Walter borneman. His biography as well as all the other speaker biographies are in your program. Hes author of books including the study of civil leadership and we had him here last july to speak on his book of General Macarthur. Haeds a great scholar and doing some really cutting edge stuff on the pacific war. At this time walter borneman. Good morning. Thank you, chris. You know its a pleasure to be here. And when i was invited by criss and jim to speak about the battle of midway i said, gosh, im not really a midway expert. And they said thats okay, we have the experts coming. What we want you to do is set the table. And thats what im going to indeed do this morning, set the table of how we got to midway. I want to go through a few landmark things in terms of japans relations with the world 50 years prior to midway. And then were also going to talk about based on my book the admiral the leadership that appears at midway. And finally were going to do an Operational History of what goe
Walter borneman. His biography as well as all the other speaker biographies are in your program. Hes author of books including the study of civil leadership and we had him here last july to speak on his book of General Macarthur. Haeds a great scholar and doing some really cutting edge stuff on the pacific war. At this time walter borneman. Good morning. Thank you, chris. You know its a pleasure to be here. And when i was invited by criss and jim to speak about the battle of midway i said, gosh, im not really a midway expert. And they said thats okay, we have the experts coming. What we want you to do is set the table. And thats what im going to indeed do this morning, set the table of how we got to midway. I want to go through a few landmark things in terms of japans relations with the world 50 years prior to midway. And then were also going to talk about based on my book the admiral the leadership that appears at midway. And finally were going to do an Operational History of what goe
Walter borneman. His biography as well as all the other speaker biographies are in your program. Hes author of books including the study of civil leadership and we had him here last july to speak on his book of General Macarthur. Haeds a great scholar and doing some really cutting edge stuff on the pacific war. At this time walter borneman. Good morning. Thank you, chris. You know its a pleasure to be here. And when i was invited by criss and jim to speak about the battle of midway i said, gosh, im not really a midway expert. And they said thats okay, we have the experts coming. What we want you to do is set the table. And thats what im going to indeed do this morning, set the table of how we got to midway. I want to go through a few landmark things in terms of japans relations with the world 50 years prior to midway. And then were also going to talk about based on my book the admiral the leadership that appears at midway. And finally were going to do an Operational History of what goe
In january, 1991, he reported to the vikings. He was deployed around the world, overseeing training and combat ready status of reserve aircrew. He also took part in the. Peration deliberate force he also deployed to the arabian of and gulf in support Operation Iraqi freedom and enduring freedom. 2008, he was selected to into the Permanent Military Professor Program and is currently the associate chair of the history the department of history at the u. S. Naval academy. He earned his phd from the university of maryland at college park. Please join me in welcoming professor rentfrow. [applause] professor rentfrow great. Things very much, ruth. Can everybody hear me . Am i on . Great. Tfrow. Ren more funises to be than convincing a class of sleepy midshipman that the rise of nationalism in the 20th century is important. About forward to talking one of my favorite subjects, which is naval history. The lawyers tell me that i must point out that i am i in fact on leave and i am civilian i am
[applause] good morning. Thank you, chris. It is a pleasure to be here. When i was invited to speak about the battle of midway, i said, gosh, i am not a midway expert. They said, that is ok. We have the experts coming. What we want you to do is set the table. That is what im going to do, set the table on how we got to midway. I want to go through a few landmark things in terms of japans relations with the world 50 years prior to midway, then we will talk about based on my book the admirals some of the American Leadership that appears at midway, and finally, we will do a quick overview of Operational History of what goes on between pearl harbor and june 2, third, fourth, of 1942. So, sailing the seas toward midway. Lets start by talking about ay have put one too far lets start by talking about the relationship between japan and the United States. They are at the same parallels of latitude. The unitednce is states in terms of its Development Moves westward across the north american conti