Of Josephus Daniels, 41st secretary of the navy who held office between 1913 and 1941. Daniels decisions helped prepare the u. S. Navy for its eventually involvement in world war i. 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 say potentially material for the final exam. So i expect to see a lot of note taking during the talk. 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. The first
Affected the outcome of the war. Mr. Stoker is a strategy and policy professor at the Naval War College in monterrey, california. The Bryant Park Corporation, Oxford University press and the New York Historical society cohosted this 55minute event. Thank you so much, paul. Good evening, everyone. As paul mentioned, im alex kassl, manager of Public Programs at the New York Historical society, and its a pleasure to see so many familiar faces in the audience tonight and a great pleasure to introduce tonights speaker and to once again partner with Bryant Park Corporation and Oxford University press on this terrific lecture series. Weve had a great run this summer. Next week is our final week in the series and at the historic society, we Just Announced the fallwinter series, and thats on the website now, brochures to come early september, so something exciting to look forward to. Tonights program will last about an hour and will be followed by a booksigning by our featured speaker, donald s