He has written several sailing books. Heart of thehe won the National Book award for nonfiction. Books has been adapted into a 10 part tv series. Pbs. S also a consultant on everyone herefor this evening is that he turned his prodigious talents to the american revolution. The right another one of his book has an acquired by warner bros. For a film adaptation that ben affleck might direct. Stay tuned on that one. He has written for vanity fair, the New York Times book review, the wall street journal, the los angeles times, and the boston globe. He has appeared on the today show, dateline, pbs, cspan, npr. We are delighted to have cspan here this evening to found the lecture film the lecture. He hails from pittsburgh. Historyts his ap u. S. Teacher for recognizing his nascent talent and encouraging him to write. Her prescience is one of the reasons we welcome him here tonight. He is discussing his latest book that was just released today. Please join me in welcoming him. [applause] mr. P
So today we are going to focus on the Continental Army and we are situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military. The Continental Army in a lot of ways is different from other armies that have preceded it largely because it is one that is very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs rather than your traditional army. So what is the Continental Army. Where is it . Anyone . America. Okay. Continental army based in america. It will become the First United States Army but before it is the u. S. Army, it is the army of america, yes. But what element of america . Certainly part of the American Revolution. This typically the united colonies. So, when does the Continental Army begin . It is not necessarily with the start of the revolution but we are going to pick up our story at the beginning of the war. Couple classes ago we were talking about the french and indian war. And the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally altered several differ
Captioning performed by vitac certainly a part of the American Revolution, specifically yeah, the united colonies. So when does the Continental Army begin . Its not necessarily with the start of the revolution, but we are going to pick up their story at the beginning of the war. So a couple classes ago we were talking about the french and indian war and the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally altered several different nations, but primarily france, removed from the north american continent, britain and the british colonies. Many americans had fought alongside british soldiers and british officers during the war. Anyone recall what were some of the things that transpired when the two groups interacted . I mean, the british, they looked down on the colonies. Okay. So in a lot of ways the british are looking down on the coal nists for a number of reasons and that was having to do with tactics, having to do with a lack of formal military training, some of it had to do
And the character that he developed over a lifetime, and if you think about what weve done for the duration of this course, weve brought him into the story intermittently throughout. Whether its talking about individual battles or whether its talking about how he organized men or how he kept men he recruited men to get them to maintain or stay in the service. And one of the things i try to get across whenever im talking about washington is that washington is a bit of an inenia to a modern audience. Why . Because we really dont know who he was, what he was, how he looked. I mean, when i show you these images here, these images are of three of our noteworthy president s. Every ten years or so about 700 political scientists and historians across the country, they rank our president s. Now, who knows how our current president is going to rank. But nonetheless, whenever those rankings come out, generally these three guys here rank at the top. Sometimes it will be lincoln. Sometimes it will
Today well focus on the Continental Army and this is were situating this very much in the broad history of war and the military, and the Continental Army in a lot of ways is different from other armies that have preceded it, largely because its one that is very much based on ideals and certainly the concept and beliefs rather than sort of your traditional army. So what is the kont minutal army . Where is it, first of all . America. America, okay. So the Continental Army is based in america and it will become the first United States army, but before it was the u. S. Army, it is the army of america, yes. Certainly part of the American Revolution specifically and the united colonies. So when the Continental Army begins its not necessarily the start of the revolution and well begin the story in the beginning of the war. A couple of classes ago we were talking about the french and indian war, and the french and indian war was a war thats fundamentally altered several different nations that