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It is always fantastic to see how local news is just as excited as we are about a book on Kansas and Kansans! Check out the Courier Traveler's review of Kansas and Kansas in World War I by Blake Watson to learn more about Cowley County soldiers: https://lnkd.in/gqBGES4y. DON'T FORGET to order your copy of the book and receive 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024. Hurry, the sale ends on August 31! #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #ilovebooks #iLoveReading #ilovereadingbooks #booksonkansas #ilovekansashistory #kansashistory #worldwarihistory #kansans #militaryhistory #uswarhistory #WorldWarI #kansassoldiers #localhistory #ilovekansas #greatwar #GreatWarHistory #soldierexperience #wwisoldiers #kansasveterans #ksveterans #kshistory #kssoldiers #wwimemorials #kumemorialunion #kumemorialstadium #cowleycountyks #cowleycountykansas #couriertraveler

On February 27, 1973, a group of roughly 300 armed Indigenous men, women, and children seized the tiny hamlet of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, at gunpoint, took hostages, barricaded themselves in the hilltop church, and raised an upside-down American flag. Taking place at the site of the infamous massacre in 1890, the highly symbolic confrontation spearheaded by the American Indian Movement (AIM) ultimately evolved into a prolonged, seventy-one-day armed standoff between law enforcement officers and modern-day Indigenous warriors. Among these warriors were Vietnam War veterans armed with Vietnam-era equipment and weaponry. By organizing in defense of the newly proclaimed Independent Oglala Nation, the AIM activists at Wounded Knee linked their nationalist quest for sovereignty and self-determination with a warrior masculinity they constructed from a mix of Indigenous cultures and contemporary cultural elements, including the Black civil rights movement, the counterculture of the 1960s and early 1970s, and the antiwar movement. Read more by ordering a copy of Reinventing the Warrior: Masculinity in the American Indian Movement, 1968-1973 today and receive 30% off + free shipping with promo code: 24WARRIOR. #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #ilovebooks #ilovereadingbooks #iLoveReading #nativeamericanstudies #ushistory #americanhistory #unitedstateshistory #genderstudies #AmericanIndianMovement #masculinity #IndigenousCulture #protestactivism #racestudies #redpowermovement #warriors #warrior #indigenousidentity #WarriorHood #indigenouswarrior #trailblazing #Anticolonial #WoundedKnee #independentoglalanation #warriormasculinity #booksonhistory #nativeamericanbooks #indigenousbooks #booksonmasculinity

Week #4 of Election Season with UPK! Check out the recent interview with author Christopher J. Devine on the impact of running mates here: https://lnkd.in/grAz4sXq. DON'T FORGET to get a copy of Do Running Mates Matter? The Influence of Vice Presidential Candidates in Presidential Elections by Christopher J. Devine and Kyle C. Kopko and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: https://lnkd.in/gRC-q2CZ.... hashtag #runningmates #vicepresident #vicepresidentcandidate #vicepresidents #presidentialelections #presidentialelection2024 #ushistory #uspresidentialhistory #americanpolitics #electionyear #americanhistory #unitedstateshistory #uspolitics #PoliticalParties #politicalscience #presidentialstudies #USPresidency #americanpresidency #unitedstatespresidency #presidentialcandidate #VoteChoice #electioninfluence #presidentialvoting #uspoliticalscience #unitedstatespoliticans #uspoliticians #dorunningmatesmatter #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas

LAST WEEK of the End of Summer Sale! Get 50% off all titles, and free shipping is offered on orders $75 or more (US only). Hurry, the sale ends August 31st. Happy shopping and reading: https://lnkd.in/eJN6b7pM #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #ilovebooks #iLoveReading #ilovereadingbooks #BookSale #stockuponbooks #BookDeal #americanstudies #congressionalstudies #constitutionalstudies #environmentalstudies #filmstudies #greatplains #midwest #history #americanhistory #ushistory #unitedstateshistory #militaryhistory #booksonkansas #kansasbooks #Lawbooks #politicalscience #presidentialstudies #americangovernment #intelligencestudies #popculture #AmericanCulture #warhistory

Jackson Weaver interviewed me for Canadian TV news program, "The National," about celebrities supporting the Harris campaign. Don't know if I can share any video, but here's a digital story where he shares some of my thoughts. https://lnkd.in/d_8hhbEZ If you want to read more about my research, check out my book, Celebrity Influence, published by University Press of Kansas.

The Midwest...How does it exactly sway American politics? Find out more from UPK editor Jon K. Lauck in two recent discussions with Politico and Weekend Edition on NPR (see links below). DON'T FORGET to pick up a copy of Jon's co-edited book with Catherine McNicol Stock entitled The Conservative Heartland: A Political History of the Postwar American Midwest and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: https://lnkd.in/gTj_eV2M. Politico: https://lnkd.in/dchHuzBR Weekend Edition on NPR: https://lnkd.in/gHwNk_H4 #midwest #midwestpolitics #presidentialelection #presidentialelection2024 #uspolitics #americanpolitics #americanpolitics2024 #politicalscience #americangovernment #politicalhistory #conservativeheartland #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #ilovebooks #iLoveReading #ilovereadingbooks #2016presidentialelection #midwesthistory #conservativepolitics #nationalelections2024 #NationalElections #politicalorganization #midwestconservatism #PostWorldWarII #americanwest #greatplains

All this talk about how celebrities influence elections...Sounds like we need to go to an expert! Check out the recent interview with UPK author Mark Harvey with the Hollywood Reporter here: https://lnkd.in/epY5EM-k. DON'T FORGET to pick up a copy of Mark's book Celebrity Influence: Politics, Persuasion, and Issue-Based Advocacy and get 50% off: https://lnkd.in/ejs8buHB. #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #CelebrityInfluence #celebrityinfluencers #presidentialcampaign #presidentialcampaign2024 #presidentialelection #presidentialelection2024 #celebritiesandpolitics #celebritiesandpoliticians #uspolitics #UnitedStatesPolitics #americanpolitics #uselections #uselections2024 #UnitedStateselections #unitedstateselections2024 #PoliticalParties #partycampaign #politicalcampaigning #politicalcampaign #politicalscience #uspoliticalscience #americanpoliticalscience #americangovernment #americanstudies #ilovebooks #ilovereading #ilovereadingbooks #politicianendorsement

Check out UPK author John Kenneth White's recent article on the legacy of Joe Biden, and don't forget to purchase his latest book entitled Grand Old Unraveling: The Republican Party, Donald Trump, and the Rise of Authoritarianism, which you can currently get for 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: Article: https://lnkd.in/gyUN4FDR Grand Old Unraveling: https://lnkd.in/gTgw38uv

The Vietnam War ended nearly fifty years ago but the central paradox of the struggle endures: how did the world’s strongest nation fail to secure freedom for the Republic of Vietnam? Michael F. Morris addresses this vexing question by focusing on the senior Marine headquarters in the conflict’s most dangerous region. Read more on Corps Competency? III Marine Amphibious Force Headquarters in Vietnam by Michael F. Morris, and don't forget to order your copy here and get 50% off with code 24SUMMER2024: https://lnkd.in/gr6uQZzR. #universitypressofkansas #kansaspress #kansaspressbooks #marinecorps #AmphibiousForce #marineamphibiousforce #usmarines #unitedstatesmarines #militaryhistory #vietnamwar #vietnamwarhistory #modernwarstudies #modernwarstudiesseries #ushistory #unitedstateshistory #seniormarine #marineheadquarters #ICorps #operationstarlite #khesanhbattle #battleofkhesanh #TetOffensive #combinedactionplatoon #counterinsurgency #marinezone #iiimaf #ilovebooks #ilovereading #ilovereadingbooks #readmorebooks

Kansas and Kansans in World War I by Blake Andrew Watson is not due to be out until September 16, but it is great seeing local news outlets covering the book. See the below articles featured in The Emporia Gazette and Hiawatha World below. DON'T FORGET that you can preorder a copy today and receive 50% off: https://lnkd.in/gnXcen3Z Emporia Gazette: https://lnkd.in/gy7ahSTw Hiawatha World: https://lnkd.in/gbGUgZs8 #kansaspress #universitypressofkansas #kansasbooks #booksonkansas #kansans #worldwari #kansasinwwi #militaryhistory #emporiagazette #hiawathaworldonline #KansasNews #bookreview #ksbooks #militarystudies #ilovekansas #iloveks #localhistory #ushistory #uswarhistory #unitedstateshistory #kansasstatehistory #kshistory #kansashistory #worldwarihistory #wwihistory #greatwar #GreatWarHistory #kansassoldier #kssoldier #militaryservice