[inaudible] youre watching American History tv. Like in the conversation us on facebook. In American Hats history tv, today were bringing you live coverage of world war one. Good morning everybody. To the macarthur memorial. For the last 14 months it has be the honor to director here at macarthur memorial. In a ld like to stand special welcome to our audience that is watching around the world in American History tv. In a mission 1964 use general macarthurs words to look for the future based on the past. That is why we are gathered here today. In many ways helped shape his future. Todays event will mark the of the first ial world war. Building next ial to us, the general is buried next to his wife. You can explore the museum while you are here. And this time i want to thank to put this helped symposium, without them we would not be here today. The city of norfolk, southern bank, hampton rd. , museum. You to all partners. [applause] before we get going. First of all, please silence your
University. Best phd dissertation and economic history. He has been ubiquitous in his efforts. Essays, supervising dissertations, and presenting papers. He is the author of 24 articles and essays and six books, mostly economic histories and population studies. Was published by North Carolina university press. It examined the life of the 41st secretary of the navy. They knows decision helped prepare the u. S. For its involvement in world war i. Will share with us his research from his most recent book. Welcoming dr. In lee craig. As he informed you during the introduction, i am a college professor. We are scheduled to do q a at the end of my presentation. I always know, as a professor, what the first question will be and what the answer to that is. Answer is yes. The question is, will this material be on the final exam . [laughter] yes. It will be on the final exam. Is potentially material for the final exam. I expect to see a lot of notetaking during the talk. About josephuss and his r
And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war it will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduledd to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always b, know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this materiale be on the final exam. Thing so, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is potentially material for the final exam, so i expect to see a lot of note taking. During the my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role as secretary of the navy during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch, o was being interviewed on cspan. The first question that i got was, why would Josephus Daniels a small town newspaper editor, be secretary of the navy duringa the First World War. The short answer to
And his talk today entitled Josephus Daniels in world war i will share the research from his most recent book. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lee craig. Well, as as dr. Orr informs you during the introduction, i am a college professor, and we are scheduled to do q and a at the end of my presentation, and so i always know, as a professor, what the first question will be, and what the answer to that is. And the answer is, yes, and the question is, will this material be on the final exam. So, yes, it will be on the final exam. In fact, anything i say is potentially material for the final exam, so i expect to see a lot of note taking. So my talk today is about Josephus Daniels and his role during the First World War. While you were enjoying lunch i was being interviewed on cspan. First world war. And while you are enjoying lunch i was being interviews on cspan and the first question that i got was, why why would Josephus Daniels, a small town newspaper editor, be secretary of the navy dur
Followed another four years of carnage. Weve got time for one or two more calls. The symposium resumes at 1 00. We can siad jens members start to trickle in behind you. Marvin in ann arbor, michigan. Good morning, marvin. Hi. I was wondering why you dont put more blame upon the germans for the war on the western front when the germans were preparing for war for about a dozen years and using a pretext to invade france. You would assume that the germans would require more blame than the french. Well thank you for the question, marvin. Youre absolutely right the germans had been preparing for war for not simply 12 years but even longer than that. The problem with many accounts of the outbreak of the First World War, however, is they focused only on one power or possibly two. If you look on the other side of the lens youll see france and russia signed a military alliance in 1894 specifically targeting germany, the terms of which stipulated that france and russia were supposed to invade ger