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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 8d

Clausewitz looking at you being surprised that domestic politics affects the military.

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of tie racks

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of tie racks

media.tenor.com

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · 26d

Who walked in first?

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 27d

strategist and ethicist walk into a bar.

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · 27d

A challenging book in every sense of the term, but also one of the best readings of Clausewitz’s ‘On War’, who is, and I agree, decidedly not Hegelian.

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 29d

History is supposedly written by the victors. Sima Qian, author of China's original historical classic, showed it could also be written by the condemned.

Read Jeremiah Jenne's essay on the urtext for Chinese history, the Shiji or Records of the Grand Historian: chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/09/s...

chinabooksreview.com

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · 29d

Not only was this a delightful and insightful read, but it convinced me that I need to read (and reread) more Melville for my dissertation.

Thanks to @queenofthinair.bsky.social for the footnote!

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Ian TB @iantb.bsky.social · Sep 4

The wait’s over folks—Boyd book #2 is now available digitally from Marine Corps University Press! Want to know what Boyd ACTUALLY said about X, Y, or Z? Now you can get him in his own words—full transcripts and slides of all his briefings:

www.usmcu.edu/Portals/218/...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Sep 4

concentric circles seized the lone boat itself, and all its crew, and each floating oar, and every lance-pole

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 31

For purchase today!

Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have two poems coming out in this collection of poems on the end of the so-called Forever Wars.

It is available for preorder today, purchase tomorrow.

Be on the look out for:

- “Salty”

- “Five-Star Google Reviews of the Green Beans Cafe at Kandahar Airfield”

www.amazon.com/So-Long-Anth...

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III [Jenkins, Leo, Dow, Keith] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 30

F. W. J. Schelling.

Nick Kodama 🌲👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · Aug 30

We should rename it the Department of Deterrence and then force everyone to read Schelling

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · Aug 30

La reproduction interdite, by René Magritte, 1937, 📸 via @BleacherReport

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 30

I have two poems coming out in this collection of poems on the end of the so-called Forever Wars.

It is available for preorder today, purchase tomorrow.

Be on the look out for:

- “Salty”

- “Five-Star Google Reviews of the Green Beans Cafe at Kandahar Airfield”

www.amazon.com/So-Long-Anth...

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III [Jenkins, Leo, Dow, Keith] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. So Long: The Anthology of Poet Warriors: Volume III

www.amazon.com

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oh, great! Thank you!

Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh, now *that* sounds great.

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’m currently wrestling with trying to figure how to leverage the new “calculator” for my work (and whether I should) but this sounds like something to take a look at. Thank you!

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

And not having to hand jam them sounds amazing!!

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

That’s true.

But I’d rather they all just read the whole damn thing!

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

Oh that is nice.

I will say I do use the google translate camera to parse through Fraktur quickly because that font is the devil.

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Olivia Garard @teaandtactics.bsky.social · Aug 14

I actually think the overreading of physics is a big problem.

IMHO: I think the chameleon might actually be a chemical reaction (see Goethe’s Theory of Colors)