FWIW, my impression is that military history is a recovering field and would be properly expanding if it weren't for the general 'pillaging of the humanities' trend I've discussed before. If History were healthy in terms of funding (it isn't), mil-hist would be good. 5/19
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What's really happening here is a circular argument where the authors discount the modern, more sophisticated forms of military history that are being done and then complain no military history is being done, having ignored all of the examples. 16/19
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Now, is it true that there are some academic historians who look down on military history out of an outdated sense of what the field is about? Sure. Are they the major obstacle keeping military history in American universities from reaching its potential? No. 17/19
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What *is* holding military history back is the general reduction in funding for history departments (& humanities generally) more broadly in American universities. Trying to encourage military history while history departments are shrinking everywhere is a lost project. 18/19
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So in short: Put up (actual data) or shut up, but don't act like every innovation in mil-hist since 1950 is heresy. And if you still think there is a military history problem, fund history departments. Start by giving me a job! Will history for food/tenure! end/19
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