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To the Great Depression and it includes details of events that led to americas involvement in world war ii. It takes a critical look at isolationists and americas early reluctance to join the war effort and culminates in the attack on pearl harbor. Children i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. [gunfire] [plane engines] narrator in the jungles of new guinea, on the barren shores of the on the barren shores of the aleutians, in the tropic heat of the pacific islands, in the subzero cold of the skies over germany, in burma and iceland, the philippines and iran, france, in china and italy, americans fighting. Fighting over an area extending 7 8 of the way around the world. Men from the green hills of new england, the sunbaked plains of the middle west, the cotton fields of the south, the closepacked streets of manhattan, chicago, the teeming factories of detroit,
History of america at war. He explores the challenges the u. S. Military phase from the u. S. Revolutionary war to the war in iraq. He talks about the popular misconceptions about the American Revolution and the civil and vietnam wars. This event is about an hour. Mr. Davis good evening, everyone. I am always so pleased when i hear someone did not know much about history as a teenager 20 years ago. I run into this a lot. I read your book when i was 16. I am 40 now. That is why it is the 25th anniversary edition. Thank you all for coming. It is an honor to be here in fraunces tavern. I am a lover of all places historical. I have been since i was a small child. In fact, when i was a kid, our idea of Summer Vacation was throwing mummy bags, army surplus sleeping bags, and a canvas tent in the back of the car and go off to places like fort ticonderoga, gettysburg, valley forge. Visiting those places as a kid gave me the sense that history is not something that happens in books. It happens
Gettysburg. I remember it like it was yesterday. It was 1963. The Centennial Anniversary of the battle of gettysburg. I remember being a child, standing there, not fully understanding with the civil war was about. What the gettysburg address was about. What had really happened gettysburg. But knowing, in my heart, as i stood there, feeling the summer stones if you have been there, they are unforgettable i knew something extraordinary had happened. This was a sacred place. I took home from the visit in 1963 a small wooden revolver, a souvenir, with the dates of the bowel stamped on the barrel battle stamped on the barrel. I keep it as a reminder of what history really means. Morei set out to write than 25 years ago, hard to believe, but when i set out, i wanted to maintain a sense of childlike wonder about history. I could not understand people saying, history is so dull. So boring. All these days and battles and speeches. History is anything but that. It is the story of real people and
Jordan . If they do become democratic countries like egypt did briefly would that be better for us . Guest the question is not whether this is better for us or not. The ideal and the goal is a good one. The question is how do you get there and how long do you take it or what measures do you take . You mentioned egypt. Egypt was ready. Look at the United States. Were rewriting for an an election when the United States was formed to have everybody in the United States boat . Our founders didnt think so. They limited the people who could vote in an election. You say its horrible and terrible. Maybe it was maybe it wasnt that it was a decision that was made to make sure there was continuity and stability within government that was consistent with the values the government was founded upon. We cant go out and say the objective is a free election. I shouldve never been the objective. We have to work with individual situations to ultimately even though may take 100 years to get there but the