Ivor Greymantle

Ivor Greymantle is a blogger and financial analyst with a longstanding interest in how cultural changes shape politics, art and our lived experience.

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🇺🇸 New on Greymantle:

Roger Kennedy concludes 'Kickstarting a Revolution', a witty, first-person account of Lexington and Concord from the perspective of a British officer who discovers that an empire can have a very bad day.

Read Part 2 here:
https://t.co/JnvqHqSUtA

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Military objectives for the day:

☑ Arrest rebel leaders.
☑ Seize colonial weapons.
☑ Be home in Boston for supper.

History had other plans.
#July4 #AmericanRevolution #MilitaryHistory

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One officer.
One very long walk back to Boston.
Several thousand extremely motivated New Englanders.
Happy Independence Day.
#Revolution250 #AmericanRevolution #History

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Kickstarting a Revolution (Part 2) concludes Roger Kennedy's remarkable first-person account of Lexington and Concord, told by a British officer who witnesses an empire begin to lose a continent.

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/JnvqHqSUtA
#July4 #AmericanRevolution

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The American Revolution didn't begin with a Declaration. It began with miscalculation, confusion and the crack of musket fire on a village green.

Experience the American Revolution through the eyes of a young British officer.

#July4 #AmericanHistory #RevolutionaryWar

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On this Independence Day, revisit the birth of the United States through an unexpected narrator: a loyal British officer caught in the middle of history.

Sometimes the losing side tells the most revealing story.

#FourthOfJuly #AmericanHistory #Revolution250

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Part II arrives July 4—America's 250th Independence Day. The retreat from Concord was far more dangerous than the march in. Stay tuned.

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History is usually written by the victors.
But what if the opening shots of the American Revolution were described by a British officer?
Greymantle is pleased to welcome new contributor Roger Kennedy with a unique work of historical fiction about the British Empire's first great miscalculation.

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Who fired the first shot at the Battle Lexington? Nearly 250 years later, we still don't know.
Roger Kennedy's fictional memoir embraces that uncertainty while bringing readers into a very consequential morning.
Part 1 of “Kickstarting A Revolution” is live on Greymantle. https://t.co/WJybC3SVzs

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@PhillipsPOBrien Most Americans are barely paying attention, sadly. But our enemies are. They can see that our self-declared "tough guy" has feet of clay. While he runs it, so does the U.S. government.

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@HistoryBoomer Barely dangerous at all! NYC is actually a relatively safe city. You are unlikely to get mugged there - even on the subway!

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@jaynordlinger At a moment with EU leaders have begun pushing back against Trump, Meloni's defiance gives them permission to expand the space for their opposition to his bullying and unsound ideas. Good for her!

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Is cryptocurrency the future of money?
A speculative bubble?
Or something in between?
Part III of our 'Understanding Cryptocurrency' series is now available on Greymantle's Politics and Culture:
https://t.co/KcR83abBmJ
#Bitcoin #Crypto #Blockchain #Technology #Politics

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Why did Bitcoin emerge in the first place?
The answer isn't technology. It's trust.
Or more precisely, a crisis of trust in governments, banks, and regulators following the 2008 global financial crisis.

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Crypto's supporters see innovation.
Critics see speculation.
Both are right.
In Part 3 of Understanding Cryptocurrency, I examine Bitcoin as political symbol, Trump's mainstreaming of crypto, the "Cypherpunk's Dilemma," and whether crypto is still faithful to its original vision.