Joint pacific account and command of hawaii to try and identify those remains. Full dna analysis. We did facial reconstruction through Louisiana State university. We knew there were 16 sailors lost so we knew generally out of a pool of 16 people who they could have been. We knew who they were associated with and we still couldnt identify these remains. It is just really incredible, important work that youre doing. So very impressive. Im going to talk about the much lesser known battlefield, some of the battlefields that are right here in u. S. Waters. Many people are unaware that there are two world wars that came to the coast of the United States through the battle in the atlantic. Just a quick bit of background on who i am and why we do this kind of work. I work for the office of National Marine sanctuaries. Part of the National Oceanic and atmospheric association. It is similar in ethos to the National Park service. We have 14 sites around the country in u. S. Territorial waters. Fo
Instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. This is about 50 minutes. Professor Sean Mcmeekin did his ph. D. At uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. Among his recent boox are the russian origins of the First World War, july 1914, and the berlin baghdad express, the Ottoman Empire and germanys bid for world power. His research languages include russian, turkish, german, and french. His talk today is the war of 1914, an avoidable catastrophe. Thank you for that kind introduction. Well see if i can get the clicker to work before we get going. There we are. Its true, i did one book with the german bid for world power in the title. I did another book called the russian origins of the First World War. Some people have been a bit confused by this. I blame the russians in one book and the germans in the other. [laughter] now, for which
Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to be here. A century since world war i, there continues to be a debate about which nation was responsible for the start of the First World War. Take us back to america in 1914. 1915, 1916. Was that debate about who was responsible taking place in the United States at that time . It was not necessarily the most important question in u. S. Politics. I think probably for the Woodrow Wilson administration, the key thing was to keep the United States out of the war. I think certainly if there had been a different president in the white house, possibly theodore roosevelt, might have taken a different line. He was quite clear about the fact in 1914 that i think he saw the germans as, if not necessarily to blame for the war, then certainly a greater threat for the United States than the entente powers, france, britain and russia. As far as 1916, again once again Woodrow Wilson was running for office, in part on the pledge of keeping the United States ou
Talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. Among his recent boox are the russian origins of the First World War, july 1914, and the berlin baghdad express the Ottoman Empire and germanys bid for world power. His research languages include russian, turkish german and french. His talk today is the war of 1914, an avoidable catastrophe. Thank you for that kind introduction. Well see if i can get the clicker to work before we get going. There we are. Its true, i did one book with the german bid for world power in the title. I did another book called the russian origins of the First World War. Some people have been a bit confused by this. I blame the russians in one book and the germans in the other. Now, for which i can only say that im not responsible for the titles. But what ill try to do today is lay out some of where my own thinking has come from and also i think to explain a little bit of where the
An arms race between germany and britain provoked the war. Instead, he describes a series of decisions made by heads of state that had a domino effect. This is about 50 minutes. Professor Sean Mcmeekin did his ph. D. At uc berkeley and he talked at many universities before beginning at professor of history of russian and eurasian studies at bard college in new york. Among his recent books are the russian origins of the First World War, july 1914, and the berlin baghdad express, the Ottoman Empire and germanys bid for world power. His research languages include russian, turkish, german and french. His talk today is the war of 1914, an avoidable catastrophe. Thank you for that kind introduction. Well see if i can get the clicker to work before we get going. There we are. Its true, i did one book with the german bid for world power in the title. I did another book called the russian origins of the First World War. Some people have been a bit confused by this. I blame the russians in one b