At the university of mississippi , and we have stayed in touch quite a bit as we both moved on. We have always had a set of shared interests. Mike, it is great to be here with you today and to have a conversation on a subject that is extremely timely, which is responding to crisis. What needs to be said to the audience, they have seen all the evidence they can of the Current Crisis the coronavirus the economic downturn that will , be the serious issue for leaders, for everyday people. And it seems a good time to talk about two major 20thcentury crises. At the end of two world wars and how leaders responded, and to raise an issue about the light that might throw on the present about a framework for comparison. Mike, youre one of the people to talk to about. There are too many of your books to list for the audience but i thought i would talk about the book, fighting the great war world war i, the blood of free men, the book about the liberation of paris in 1944. But two books for the aud
Peopled stand with those in the face of common danger. And when we would have to put up or shut up we would put up with there. We would watch the war 50 years later on watch the war 50 years later on American History tv. Back live to the world war i museum in Kansas City Missouri for the final two speakers in the symposium, looking at the u. S. Role in what was then called the great war. About thefrom michael war college. Up next is Jennifer King looking at u. S. Soldiers during the war. Welcome back ladies and gentlemen. One of the great things about is the ability to spend time. What other place could you be at . With academics and historians such as we have here. Wrecking it is one of the great delights of such an experience. Which leads me to this opportunity to introduce dr. Jennifer keane. Not only a specialist on American Military history during world war i, but a lifetime friend of the museum and its mission. Friend of the museum and its mission. Jennifer spend some time in aus
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