And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war i will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduled to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this material be on the final exam. So, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is potentially material for the final exam, so i expect to see a lot of note taking. So my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch i was being interviewed on cspan. First world war. And while you are enjoying lunch i was being interviews on cspan and the first question that i got was, why why would Josephus Daniels, a small town newspaper editor, be secretary of the navy dur
Themselves. Once the u. S. Gets involved im not a military historian so i dont know all the details but they come up with a better mine. That is part of it. And the second part of it is just political expediency. Daniels was against british violations of International Law. When the u. S. Was neutral and brits versus germans once it is u. S. And brits versus germans International Law did not mean as much to him as it did when he was neutral. Dr. Craig, would you say that he wasnt an arm chair admiral, he had no military background but then he was a publisher . And did he stay aloof from the operations, newspapers at the time that he was secretary or did sometimes like frank knox later on kind of distance himself a little bit from chicago when he became navy secretary. I dont know much about daniels tenure and if editorial policy changed with kind of with daniels change in views about our participation in the war effort . Thats an interesting question and one that i actually address at s
Of Josephus Daniels, 41st secretary of the navy who held office between 1913 and 1941. Daniels decisions helped prepare the u. S. Navy for its eventually involvement in world war i. And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war i will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduled to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this material be on the final exam. So, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is say potentially material for the final exam. So i expect to see a lot of note taking during the talk. So my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch i was being interviewed on cspan. The first
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