I am pleased to announce a miniseries of six lectures entitled great president ial lives. This series is attractive for two main reasons. The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself, our esteemed umw Professor Emeritus of history william b. Crawley, he has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the Mary Washington he has contributed in numerous ways. The creation of our Historic Preservation program in the creation of this great life series among them. It is for his excellence in teaching his perhaps best known. And to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching from his colleagues and his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become a true
And answer portion, in the interest of video and audio reporting, if you could just come to our microphone by the white pillar so we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion, and lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen, to politics and prose the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjuncrt senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. He is the New York Times best selling author with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. One went off to sea and one became Vice President. Neither was heard from ever again. However in rare cases, the Vice President is not relegated to obscurity. Namely when the president the previous president dies. And his newest, best New Y
Tis of history william b. Crowley who just completed 50 years on the faculty of the university of mary washington. During that half century, dr. Crowley contributed in innumerable ways and significant ways, certainly not least of all, the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. It is for his excellence in teaching that he is perhaps best known and certainly to literally thousands of our students, he received our institutions highest honors in teaching both from his colleagues and from his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who made the greatest impact on their lives. Dr. Youly has become a true icon of this community. And so it is with great pleasure that i introduce Professor William b. Crowley. Who droug upawing upon his 50 yf political history has truly shared so much of his knowledge and will be sharing it again with us to day and he looks at some interesting and controver
My name is Katie Willard and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, i would like to go over a few quick announcements. First, please silence your cellphones and other noise making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight. So you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Secondly, during our question and answer portion, in the interest of our video and audio recording, if you could come up to the microphone right here by the white pillar. That wave, we can hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. And lastly, once everything is done, if you could please pull up your chairs and place them against something solid. Our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight, i am pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. Cohen is the founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet ink as well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. He has written sever
Center is comprised of eight federal agencies to combat wildfires. The film was produced for the centers training program. Hello. I have a mighty important message. It is very rare in history that you have one originating moment. In a moment, it is a creation story for creating who we are. In the spring of 1910, the earth passed through the tail of haleys,. It seemed to foreshadow the deadly summer of fire that would engulf the Northern Rockies. No amount of money, equipment, or firefighters could stop the hurricane of fire raged out of control. The big blowup would be the catalyst of Fire Suppression for the next 100 years. On august 20, a terrific hurricane broke over the mountains. It picked up the fires and carried them for miles. The wind was so strong that it almost lifted men out of their saddles and the canyon seemed to act as chimneys through which the wind and fires roared thousand freight trains. Roared like a thousand freight trains. In the years before the big blowup, pewt