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Kansas State University Department of History and the Fort Riley Museums announce a conference on War and Technology to be held October 18-19, 2024. It will take place in the beautiful Flint Hills at the Fort Riley Museum Complex and the Kansas State University campus. In addition to the usual conference agenda, there will also be recreational activities.
 
Topics include but are not limited to War and Technology and The Year of Victory. Technological innovations have greatly influenced both warfare and civilian life throughout history. From M&Ms and duct tape to helicopters and GPS, this innovation corridor has changed both worlds. The strategic environment now facing the world spurs a new round of innovation and inquiry into past adaptations. The term “Year of Victory” refers to the focus of celebration for the First Infantry Division during this calendar year. There is not a specific year denoted. Division leadership chose this theme to commemorate the accomplishments of the Big Red One during its 117 years of service to the United States. As such, proposals do not need to directly relate to the First Infantry Division or its history.
 
Papers dealing with all wars in all historical periods around the world are welcome as is subject matter on all branches of the military. A special interest, however, is placed on twentieth and twenty-first century wars.
 
Please submit abstracts or panel proposals by July 15, 2024 via email to Damon Penner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Full paper submissions will be due by October 4, 2024. For any questions contact Damon Penner at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
 
No registration fee required. List of available lodging will be provided, along with other information, to those selected.

Greg Nedved from the Center for Cryptologic History at Ft. Meade, MD, would like to call researchers' attention to ISCOT. This was a British project during World War II to monitor the activity of Soviet agents by intercepting via radio their encrypted messages. It was quite successful, resulting in several volumes of decrypts. ISCOT includes a fair amount of information about the CCP-KMT relationship, e.g., discussion of Li Lisan. It also includes letters to Mao from his two boys, Anying and Anqing, then in the Soviet Union. The complete ISCOT set can be found at the National Cryptologic Museum's library, where it is available to researchers. If you have questions, you are welcome to contact Greg directly (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). He can tell you which item numbers pertain specifically to CCP-KMT relations, but please don't ask him to do any other research for you.

journal cover smallIssue 12.2 of the Journal of Chinese Military History was published in November 2023. It includes four book reviews and the following articles:

Yiming Ha, "Was There a Military Collapse in Late Yuan? A Reconsideration of the Yuan Garrisons and Military Response to the Red Turban Rebellion in the 1350s," pp. 107-141.

J. Travis Shutz, "Old Hundred Names and Barbarians Fight the Pirates: Recruiting Auxiliaries for Late Ming Naval Operations," pp. 142-187.

Amanda Zhang, "Reconsidering Wartime Female Tewu (Special Agent) Activities and Narratives of 'Honey Traps' in the Early People's Republic of China, 1949-1959," pp. 188-216.

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