Opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. Our next speaker is ohholger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. Dr. Herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the First World War germany and austria hungary, 19141918 that won the norm lynn e. Tomlinson prize for best book. Another important book is the marne 1914. Dr. Herwig will speak to us did about battle of the mar
Of i mean you could imagine a different outcome. But thats not the way it was. Hello. Ive recently completed, or read, history of world war i by john keegan. And he expressed a view i had not heard before. What he said was before austria issued its ultimatum which was very weak and crumbling even then, sent its ultimatum to serbia, he first contacted the kaiser as to whether the kaiser would support him if he invaded serbia. And the kaiser answered yes. And his view was that was the real spark that brought about world war i and, in essence, caused the allies later to blame germany for the beginnings of the war. I wonder if you have a view on that. Well, i knew john keegan actually just not because we shared a subject. And we talked about this and i think that was a very valuable way of looking at it, to tell you the truth. The only thing i would add to it is what i have been talking about today, which is if willie had been different, if the kaiser had been different, he might not have
Victory. He explained the tenacity with the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is professor perwig who was born in germany and earned his ph. D. In the United States and lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor of history at the university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. The doctor is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the foundation and he held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the Naval War College newport, rhode island. The doctor has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the first world war, germany and austria hungary 1914 to 1918 that won the Norman B Tomlinson junior price for best book by the western front associ
Cspan3. Created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. American history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium mark rg the world war i centennial. Holger herwig author of 19 the opening of world war i the battle that changed the world explains how the battle prevented a quick german victory. And he discusses march tenacity in spite of early losses and the different command styles of the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished vi
German leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. He earned his phd in the United States and resides in canada where he holds a position at the university of calgary and is the chair of the institute for research studies. His list of awards and appointments are staggering. Fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. Dr. Herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the First World War germany and austria hungary, 19141918 that won the norm lynn e. Tomlinson prize for best book. Another important book is the marne 1914. Dr. Herwig will speak to us did about battle of the marne. Of that engagement he writes he wanted to write abo