American progressionism and the coming of the new deal. He argues thattal al smith lost the 1928 election, his ideals and policies paved the way for president roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome all of you here for our talk for this evening. Im evan dolley, and on blehalf of the program here, welcome to our history talk. At the outset for being able to hold this talk, thank you to the funding of the history fund which is supporting this event, and let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. So our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert childs. He is a graduate of tascun university. He began a phd in history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012, and the talk hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that phd dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has, during the course of this particular research, or the research for this project, he has received a couple prestigious
Author of the book the revolution of 28 al smith, american progressivism and the coming of the new deal. His Progressive Coalition paved the way for franklin roosevelt. Good evening, everyone. Im really delighted to be able to see all of you here tonight and welcome you all here to our talk for this evening. On behalf of the History Department here, welcome, to our evenings talk. Were able to hold this talk thanks to the generous funding of the history fund which is supporting this event. And let me jump straight to introducing our speaker for the evening. Our speaker for this evening is dr. Robert chiles. Hes a graduate of town send university where he studied music and found the true faith and began a ph. D. In history which he completed at the university of maryland in 2012. And the talk that hes going to be giving this evening is the result of that ph. D. Dissertation, i do believe, yes. He has in the course of this particular research, the research for this project, hes received a
Never letting a serious crisis go to waste. Im not totally convinced by this line they have truly, they do care. If they didnt care then they would allow saudi arabia to build gigantic mosques to if they really cared it wouldnt have allowed the chechens to send their students to go study wahhabism but that continues. On the tartar reaction to the shootdown, there really wasnt much of what other than the fear that it would be put back on them. Its important to note that are two different versions of tartars. Theres a tartar inrush and in the crimean tartar. Different language are not related to each other. As far as i know. Im talking only about the crimea partners. Their only reaction was to be concerned to come back on them. And ill stop there. Thank you. Okay, on the Islamic State. I do think russia has a bill concern about potential for blowback both in central asia and the caucasus and within russia itself, but i also think that their analysis of the problem is different. We talk a
They announced the bombing against the rebels would be accompanied by fighter planes. So they are taking the threat environment more seriously than they did. As hannah mentioned on the military side they have made pretty significant strides in reform in the last couple years. A senior russian i was speaking with last week pointed out jokingly that of all things we said we will reform and the only ones with result is the military. It is true not only in terms of the professionalization of the for forces but developing new radar, missile and air enabled platforms. There is some of this stuff happening. Russia is not a full spectrum force. It doesnt have the capabilities the United States has. But it has pretty significant capabilities compared to a country like, say, china. I think we have to take that seriously. I think sometimes what was said at one time about them being an army with a state more than an army. In the military domain russia is probably punching their weight but the meas
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