Im director of the Virginia Center for civil war studies. So our first speaker tonight and ill just introduce each speaker in turn right before they speak. So our first speaker is dr. Sarah jones wixel and she and her phd from the university of chicago. Shes now the director of research and publications at the American Historical Association in washington dc. Shes also an expert in the material culture of the civil war and most especially clothing and thats the subject of a book shes working on right now clothing in the American Civil War era one. Im very much looking forward to reading when it comes out. And were gonna get a taste for scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. Thank you. Well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. So, let me share my screen real. Quick all right. So when i began my current book project, i re
American Historical Association in washington dc. Shes also an expert in the material culture of the civil war and most especially clothing and thats the subject of a book shes working on right now clothing in the American Civil War era one. Im very much looking forward to reading when it comes out. And were gonna get a taste for scholarship and this subject tonight with her lecture and title clothing people for war over to you. Thank you. Well, thank you so much paul for the invitation to participate and for that wonderful introduction so glad to be able to participate in the weekend. So, let me share my screen real. Quick all right. So when i began my current book project, i really wanted to understand. The human side of this war the intimacy with which it was both experienced and fought at a very material level at the level of material culture. How do people experience and negotiate the effects of war in their everyday lives how they wage war against one another both on and off the
With john kennedy gave us american universities commencement address and i 263. He said that what the soviet suffered of world war 2 was the equivalent of the entire United States. East of chicago. Have you been destroyed . Mm. Initially the plan to attack the u. S. L was code named trojan. Over time it evolved into pincher bush, mega crankshaft, half moon, cold wheel, off tackle, and sherry, a december 19th 1949, so the adoption of the best known plan to wipe out the soviets operation. Dropshot, date of attack. January the 1st 1957. The plan outlined the complete annihilation of the usa under the democratic guise of liberating the nations from communism. But those very nations would be wiped out along with communism. In the 1st phase of authoration, dropshot in visits dropping 300 nuclear and 250000 tons of conventional bombs on the soviet union. In 100 soviet cities were pre selected as targets. The 2nd phase, the u. S. Sr is attacked by 250 nato divisions. Soviet thought so taken ov