Jonathan Boff
@jfb1066
Military Historian. Writing a book on Economic Statecraft and Money as a Weapon of War (OUP, 2027). Strategy. Author of 2 award-winning books on the First World War. Professor at University of Birmingham.
The old town of Syracuse from across the bay, with Mt Fuji behind @curatorian.bsky.social
On the far ridge, about 1/3 of the way in from the left edge, you can just about see Centuripe and begin to understand what a b**t*rd it was to fight your way up to and capture. This understates how steep a hill it sits on. (View from 51st HD memorial)
As sayonaras go, this by @shashj.bsky.social is a spectacularly brilliant one. Very kurz und vives and a fine summary of the state of the state. Highly recommended and a fitting capstone to a distinguished tenure as Defence Editor of @economist.com
I am distressed to read this about Jack Ryan. My career has all been modelled on his.
I learn from this book that the first carrying voice across the Atlantic was laid in 1956. It had bandwidth for 36 telephone conversations at once.