Roger Brown

Marine & Historian. Research modern Japanese political & intellectual history, also military history & US-Japan relations. 専門は日本近現代政治思想史、軍事史と日米関係史にも興味がある。

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

「安岡正篤の「東洋的な牧民思想」と内務官僚」『埼玉大学紀要・教養学部』第55巻(第1号) (2019年): 103-126頁。
https://t.co/Ex1WFlmKnZ

[Jim LaPorta @JimLaPorta]

Legendary war photographer Sir Don McCullin on his final testament to Vietnam: 50 years of "pictures to hurt you"
https://t.co/Vt5tJcp8mt

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

Pete Hegseth declares war — on his own troops https://t.co/9chC8kiO70

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Trump’s obsession with these vulgar memorials to his own vanity is a reminder of the darkness around him, of his hostility to democracy, his loathing of honor, and his disordered mind.

https://t.co/bbhDnUA0qI

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

The Final Battle for America’s Democracy https://t.co/h5h33fDBOx via @newrepublic

[Hideya Kawanishi（かし） @hi_kashi]

今日は志學館大学でシンポジウムで司会でした。この豪華なメンバーの報告を聞けるという役得でありました。

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

New essay on the USSBS (open access) by Dylan Plung. Full article: A Reassessment of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey in Japan https://t.co/R2km1NEHRa

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

An insightful essay by Jordan Sand on generative AI generating problems in teaching.

https://t.co/iBlRZix43C

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen

One half of the Rams' famed "Fearsome Foursome" defensive line

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

Well-done investigation into a Marine's death on Iwo Jima.

The Missing Cameraman of Iwo Jima: New Evidence After 80 Years (No AI) https://t.co/rXG45DJG0f via @YouTube

[Tyler Austin Harper @Tyler_A_Harper]

I wrote about the death of Jason Arday.

https://t.co/nQxRITzVTd

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

@Andrew_Levidis Do you really think Hirohito's political role is best understood by plugging him into a koza-ha historical framework supported by a few documentary sources from the 1960s (albeit important ones), thereby casting him as an "absolutist" despot able to impose his will at any moment?

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

Here’s a link to a recording of the presentation:

https://t.co/WdhcR9O6DW

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

Book talk:

https://t.co/N6XAsNCq8f

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

"Since he became Pentagon chief 18 months ago, I’ve repeatedly heard from military officials that Hegseth appears frozen in the mindset of a person in a much more junior station than he now occupies."
From Missy Ryan:
https://t.co/Yj6WeFBkLP

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Every administration spins, misleads, exaggerates - especially in time of war, when so much can be unclear and many issues are classified. But Trump and Hegseth have engaged as well in just flat-out lying:

https://t.co/lckMFO1LHh

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Many years ago, my predecessor as Chair of the Strategy Department gave a lecture on the Peloponnesian War. A Marine officer came up to him after and said "that was the best lecture on any subject I've ever heard, but it didn't teach me squat about how to take that hill."
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[Social Science Japan Journal @ssjj_jrnl]

In our current issue, Jeremy Yellen discusses Peter Mauch's new monograph Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s Most Controversial World War II General, published by Harvard University Press. The full review is available here: https://t.co/ExYF8wAtZl

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

Trump is threatening genocide, and implying the use of nuclear weapons. If he gives anything like this order, Rubio should resign and senior military commanders should resign rather than carry it out.

https://t.co/3XmW4w00Ra

[Roger Brown @RBJapanHistory]

@Reyhan_Silingar Congratulations!