Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ruth Lawlor

@lawlorruth.bsky.social

140 followers 96 following 3 posts

U.S. and global diplomatic and military history | teaching at Cornell, formerly at Cambridge

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Reposted by Ruth Lawlor

Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15d

FYI: A superb review of Andrew Buchanan & @lawlorruth.bsky.social's "The Greater Second World War" has landed in Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Intrigued? More on this "luminous collection of essays" at the @cornellupress.bsky.social page: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

World War II Didn’t End in 1945

A new history of the war lengthens the conflict’s timeline and argues that its “ragged ends” complicate the neat morality tale we still tell today.

www.bloomberg.com

1 4

Ruth Lawlor @lawlorruth.bsky.social · Jun 29

Not your dad’s WW2–find out more in this interview I did recently and get 50% off the book at the same time 🥳

Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · Jun 25

"This summer marks the 80th anniversary of the 'official' end of WWII, but in 'The Greater Second World War,' the war’s timeline is extended back to 1931 and into the mid-1950s." news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Hint: Get 50% off w/code 095000 this week: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

A book cover with 'The Greater Second World War' in white text, 'Global Perspectives' in yellow text, and 'Edited by Andrew N. Buchanan and Ruth Lawlor' at the bottom.

6 24

Ruth Lawlor @lawlorruth.bsky.social · Apr 17

Huge thanks to all our incredible contributors and, of course, to the world's best editor @bethanywasik.bsky.social

Ruth Lawlor @lawlorruth.bsky.social · Apr 17

Our book is out in the world! If you want to hear more about the process of writing a truly global history of WWII—as well as some reflections on the memory of the war today—join me and @alexfortes66.bsky.social at the National Army Museum on 11 June for SWWRG's mega 80th anniversary conf. ✨

Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · Apr 17

ICYMI, Team #MilitaryHistory - the stellar volume edited expertly by Andrew Buchanan and Ruth Lawlor, "The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives," has reached its publication date! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's page to get one. I'll wait...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

A book cover with the main title in white text reading "The Greater Second World War" and subtitle in yellow text reading "Global Perspectives" in front of a brown wall with holes and deterioration.

2 6 25