Grouchy Historian

USNA '87. Grumpy Old Man who drinks scotch, knows history, and ignores most of what goes on in cyberspace. Read books, you’ll feel better.

[Small Wars Journal @smallwars]

🧵"Military Science and the Intellectual Foundations of War”

👤 John Spencer (@SpencerGuard)

“Military science is not guesswork. It is the accumulated study of war built by soldiers, historians, statesmen, and theorists over centuries of conflict.”

We explore Spencer's intellectual foundation of key military thinkers-- 14 of them-- in this thread.🪡

@WarInstitute
https://t.co/OkrxxYsxT9

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Check out #GoodreadsYearinBooks @goodreads to discover the 27 books I read in 2025! https://t.co/C2q5tDFCFW

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

@ToinneGlover Congrats. God bless and good luck.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Very excited to find this at my local bookstore.

[Geoff Wawro @GeoffWawro]

Today is publication day! @BasicBooks

[Geoff Wawro @GeoffWawro]

Today is publication day! @BasicBooks

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Got my copy last weekend. Very excited. This will hopefully fill a big gap in my knowledge. “First comprehensive study in 50 years”. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 #worldwar1 #HistoryMatters @nick_lloy

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

I am still not able to log in just to LOOK at my account

[Vanguard @Vanguard_Group]

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[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Awesome.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Weird innit?

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Something seems familiar ... 🤨

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

The memes have been awesome.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Well. As we used to say “a kills a kill”. Well done. 🇺🇸

[Warren Redlich - Chasing Dreams 🇺🇸 @WR4NYGov]

🤣🤣🤣

[Mary Rooke @MaryRooke_]

Trump team already has an ad against Harris.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

I agree with this 100%

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Just got this book. Looks excellent. I enjoy @HalBrands books, they are uniformly great. #ukrainewar #strategy

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

@LadyJayPersists I approve of this plan.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

@maisiecora Yes

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

@pptsapper Ha. Wait till you hear it in the grocery store.

[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

Sadly I would no longer qualify.

[Craig Bruce Smith @craigbrucesmith]

Someone needs to do a 50 Under 50 Historians list

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[Grouchy Historian @studyofwar]

@CWBreakfastClub That is a well worn copy.