Roy Charles Parker

Historian/ writer for Army University Press, husband, father, brother, cavalry scout, veteran, and a scholar of urban warfare.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

I know, tankies are idiots. But humor me for a second. I own a copy of Assault From The Sea: Essays on the History of Amphibious Warfare. In it, one learns that the Soviets conducted 113 amphibious assaults during WWII. All of them were characterized by the following: 1/

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

“Only the nation that has faced up to its own failings and acknowledged its capacity for evil and ill-doing has any real claim to greatness.”

Time Magazine December 5, 1969

[Eric Michael Burke @xv40rds]

Excited to announce that my next book, Siren Songs, will be published and available through @ArmyUPress next month! The work places the many intellectual similarities between the interwar German (1918-41) and US (1973-2003) armies in a far less favorable light than is the norm.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

Want to add an embedded version of this one, whose excellence @TylerKepner rightly flagged, so everyone can listen here: The whole ninth inning of Vin Scully calling Sandy Koufax's perfect game Sept. 9, 1965 is eight minutes of free-flowing, off-the-cuff poetry. Vin was magical.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@xv40rds Same.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@RDPaolinelli @sgtwitdajuice Ferguson Jenkins, Joey Votto, Larry Walker, Eric Gagne, Justin Morneau, George Selkirk, and Vladimir Guerrero Jr are just a few of the ball players produced by Canada. But by all means, don’t let the facts stand in the way.

[Al Murray 🇺🇦 @almurray]

Oosterbeek and Arnhem remember.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@nut_history Catfish Metkovich.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

https://t.co/r8iLlrA2QG

Our latest film is almost finished! It was my honor to narrate part of this important film.

[Andrew Orr @TotalMilHistory]

Look what arrived today! Thank you to everybody who helped me make this happen. It's a story of Orientalism, espionage, border wars, and betrayal during the Ottoman collapse. Get yours from https://t.co/XZl5sANg9P Save 30% w/ 24TURKS @ProfBillAllison

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@nut_history C-Del Crandal
1B-Mickey Vernon
2B-Lonny Frey
SS-Dave Concepcion
3B-Tim Wallach
LF-Willard Brown
CF-Sam West
RF-Chino Smith
DH-Richard Allen

[Andrew Orr @TotalMilHistory]

Epic sieges, desperate battles, and spies pepper this story of Orientalism, racism, and French imperialism during the Ottoman collapse. Direct orders ship from @Kansas_Press starting Monday. General pub is next month - but you can get yours right away!
https://t.co/XZl5sAMIkh

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@dunkrugering Definitely. Mays is probably the greatest baseball player of all time. Williams wasn’t even close to Mays with the glove, but he wasn’t exactly a statue in left field either.

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

Some people say Ruth, while others say Mays. But I’m going to say Theodore S Williams.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Haven't done this in a while. Who's your GOAT in #MLB

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@rfmwilliams

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

@RableKyle Congratulations!!!

[Roy Charles Parker @royCharlespark2]

He will probably be recognized for his ability as a hitter, before his work with the glove. But Kinsler was just as good as Phillips in the field, if not slightly better.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Name an awesome second basemen defensively, that in 30 years, he probably won’t be remembered. I’ll start: Brandon Phillips

[Eric Michael Burke @xv40rds]

I must say that, as someone who has felt far too much of the brutal reality of warfare, the sardonic and nearly celebratory approach to discussing killing and destruction in much of amateur military aviation historiography is profoundly off-putting.