Poland i was prepared but it wasnt, the mightiest military behemoth World History up to that point and poland had a sizable army, very small navy, it didnt have the financial wherewithal that germany did and did think the germans rolled over them. The date was a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war . They suspected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half were neutral, declared their neutrality. Some had prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen. They hope to somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what hitler had been preparing for for a number of years, keeping their fingers crossed but obviously that didnt work. Host why werent they prepared if they were aware of hitler . Guest remember 1939, only 20 years aftxx years after thed war i, the greatest bloodbath in history to that point. Many of those countries lost hundreds of thousands if not millions of
History up to that point and poland was, had a, sizable army. Small air force, small navy. It was basically a poor country. It didnt have the sense and financial wherewithal germany did. They thought they could hold off germany at least for a while but germans rolled over them. Cspan you say it wasnt a surprise. The date was maybe a surprise but was the rest of europe preparing for war at this point . Guest they expected war was coming. Most European Countries hoped it wouldnt happen. Half the European Countries were neutral. They declared neutrality. Some prepared for war to a certain extent but none of them were really ready for what was about to happen to them. They hoped somehow something would happen to prevent germany from embarking on what, you know, hitler had been really preparing for a number of years. So they were basically keeping their fingered crossed. Obviously that didnt work. Cspan why werent they prepared . If they were aware of what hitler wanted . Part of the reason
470 of them front office jobs. Now to carl cant ania and the beginning of squawk alley. Good morning. It is 8 00 a. M. At apple headquarters in cupertino. 11 00 a. M. On wall street, and squawk alley is live. Good tuesday morning. Kayla is off, but with us as always john and myself at post nine. Joining us today jessica lessen, the founder of the information and cnbc contributor. Jessica, great to have you with us as well. On a crazy day, cramer called it an emotional opening, and it was certainly that. Were well off the lows. Oil has gone green after a miserable morning. Lets start with the markets falling, of course, since the open right now. Dow down 86 points. S p is down about seven. We mentioned oil going positive. Our bob pasani on the floor watching everything. Bob. We are in the middle of a modest rally. Remember, we were we got down 20 points in the s p 500 right at the open, and we have more than half that with the s p down only six points. Lets take a look at the market int
Ree rwanda, not just myself. It is a mission for rwanda. The acronym if you recall, it was una, the United Nations aid mission for rwanda but unfer doesnt really work so he takes the mi in mission and takes out the f. Hes really committed to that word for. He is a complex individual. I think having this is very full and very long account is helpful in kind of he charted very well the complexities of this thing on the ground and in his own personal motivations enter into this. I think that is very helpful in envisioning this thing from a holistic perspective. You had a comment. It kind of goes back to what we were talking about. He says he got a phone call from an american staffer. He doesnt even know who they are and what they do. What page are we on. 499. He tgoes he told me his estimates said it would take the death of rwanda to justify the death of an american soldiers. I mean thats what it is. It puts pedestal higher. Thats not the idea behind human rights. Thats what the United Na
U. N. Responded to the genocide. Now American History tv in prime time features a panel on totalitarianism and communist governments focusing on world war ii, the cold war and americas involvement in the middle east. This 90minute event was hosted by the James Madison program at princeton university. The association for the study of free institutions and texas tech university. On behalf of the directors, i want to express our gratitude to the James Madison program for inviting us to cosponsor this panel on Foreign Policy and the challenges of totalitarianism. This is a privilege for me personally also when i arrived at princeton in the fall of 1986, the age of 17, one of the faculty that i met early on was a young scholar then in his first year as an assistant professor. That was robby. Ive been very pleased to work with him on a number of occasions over the last nearly 30 years. I can hardly believe it. Now you may be unaware that the madison prap was under some pressure to recind the