Lindsay M. Chervinsky

So excited for my buddy @mkn.bsky.social about this next project!

And if you are in DC/Md/VA come see Lauren talk about her work at Mount Vernon on December 16!

The Home Front Prior to the American Revolution, the urban centers of colonial North America had little direct experience of war. With the outbreak of violence, British for...

Overjoyed to note the publication of Lauren Duval's much anticipated, The Home Front Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence (@uncpress.bsky.social @oieahc.bsky.social 2025)! And just in time for spring syllabuses!
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U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support The U.S. is sending “signals” that everything could be off the table if Kyiv does not quickly sign a proposal, which was drawn up by special envoy Witkoff.

I feel sick. This is a betrayal of the brave people of Ukraine who are defending not only their own freedom but ours too. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Finding Joy in Research A few small moments in research that are bringing me joy or sticking with me.

Sharing a few little finds from my research to provide a little palette cleanser. Check your inbox or subscribe to Imperfect Union today!
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It’s so well deserved!!

@lmchervinsky.bsky.social with @kschake.bsky.social on Civil-Military Relations

The American Military at 250: The 2025 George Washington Symposium YouTube video by George Washington's Mount Vernon

Great time at #GeorgeWashingtonsMountVernon “The American Military at 250: The 2025 George Washington Symposium.”

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Legend. You don’t have to like her or her politics. But she was pure power.

"At a time when many lost their voice, he was courageous and clear in his denunciation of the man and the movement that now threatens the well-being and future of the nation he loved." @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social on Dick Cheney: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-r...

I love the smell of citizenship in the morning. Happy Election Day!

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MCNAMARA AT WAR by Taubman & Taubman: Featured in Errol Morris's Air Mail essay & reviewed by Manhattan Book Review!

MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES by Bicks: Featured on The Lit Hub Podcast!

MAKING THE PRESIDENCY by @lmchervinsky.bsky.social: Expert commentary on NPR's Here & Now!

Congrats! 🍾

It was such a delight to participate in the Rule of Law Summit hosted by the Society for the Rule of Law. Jonathan Rauch, Greg Jacob, and I spoke about norms, customs, and the founding, and the conversation was moderated by Jay Nordlinger. I was honored to share a stage with them.

Fall perfection and palette cleanser.

Everything is terrible but BIG NEWS:

My new author website is live! megankatenelson.com

Read more about me, my books, upcoming events, and
pre-order "The Westerners"!

Today is the official PUBLICATION DAY for *Entangled Alliances* from @cornellupress.bsky.social!!! Save on your copy of the book with the QR code and discount code. 📚

Thank you! I read all my messages! I’m so glad you enjoy my work.

2025 USC Sol Price Leadership Lecture 2025 USC Sol Price Leadership Lecture

What forces have shaped our nation's understanding of law and order from the founding to today?

Join @mawaldman.bsky.social in conversations with @greggnunziata.bsky.social, moderated by @lmchervinsky.bsky.social, on Oct. 16 at 7pm ET. Register to attend virtually or in-person:

I am leaning into the best fall has to offer. Unabashed joy in the color, smells, fresh air, baking, clothes, and holidays. I need it and my guess is you might too.

“Of course I deprecate war, but if it is brought to my door, the bringer will find me at home.”

~James A. Garfield

Image: Library of Congress.

EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles

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We are not living through another run-up to the American Civil War. Secession and violence are, therefore, not the answer.

We are actually living through another Gilded Age.

So the answer is a third-party fight against corruption, monopolies, and imperialism: a working-class-based progressivism.

As we look toward 2026, what does it mean to live under a Constitution that was designed as a charge for each generation to study, debate, & uphold its principles?

@lmchervinsky.bsky.social & Julie Silverbrook address this question: ow.ly/n7Rw50WXzgp

I’m so glad it helped! Thank you for using my work.

There is only one way to combat jet lag. I don’t make the rules.

Here we have @lmchervinsky.bsky.social talking about early American history in the middle of Manhattan she has the crowd literally going, “wowwwww!” Speaker extraordinaire!

A pile of white paper with a book title (The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier) sits on a walnut desktop, with a wooden ruler and a blue pen on top of it. A sage green Arts & Crafts vase sits in the upper right.

First pass pages (a.k.a. page proofs). LFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, I print the whole thing out. Yes, I go line-by-line using a wooden ruler I have had since college. #oldschool

Best part of vacation.

I’m really excited to join the Rule of Law Summit, hosted by the Society for the Rule of Law. I’ll be talking about republican virtue and founding norms and principles. Join us there! societyfortheruleoflaw.org/2025-rule-of...