The new York Military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. Thank you for the kind of introduction and bob for the invitation, im not only happy to be here given new york traffic, im also lucky to be here, as i watch the clock tick away, not only in the palisades as we were driving down from west point, but also in the cab trying to get us from the hotel to here. It was a close return thing as some would say. What i would do this evening would be to really start with something that happened last week in the white house and there was an uproar as you might have recalled last week at the white house, it was not related to the president s tan suit, which got quite a number of remarks as we saw, but more significantly for my conversation this evening with you, was really revolved afternoon one word, and that word was strategy, and the president igniting criticism by saying that we dont yet have a strategy against isis targets in syria, causing uproars, certainly among the president s
York military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for the kind introduction and bob for the invitation. Im not only happy to be here, given new york traffic, im also lucky to be here. [ laughter ] ize watch the clock tick away, not only only palisades driving down from west point but also in the cab trying to get us from the hotel to here, it was a it was a closerun thing, as some will say. So, what i thought i would do this evening would be to really start with something that happened last week in the white house. And there was an uproar, as you might have recalled last week, at the white house. It was not wry lated to the president s tan suit, which got quite a number of remarks, as we saw, but more significantly for my conversation this evening with you, was really revolved really revolved around one word, and that word was strategy. And the president igniting criticism by saying that we dont yet have a strategy against isis targets in syria c
Look at James Madisons role in creating the constitution. Next on American History tv, colonel Gregory Daddis discusses u. S. Military strategy during the vietnam war, featuring on William Westmoreland, he argues that the generals ideas were sound, but an inability to i implement them led to failures in South Vietnam. Its an hour and a half. Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press,
Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the armys professional reading list. Colonel daddis is also an important important to this organization as liaison between the society for military history, region two, and the new York Military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for t
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