He is a historian with the Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in 1986 as a staff historian at the army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance office and at the office of director of National Intelligence. Dr. Laurie has taught at the American University and university of maryland at baltimore county. He specializes at the history of intelligence. He is the author of 40 articles on both military and intelligence history from the 19th century to the present. Please join me give you a warm welcome to dr. Clayton laurie. [applause] dr. Laurie i would like to thank you all for coming here tonight and i would like to thank the smithsonian associates. Can you hear me in the back there . I wanted to point out as part of the introduction i am born and raised in iowa, so i come from a northern st
Up next on American History tv, clayton lori discusses espionage and intelligence gathering tactics used during the civil war. How intelligence was used during so few and why they are primary source documents on civil war area intelligence gathering. Associatesnian hosted this event. It is a little under two hours. With thea historian Central Intelligence agency. He joined the u. S. Government in at the a staff Historian Army center of military history, where he served for 14 years before he joined the cia. During his time with the agency he also served in rotational assignments as deputy and chief historian at the National Reconnaissance office and at the office of director of National Intelligence. Taught dr. Taught at the American University and university of maryland at baltimore county. He specializes at the history of intelligence. He is the author of 40 articles on both military and intelligence history from the 19th century to the present. Give you a warm welcome to dr. Clayton
Much again. Up next on American History tv, historian don doyle discusses his book, the cause of all nations, and International History of the American Civil War. The war looks at how was viewed around the world and the perspectives of the foreignborn soldiers fighting in it. This event is a little over an hour and 45 minutes. It is my pleasure to welcome don doyle who graduated from the university of california at davis. During his sophomore year, he took off a semester and travel to europe, where he developed a lifelong pastor lifelong question for history which took him to northwestern university, where he earned his phd. He spent much of his career at Vanderbilt University where he developed a strong interest in the civil war era. The professorcame of history at South Carolina. He also enjoyed numerous overseas teaching and research experiences. He was a fulbright professor of American History three times, and rome, italy, genoa, italy, and rio de janeiro, at universities in all th