost marshal for the Province of Tarlac in the central Luzon region of the Philippines in early 1900, knew that a Civil
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Lt. Edgar F. Koehler, U.S. Army provost marshal for the Province of Tarlac in the central Luzon region of the Philippines in early 1900, knew that a Civil
Researching infrastructure, empire, and/or energy in US history? @shothisttech.bsky.social
Submit an abstract to our conference at U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, April 16-17, 2027. Deadline is August 15:
networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.
In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, its sold...
Call for Papers:Infrastructures of Empire and Empires of Infrastructure in the Age of Fossil Fuel Take OffApril 16-17, 2027 ConferenceUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IllinoisConvenors: Nathan Cardon, Angela Diaz, Kristin Hoganson, Justin Jackson
Call for Papers:Infrastructures of Empire and Empires of Infrastructure in the Age of Fossil Fuel Take OffApril 16-17, 2027 ConferenceUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IllinoisConvenors: Nathan Cardon, Angela Diaz, Kristin Hoganson, Justin Jackson
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The story of how the mass mobilization for World War II catalyzed the national and international political movements and conflicts of the postwar periodIn th...
