Good evening, everyone. Im robert citino, executive director of the institute for the study of war and democracy here at the National World War Ii Museum. Thank you. Thank you to the museum for hiring me. I appreciate that. Every two weeks i appreciate it. Im also the samuel Senior Historian at the museum which is perhaps my proudest boast. Welcome to another installment of our meet the authors heres here at the museum where we bring you the best new world war ii literature and the men and women who write and create it. For i have just two nights, a man who needs no introduction, let me carry out the tradition of the National World War Ii Museum at all all of public programming. Are there by any chance any world war ii veterans or homefront workers in the audience tonight . There we go. All right. I knew there were two right up front. [applause] and to say we thank you for your service is an understatement of the century. In the veterans of any other service or any other era please sta
The gun found in the vehicle. Reporter and other robbery the previous month had crash into a police cruiser. We do not know whether it was deliberate or accidental and two other officers fired shots. Reporter this after devon robbed a cvs store and was like. He was also carrying and airsoft gun. Bill patman tells me they should have been prevented. So you do not say is that plastic . You respond. Reporter he issued a bill to ban the gun after the death of 12yearold tamir rice who was carrying a bb gun at the time. The bill has been stuck in committee since march 2015. Is up for a final push before on until they do something. Reporter megan hickey, news 5. We wondered how many states banned airsoft guns. According to the airsoft magazine, 12 states as well as washington dc have some form of restriction on airsoft guns and many on the age of ownership. They say they look like real ones. Federal law requires airsoft guns have orange tips, or be transparent. We are keeping a close eye on d
York military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for the kind introduction and bob for the invitation. Im not only happy to be here, given new york traffic, im also lucky to be here. [ laughter ] ize watch the clock tick away, not only only palisades driving down from west point but also in the cab trying to get us from the hotel to here, it was a it was a closerun thing, as some will say. So, what i thought i would do this evening would be to really start with something that happened last week in the white house. And there was an uproar, as you might have recalled last week, at the white house. It was not wry lated to the president s tan suit, which got quite a number of remarks, as we saw, but more significantly for my conversation this evening with you, was really revolved really revolved around one word, and that word was strategy. And the president igniting criticism by saying that we dont yet have a strategy against isis targets in syria c
Look at James Madisons role in creating the constitution. Next on American History tv, colonel Gregory Daddis discusses u. S. Military strategy during the vietnam war, featuring on William Westmoreland, he argues that the generals ideas were sound, but an inability to i implement them led to failures in South Vietnam. Its an hour and a half. Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press,
Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the armys professional reading list. Colonel daddis is also an important important to this organization as liaison between the society for military history, region two, and the new York Military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for t