Pivotal meeting between british Prime Minister winston churchill, president franklin roosevelt, and soviet leader joseph stalin. Welcome back to the metal and Paul Hilliard Conference Center here at the higgins hotel. I hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. We spent this morning doing highlevel analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. As we know, wars are fought on battlefield, not in boardrooms. These summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the ground, they would not have mattered much if we did not have armies in the field. Our next session will look at how yalta affected the execution of the closing months of world war two. To do this we have asked rob citino. His executive director of the museum of democracy as well as at the world War Ii Museum. He is an awardwinning led terri historian. Military historian. He has published 10 books, primarily on the german army. He has taught for three decades including stints at
Cspan3, American History tv. Patrick thank you, steve. let me begin with the origin of the National Rifle association. How did the organization come about and why . Patrick it came about during the civil war. There was poor marksmanship, so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. Facilitate, build, and grow longrange rifle ranges , and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. They grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, built on, there was an english National Rifle association. In 1859. A predecessor this is supposed to be the american version. The only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle club and those rifle clubs within compete in state, loc
I hope everybody enjoyed their lunch. Morning doing highlevel analysis of the political and strategic situation that existed amongst the allied leaders. Fought on, wars are battlefield, not in boardrooms. These summits, though they dictated much of what would happen on the ground, they would not have mattered much if we did not have armies in the field. Our next session will look at affected the execution of the closing months of world war two. Robo this we have asked executive director democracy as of well as at the world War Ii Museum. He is an awardwinning led terri historian. Military historian. He has published 10 books, primarily on the german army. He has taught for three decades including stints at west point, the u. S. Military academy, and the u. S. Army war college. Infirst came to the museum 2012 for our international conference. Then he came in 2013 for our international conference. Then he was one of our featured tour historians at the 70th anniversary of dday crews. Then
Foreign policy in the United States. Hosted by the institute for policy studies, this is one hour and a half. The institute for policy studies, for those who dont know, and i should know, but sometimes the wording is a little hard to remember, is a progressive think tank dedicated to building a more equitable and ecologically sustainable and Peaceful Society and turn policies into action. That is where you are. Events coordinator here at the institute for policy studies. I will also mention a couple of relevant applications outside. And the , and nowonal community that the cuban five are free, we work for the end of the u. S. Blockade against cuba and normalizing relations between the United States and cuba. Also, im an organizer in the black alliance for peace, which stands against all unilateral sanctions. Today, you will hear a presentation that will unpack the current relations between the u. S. And cuba. A lot of misnomers and popular misconceptions about cuba that are a result of
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