To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in the conflict. The influx of u. S. Resources changed the tide of the years long global war bringing it to a close on november 11, 1918. To mark the 100th anniversary of what was then known as the great war, American History tv is live from the National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri. Well be here for the next two and a half hours and well take you on a tour of the exhibits and involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the
And involve you in conversations with top world war i historians as we learn about the history of the u. S. Role in the war and its impact. As we open the program, we are joined by the president and ceo of the National World war i museum and memorial matthew nayler. Matt nayler, you have resources in telling the story of world war i, why is it important for people in 2017 to know this story . I dont know you can think of the last 100 years particularly in the United States without understanding the impact of world war i. And thats true of countries across the globe. Im an australian and an american, as well, and for australia it is the defining moment rather than a moment of victory defining a national psyche, for australia its a defeat. It defines who australians are and thats true of so many other places. It had such a profound impact on the reconstruction of world relationships, of how countries were formed and so on, that its essential for our understanding of our current age. In a
Sometimes a lot of the day in the hour, but my message is for them to maintain the momentum and help in coordinating efforts for reconciliation. We need more and more and more reconciliation. We need to, you know, invent proposals and initiatives and that will be the key for unifying libya and for reaching peace. Thank you. Thank you. Jonathan. Thank you. I know it will be much better for me to wait until president clinton or President Trump takes over and leave them with the libyan problem and divest myself of it. That would definitely be better for my physical and psychological wellbeing. Theres no doubt about it. Im not sure it would be better for libya to wait, including on the issues we talked about. Dont do things until you know what the results are going to be. Be very, very, very afraid. Not just very, very careful. Sure. I love omelets. I eat omelets. I hate breaking eggs. I wont let you break eggs. I dont like egg beaters. Its not a very satisfactory set of formulations. Daes
My 25 is frwife is from india. I still love india. Be careful yeah. But and india has enormous potential and capability. But i have to, again, simply say india has a great capacity also for disappointing. It lumbers forward like an elephant and it also operates on its own strategic agenda. People from the Indian Strategic elite and ive spoken to a few of them by accident. They all seem to be related to my inlaws in one way or another, country of 1. You know, 2 billion and Everybody Knows everybody else it seems. They are not ready to play this kind of role. They are enormously focused upon pakistan and upon internal issues and thats and the strategic agenda. So, i dont think theyre going to what we are seeing, though, at least in the maritime issues partly because china is pushing into the region and chinas support for pakistan, they are interested in countering that and in certain areas we are seeing increased cooperation. I think theres a lot of room for it, for example, u. S. And it
This is a guy who is not afraid to talk to confront injustice. I think of something George Bernard shaw said you dont make progress by standing on guard. The fact that he used to be 65 will give you the idea of the fights i have been in. He has been more and additional to veterans for peace, he is a cofounder of the dont shoot coalition on the Michael Brown Police Killing in ferguson, missouri. He was an artillery love and based in clues and American Civil Liberties union and the Steering Committee of bringing them home now campaign. To introduce him and veterans for peace, we have a short video and then michael will be right here. [begin video clip] my name is barry ladendorf. I am the president of the veterans for national peace. Across the United States we have about 160 chapters and chapters in ireland and okinawa. We are forming a chapter in open our. We have a chapter in mexico. What we have learned in our collective experiences is that veterans is violence goes down. It doesnt p