The white male ushers with africanamerican staff, also while in washington, she led an effort to raise funds to create a memorial for victims of the titanic, but her greatest legacy was bringing thousands of japanese Cherry Blossom trees to the nations capital. Helen taft, this sunday night on cspans original series first ladies, influence and image. Their influence on the presidency. From Martha Washington to michelle obama. Sundays at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv. On cspan3. Up next, masuda hamiju, author of cold war crucible, the curkorean conflict and the post world. National university of singapore history professor hamiju argues that the cold war was not only a global conflict between the u. S. And soviet union but also led many countries in the west and east to crack down on perceived threats within. The Wilson Center hosted this 90minute event. Welcome to the Wilson Center. My name is charles krauss, and im a Program Associate with the Centers History and Public Po
Reentry vehicle. Everybody knows what it is, right . Lets look at it. Thats the bus. Thats on top of the rocket. Thats on top of the missile. Stage one, stage two, stage three. And now whats left is that. And each one of those groovy looking machines there is a one Megaton Nuclear warhead. There are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven warheads on the top of that particular missile. Thats an american missile. A mirv now allows you to put anywhere from three to as many as 12 warheads on the tip of a single missile. In the nose cone, and to drive that bus over target, and either send them out in a spread of independently targeted detonations or to fly over areas and drop one or two and continue to fly and drop one or two. Making any attempts to shoot down the missiles much less effective and making any attempt to wipe out our ability for second strike pretty ineffective. Imagine one, one u. S. Attack submarine surfacing with 18 missiles, each one tipped with seven 300 kiloton warheads
Reentry vehicle. Everybody knows what it is, right . Lets look at it. Thats the bus. Thats on top of the rocket. Thats on top of the missile. Stage one, stage two, stage three. And now whats left is that. And each one of those groovy looking machines there is a one Megaton Nuclear warhead. There are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven warheads on the top of that particular missile. Thats an american missile. A mirv now allows you to put anywhere from three to as many as 12 warheads on the tip of a single missile. In the nose cone, and to drive that bus over target, and either send them out in a spread of independently targeted detonations or to fly over areas and drop one or two and continue to fly and drop one or two. Making any attempts to shoot down the missiles much less effective and making any attempt to wipe out our ability for second strike pretty ineffective. Imagine one, one u. S. Attack submarine surfacing with 18 missiles, each one tipped with seven 300 kiloton warheads
[ laughter ] the book is available for purchase at major book stores like this. And actually we have books on sale outside our room today thank you very much for listening to my talk. [ applause ] ill now introduce our first discussant, ryan irwin, who writes about the intersection of International Law and global power during the 20th century. His first book apartheid and the unmaking of the liberal world order examined this intersection against the backdrop of african decolonization. Hes won several writing and Research Prizes from the society of American Foreign relations and hes currently writing a book about legal realisms influence on american liberal internationalism during the early cold war. He is an assistant professor at the university at albany at the State University of new york. So one place to begin unpacking professor masudas book is its research question, which was meaty. What was the cold war . His answer, as youve just heard, is that the cold war was an imagined reali
The history of American Foreign relations and the modern history of east asia. He received his phd from Cornell University in 2012 and is currently an assistant professor in the department of history at the National University of singapore. History at the National University of singapore. Where he teaches courses on the modern history of japan, student movements in asia, decolonization and the cold war. In addition to his new book, cold war crucible, dr. Masuda has published a number of articles which is be found in journals such as diplomatic history, the journal official contemporary history, the journal of cold war studies and east asian relations. We have two other speakers who will provide comment on professor masudas presentation and his new book. But i will introduce them directly prior to their speaking. I strongly encourage all of our speakers to stick to the designated time limit so we have enough time for q a. But with that, i will turn the floor over to you. Okay. Thank you