The Church Committee 40 years later. The 1975w segments of hearings that investigated cia, nsa abuses. The Church Committee 40 years later. Next weekend. P. M. With what professor Jennifer Kane looks at myths about america in world war i. Such as that world war i failed to have a Lasting Impact on American Society. This is about one hour and 20 minutes. Jennifer keene alright, so today we are going to talk about america during the First World War. I called this lecture americans at war, the myth busters addition. I did that kind of intentionally because we think about understanding the First World War in general, there are so many myths and misconceptions attached to the war that it is really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then unpack and see the reality of the experience. I wanted to start first by sort of talking about how this connects to the First World War all. Not as america but also the sense of how we entered the First World War to begin with.
University. Received the he is Army Historical foundations distinguish writing award. He is also one of americas foremost experts on the First World War and he holds a doctorate from the Royal Military college of science. Discuss and later answer your questions about his new book, 47 days. Ler notes that mitch has become a preeminent world war i historian. Commenting on the book, waller has written with an absorbing narrative. 47 days brings to life that war is final and bloody offensive when general john blackjack pershing and more than one million americans and french soldiers broke the back of the mighty german army. Son. Se welcome mitch yockle good afternoon everybody. Im excited to see a nice crowd come out and here a talk on a subject that doesnt get a lot of attention in the United States. That is the United States effort in the First World War. We got into the war in april of 1917 as a partner to the allies. And slowly build our forces until it turned into the ofmactic battle
Many myths and misconceptions attached to the war that it is really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then unpack and see the reality of the experience. I wanted to start first by sort of talking about how this connects to the First World War all. Not as america but also the sense of how we entered the First World War to begin with. We think of the general narrative we have attached to it. One of the most common narratives is that world war i was a senseless slaughter. We have already talked about why this war even occurred, but once it is underway, there is this imagef predominant , those are the images i have up there for you. The idea that this was men sent needlessly to their death. I have two examples, all quiet on the western front. You are going to like this image. This is the cover for the first english edition of the novel. You will recognize that image from something we discussed last class. Last class was a german war bonds poster, and that sol
20 minutes. Dr. Keene all right, so today we are going to talk about america during the First World War. I called this lecture americans at war, the myth busters addition. I did that kind of intentionally because we think about understanding the First World War in general, there are so many myths and misconceptions attached to the war that it is really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then unpack and see the reality of the experience. I wanted to start first by sort of talking about how this connects to the First World War all. Not as america but also the sense of how we entered the First World War to begin with. We think of the general narrative we have attached to it. One of the most common narratives is that world war i was a senseless slaughter. We have already talked about why this war even occurred, but once it is underway, there is this sort of predominant image , those are the images i have up there for you. The idea that this was men sent needle
Unfortunately, it leaves people devastated. You can make plenty of claims. Normally the prediction of the nationals is through the diplomatic protection and if we dont have the forum that can take the cases are very difficult. The bottom line i agree with but that should still be made. The first was put out by the israelis that separated palestine but now you see that it is completely encircled by the war. Where did the others come from . Stanek it is the ball it isnt on the egyptian border except in certain parts, but all of the border between gaza and israel is surrounded by the wall that isnt talked about as much as the bank vault but also is not dividing palestine from israel. Its not among the green line it is 85 is inside the west bank meaning it is taken as it gets a totathe total of 15 of the west bank is swallowed up making sure about the major water aquifers are on the israeli side. Thank you for the wonderful talk. I have a request. The material presented is very excellent f