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Obituary, In Memoriam: Elizabeth Howard Moore (1949–2024) (2025)
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Murphy, S., & Charney, M. (2025). Obituary, In Memoriam: Elizabeth Howard Moore (1949–2024). Bangkok

The name Elizabeth, née Howard, Moore is one that is likely very familiar to many readers of the Journal of the Siam Society. She not only published in JSS on several occasions (see the reference list at the end), she was also an active scholar in Th... Read More about Obituary, In Memoriam: Elizabeth Howard Moore (1949–2024).

Fall of Saigon (2025)
Journal Article
Charney, M. W. (2025). Fall of Saigon. History today, 75(5),

The Vietnam War effectively ended on 30 April 1975 with the arrival of the North Vietnamese army in Saigon. Thousands fled the city, but many more were left behind.

Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge (2025)
Book Chapter
Charney, M. W. (2025). Confidence Game: Intelligence, Deception and Subterfuge. In M. K. Barbier, & D. Showalter (Eds.), A Cultural History of War. Vol. 3: A Cultural History of War in the Renaissance. Bloombury

The "White Settler" State Mentality Destroying the World for Everyone (2025)
Digital Artefact
Charney, M. W. (2025). The "White Settler" State Mentality Destroying the World for Everyone. [Blog post]

The idea that the white settler can do anything with what is found on “their” land has today resulted in planetary climatic consequences. There must be a fundamental re-evaluation of core American values to dismantle the systematic grip of white sett... Read More about The "White Settler" State Mentality Destroying the World for Everyone.

Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America? Why History Should Count (2025)
Digital Artefact
Charney, M. W. (2025). Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America? Why History Should Count. [Blog post]

The Trump Administration changing the Gulf’s indigenous name demonstrates the continuing control over political institutions by the descendants of European settler populations – illegal migrants, in today’s western parlance – who continue to seek to... Read More about Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America? Why History Should Count.

Military Reform in Siam (2024)
Book Chapter
Charney, M. W. (2024). Military Reform in Siam. In H. Chehabi, & D. Motadel (Eds.), Unconquered States: Non-European Powers in the Imperial Age (90-102). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863298.003.0003

The evolution of secular military institutions in Siam drew heavily upon what were identified as the best models in the West, heavy investments in officer training (including sending Thais abroad for officer training) and technical training among the... Read More about Military Reform in Siam.

The First Anglo-Burmese War (2024)
Journal Article
Charney, M. W. (2024). The First Anglo-Burmese War. History today, 74(3),

In March 1824 the East India Company declared war on Burma, the opening salvo in a series of conflicts that would see one empire fall, another expand and leave divisive wounds still felt today.

Introduction: The Evolution of Warfare: Global Perspectives (2024)
Book Chapter
Roy, K., & Charney, M. W. (2024). Introduction: The Evolution of Warfare: Global Perspectives. In K. Roy, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437915-1

Warfare as organised violence can be traced back to the New Stone Age. In the words of historian Azar Gat, ‘For once humans had evolved agriculture, they set in train a continuous chain of developments that have taken them further and further away fr... Read More about Introduction: The Evolution of Warfare: Global Perspectives.

Theory and Practice of Armored War during the Two World Wars (2024)
Book Chapter
Charney, M. W. (2024). Theory and Practice of Armored War during the Two World Wars. In K. Roy, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437915-32

From a technology that was practically non-existent prior to World War I, the tank had emerged by the end of World War II as the main battle weapon of land armies, as it has remained until the present. Tanks reoriented all other branches of the milit... Read More about Theory and Practice of Armored War during the Two World Wars.

Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia (2024)
Book Chapter
Charney, M. W. (2024). Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia. In K. Roy, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437915-27

Gunpowder weapons would have a significant effect on Asian warfare. Changes in their application in warfare manifested themselves in different ways depending upon local climate, geography, and the density of the population. However, the same kind of... Read More about Firearms and Maritime Gunpowder States of Asia.

Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare (2024)
Book
Roy, K., & Charney, M. W. (Eds.). (2024). Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437915

This handbook examines key aspects of the development of the global history of warfare and the changing patterns of warfare over time. Although scholarship has long eschewed a chronological narrative of the evolution of warfare that privileges the We... Read More about Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare.

Indigenous Warfare in Australia and New Zealand (2024)
Book Chapter
Connor, J., Charney, M. W., & Roy, K. (2024). Indigenous Warfare in Australia and New Zealand. In K. Roy, & M. W. Charney (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Global History of Warfare. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429437915-5

Historiography on aboriginal warfare in australia and new Zealand has generally focused on the periods for which there are substantial written records. this has meant most atten- tion is on the period after the arrival of the europeans and has been f... Read More about Indigenous Warfare in Australia and New Zealand.

The Shan in the History of the Irrawaddy Valley: Towards a Federal “National” History (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Charney, M. W. (2023, December). The Shan in the History of the Irrawaddy Valley: Towards a Federal “National” History. Presented at Shan New Year 2118 2023 Academic Presentations, SOAS

My main point is that when we do Shan history we do Shan history but when we do Burmese history we do Burman history and this needs to change. This should be part of the current efforts to decolonise the academy. Decolonizing the academy promises to... Read More about The Shan in the History of the Irrawaddy Valley: Towards a Federal “National” History.

How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems (2023)
Digital Artefact
Charney, M. W. (2023). How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems. [Blog post]

The Western imaginary of Burma has dominated international thinking about Burma for so long partly because of the advantages Western countries have in terms of funding and power and the longevity of the educational institutions. Contemporary Burma al... Read More about How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems.