Roger Brown
Marine & Historian. Research modern Japanese political & intellectual history, also interested in military history & US-Japan relations. 専門は日本近現代政治思想史、軍事史と日米関係史にも興味がある。
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- Reposted by Roger BrownMJHA is delighted to announce that the 2026 Modern Japan History Association Book Prize has been awarded to Simon Partner (Duke University) for "Koume's World: The Life and Work of a Samurai Woman Before and After the Meiji Restoration" (Columbia University Press, 2024)!
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- Reposted by Roger Brown“The collapse of the AI bubble is going to be ugly…AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector & tech monopolists run amok.“ Read this article by @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy. Whether you agree with it all or not, it’s important.
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- Sheldon Garon's review of Richard Overy's Rain of Ruin (open access). www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Roger BrownDanish and Greenland ministers just left the White House. It did not go well. I have a long discussion here of Trump's attempt to get Greenland and why it could lead to World War III. (Gifted.) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Reposted by Roger BrownThey fixed it! My article is now open access. academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
- An expanded and revised edition of Furukawa Takahisa's 2011 biography of Emperor Hirohito has been published. www.chuko.co.jp/shinsho/2025...
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- As a doctoral student who struck out with the big-ticket dissertation fellowships like those of the Fulbright Program and Japan Foundation, FLAS Fellowships were a real lifeline (I used to joke I was The Man From F.L.A.S.); I feel for anyone in a similar position today.
- A recording of the official cabinet statement announcing the Japanese government’s decision to accept the Potsdam Declaration has come to light. There’s nothing new about the text itself, but this is the only known recording of the broadcast itself, which followed that of the imperial rescript.
- For those interested in the diary of Admiral Hyakutake Saburo: the third and final volume is now out. www.iwanami.co.jp/book/b101533...
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- Reposted by Roger BrownWow! A guide to countering originalism, from the great @brennancenter.org
- Reposted by Roger BrownIf we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them? Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
- A well-done concise explanation of the filming of USS Arizona's destruction on 7 December 1941. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdoM...
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- Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen: Led Zeppelin The Who Eric Clapton Rush Elvin Bishop
- Forthcoming book on Japan's Imperial Rule Assistance Association and wartime elections. www.yoshikawa-k.co.jp/book/b101465...
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- Official photograph of this year's one-man Marine Corps Ball (not many fellow Marines hanging around in Gunma).
- Happy 250th Birthday, Marines! Semper Fi! Photo: LST at sea, 1988.
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- A recent two-part NHK documentary on the kamikaze (in English). www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...
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- Reposted by Roger BrownThrilled to announce the publication of my article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" in the October issue of the Journal of Military History!
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- Historians hawking their wares...😊
- A very interesting take on the hype and appeal of Artificial "Intelligence" programs.
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- Eighty years ago today, Emperor Hirohito made the first of two “sacred decisions” to surrender. Drafting of the imperial rescript announcing his decision also began on 10 August. This essay discusses that process in connection to the ideas of one of those involved. researchmap.jp/Roger_Brown/...
- The National World War II Museum hosted a symposium on the 80th Anniversary of the end of the war in the Pacific with several solid panels, including this one with my once and (hopefully) future panel-mate Noriko Kawamura. www.c-span.org/program/amer...
- This should be worthwhile. chuokoron.jp/chuokoron/la...
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