York Historical Society and has traveled here. It was a real pleasure to work on that, and i hope that you will get a chance to see it. Its an interesting exhibit. Today im going to talk about my current research, which, as camille said, is how the u. S. Army as an institution was trying to manage a crisis that its leaders perceived during the war in vietnam, a crisis around race. As i imagined almost all of you know, the u. S. War in vietnam was the first major conflict that the United States thoughts from the beginning was a racially integrated armed force. Through much of the war, the process was treated as a great success. In combat, it almost without exception was. But by 1960, army leaders were talking about the war within the war and trying to figure out how to manage a racial crisis that they saw as starting to tear the army apart. My research right now is trying to think about how this massive institution tried to manage a racial crisis. I look at the theories of actions the a
Its leaders perceived during the war in vietnam, a crisis around race. As i imagined almost all of you know, the u. S. War in vietnam was the first major conflict that the United States thoughts from the beginning was a racially integrated armed force. Through much of the war, the process was treated as a great success. In combat, it almost without exception was. But by the end of the 1960s, army leaders were talking about the war within the war and trying to figure out how to manage a racial crisis that they saw as starting to tear the army apart. My research right now is trying to think about how this massive institution tried to manage a racial crisis. I look at the series of actions the army took, a whole variety of actions that range from the predictable actions of education and training, to an emphasis on cultural sensitivity, to visible leadership and affirmative action. Most fundamentally what i am arguing in this larger project is that the army shifted from thinking of itself
That seems to be not estimated announcer learn more about the political cartoons sunday at 8 00 p. M. And midnight eastern. Youre watching American History tv. Announcer next, Timothy Shannon teaches a class on colonial era diplomatic ties between the iroquois confederacy and european settlers. He describes what treaty meetings would have looked like, the role of interpreters, and the importance of exchanging gifts. Welcome, everyone. Today we are going to talk about diplomacy on the early american frontier between native american peoples and european peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of both native american peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. I have a painting from 1903 that is the big thing one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that johnson, not am lot of contemporary American Students of history know much
And european peoples. We will talk about some of the customs and protocols that governed that style of diplomacy and the objectives of both native american peoples and colonial peoples brought to those meetings. Ive got an image here that is actually a painting from 1903 that is depicting one such treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the Mohawk Valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named William Johnson, not a lot of contemporary American Students of history know much about him, but he was a very interesting figure in the 18th century. He was an irish immigrant who came to america settled on the , mohawk front of upstate new york in 1740, and became very friendly with mohawk indians, who were his neighbors. Ultimately, gained a great deal of influence among them and was ultimately was appointed by the British Crown to serve as the agent to the iroquois nation. S. This painter in the early 20th century wanted to depict one of these treaties that
How does the Nobel Committee pick decide who is the most qualified person to receive the prize. This is a very secretive process so we dont really know we know that there were over 300 nominations this year for the Nobel Peace Prize but they dont make those public for 50 years clearly a lot of the money at the bookmakers have been on gretta dont bug and her. The way shes resonated on the climate issue in the last year and climate hasnt been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for some years that is sometimes one of the things they do they focus on a specific area that needs the worlds attention for example last year it was Sexual Violence in conflict with dennis macwhich of the congolese dr no idea. The campaign or other years they look at International Organizations and weve had organizations like the e. U. For example given the Nobel Peace Prize in the past what i think weve seen see here is something that weve also seen a pattern of which is a development an Important Development in terms