Roberto J. Carmack

Central Asianist at any cost, historian. Author of Kazakhstan in World War II: Ethnicity and Mobilization in the Soviet Empire.

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@WSJ As others have pointed out, this is an obvious straw man argument. Hegseth never claimed that testosterone was the only factor influencing combat performance.

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Mametova and Moldagulova are two revered Kazakh war heroes of the Soviet Union who embodied the bravery of the USSR’s “Kazakh Warriors.” They exemplified the vital contributions of national minorities and women on the front lines, where the USSR outshone its allies.

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READING LIST: The historian of Central Asia, Adeeb Khalid, wrote that “the Russian Revolution might be seen as the birthplace of Third Worldism.” In this reading list, I have compiled my favourite books on development and nationality policy in the Soviet East. Link in reply.

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@DanMcClinton1 It wasn’t for nothing. Sometimes it takes years for a book to resonate. Consider the possibility that a couple decades from now, a military historian will use your book as a key primary source. You’ve accomplished something that few have, congrats.

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@Reuters Reuters, please correct the syntax error in this post.

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@TBaibysynov Фото из Центрального государственного архива кино-фотодокументов и звукописи в Алматы. Номер фото - 2-10230, название Гвардейский расчет противотанкового ружья на огневой позиции. Место и дата кадра - Калининский фронт. 1943 г. Удачи Вам!

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@TBaibysynov Sure, feel free to message me.

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@mvolkankasikci I’ll give the benefit of the doubt and assume this was an editorial misjudgment, but it doesn’t bode well that Bloomsbury is seemingly unaware of the wide range of English-language scholarship from Paul Stronski to Allen Frank.

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@JimLaPorta @AP It boggles the mind that a major outlet so thoroughly misunderstands basic military structure. Shame on the editor(s).

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@EODHappyCaptain This is important stuff, good on you for thinking of the wellbeing of enlisted.

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🚨New Book Review!🚨Dreeze on Carmack, 'Kazakhstan in World War II: Mobilization and Ethnicity in the Soviet Empire'
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@Jairo_I_Funez In academia, it’s far easier to grandstand about social justice than pursue inconvenient institutional change. Hypocrisy is universal, but academia consistently fails the sniff test.

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@Komaniecki_R I’m willing to bet that practically all academics with this attitude were themselves helped gratis when they were grad students. This kind of transactional aspiration is a big reason why academia is becoming more and more oligarchic.

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@_cingraham colleges are worthless if professors can’t broach controversial topics in a critical, academic manner. This is a step on the path to intellectual dictatorship.

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@kimmieg56 @nytimes Obviously not. The point to history and related studies is to understand thought and opinion in other societies. Should we not examine Nazi iconography and ideology because they’re offensive? The consequences of that lack of understanding are severe.

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@naturesanarchy @nytimes Except, for many Muslims, it’s not at all offensive. Your opinion does not at all represent the totality of Islamic belief.

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@kimmieg56 @nytimes You seemed to have entirely missed the point that many Muslims across time and space have not found these images offensive.

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@nytimes Shame on Hamlin for publicly flogging this professor. If colleges cannot broach controversial topics, what is the point of higher education? As Americans, we should openly protest any violation of academic freedom, especially if it takes the form of creeping theocracy.

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@TheWTFNation John understands the nature of the Army better than most.