The National World War Ii Museum hosted the event. Well, greetings, ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure to see you all here and it is always great to see i dont want to say so many probably all are familiar faces and we saw most of you in november and we hope to see most of you again in november and in between in september for our memory conference. As steven is said, unfortunately dr. Stoller tried his best, slipped on the way and caught his balance. But all three flights from berlington, vermont, were cancelled to get him here yesterday. And while we are disappointed, he is even more disappointed that he couldnt make it back down here and present. But i can tell you that we are very fortunate in this great city of new orleans to have one of the leading scholars in this field in gunther bischof here to fill the breach and enlighten us with the first panel of the day. Gunther has been a friend since before we had a building. Not just a hotel. But an actual museum. He goes back with
Good morning, eli. Guest good to be with you. Host inc. You for joining us. What does the book focus on . Why did you decide to write it . Guest is based on a misconception that we have and specifically that the American Revolution. Historians have taught what the founders feared the most during the revolution was the power of the british army and navy. The book reveals that is not the case. What they feared most about was breaking apart and the disunion that would lead to civil wars. The book tells a story about that major themes and elucidates briefly a theme i discuss is you look at why the founders of the United States perpetuated slavery. There are many explanatory models. Known to us is the example of White Supremacy and why they perpetuated slavery, and economic reason, and they both north and south intimately tied to a heinous economic system. My book introduces the survivalists interpretation. If norton states and delegates to the Continental Congress had insisted upon ending
Guest good to be with you. Host inc. You for joining us. What does the book focus on . Why did you decide to write it . Guest is based on a misconception that we have and specifically that the American Revolution. Historians have taught what the founders feared the most during the revolution was the power of the british army and navy. The book reveals that is not the case. What they feared most about was breaking apart and the disunion that would lead to civil wars. The book tells a story about that major themes and elucidates briefly a theme i discuss is you look at why the founders of the United States perpetuated slavery. There are many explanatory models. Known to us is the example of White Supremacy and why they perpetuated slavery, and economic reason, and they both north and south intimately tied to a heinous economic system. My book introduces the survivalists interpretation. If norton states and delegates to the Continental Congress had insisted upon ending the slave trade or
Host we are back with political historian and author eli merritt who will be discussing his new book looking at the political divisions among the countrys founders during the American Revolution and what it can teach us about todays political polarization. Good morning, eli. Guest good to be with you. Host inc. You for joining us. What does the book focus on . Why did you decide to write it . Guest is based on a misconception that we have and specifically that the American Revolution. Historians have taught what the founders feared the most during the revolution was the power of the british army and navy. The book reveals that is not the case. What they feared most about was breaking apart and the disunion that would lead to civil wars. The book tells a story about that major themes and elucidates briefly a theme i discuss is you look at why the founders of the United States perpetuated slavery. There are many explanatory models. Known to us is the example of White Supremacy and why th
Host we are back with political historian and author eli merritt who will be discussing his new book looking at the political divisions among the countrys founders during the American Revolution and what it can teach us about todays political polarization. Good morning, eli. Guest good to be with you. Host inc. You for joining us. What does the book focus on . Why did you decide to write it . Guest is based on a misconception that we have and specifically that the American Revolution. Historians have taught what the founders feared the most during the revolution was the power of the british army and navy. The book reveals that is not the case. What they feared most about was breaking apart and the disunion that would lead to civil wars. The book tells a story about that major themes and elucidates briefly a theme i discuss is you look at why the founders of the United States perpetuated slavery. There are many explanatory models. Known to us is the example of White Supremacy and why th