Look at James Madisons role in creating the constitution. Next on American History tv, colonel Gregory Daddis discusses u. S. Military strategy during the vietnam war, featuring on William Westmoreland, he argues that the generals ideas were sound, but an inability to i implement them led to failures in South Vietnam. Its an hour and a half. Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press,
Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the armys professional reading list. Colonel daddis is also an important important to this organization as liaison between the society for military history, region two, and the new York Military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for t
Future of warfare. There has never been a Silver Bullet solution to war. You had the submarine. You had the southern. You about the bomber, the radar. You had the machine gun, the tank. We have to recognize our future adversaries are going to have some capabilities we have now and be able to disrupt what they perceive as our strengths. What are our answers to that . I think its a balance joint force who can play rock, paper, scissors with anybody. Rose Anders Fogh Rasmussen and h. R. Mcmaster when we continue. Theres a saying around here you stand behind what you say. Around here, we dont make excuses, we make commitments. And when you cant live up to them, you own up and make it right. Some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where its needed most. But i know youll still find it, when you know where to look. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie r
Future of warfare. There has never been a Silver Bullet solution to war. You had the submarine. You had the southern. You about the bomber, the radar. You had the machine gun, the tank. We have to recognize our future adversaries are going to have some capabilities we have now and be able to disrupt what they perceive as our strengths. What are our answers to that . I think its a balance joint force who can play rock, paper, scissors with anybody. Rose Anders Fogh Rasmussen and h. R. Mcmaster when we continue. Theres a saying around here you stand behind what you say. Around here, we dont make excuses, we make commitments. And when you cant live up to them, you own up and make it right. Some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where its needed most. But i know youll still find it, when you know where to look. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie r
Large land mass in the southern pacific. But it was australia incognito, this land nobody was sure nobody had found it. And then in the 18th century, nations became got into the curiosity business, and the french and the english sponsored two great explorers, one is captain cook. Actually his first name is james, but we think his first name is captain. And they then systemly explore lands of tahiti and when he gets back he publishes his travels and creates this image of a heatty of being this a heatty tahiti as lucious and free love and writing in this roman romantic era. And cook was much sterner than that. He has four great explorations of the pacific, where he goes all the way from the northwest, where he is very interested in seeing if there is a Northwest Passage in the arctic region, and then he does circumnavigate new zealand and explores the eastern side, but he also discovers the Hawaiian Islands and a series of islands where the polynesian people live. He charts, a great mapm