This is a panel on the book civil war places. We have a couple copies up here that people will be thumbing through. And were going to have something very unusual for me, were going to have a screen behind us. He is smiling because i dont do anything this venturesome. To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn sta
To have actual images of when i give a talk. This is something of a departure for me. Heres how the structure is going to work. Im going to give very brief introductions for the four people who are sitting here at the table with me and ill do all of them at once. And then im going to go in the order in which these images are going to appear and have each of our Panel Members talk about why they decided to be part of this project. And why they selected the image that they selected. Theyll talk for a little while about the image and then well see where the conversation goes after that. Youll be able to have questions. Let me introduce everybody up here. Ill start with carol riordan, the professor of American History at penn state university. Carol and i taught together there for a long time. Shes the author of a very important book on civil war memory, the military side of it. With a sword in one hand, the problem of military thought in the civil war north. And shes a coauthor with tom v
20 books. I have a long list here. One of my favorite books is girls. Is earls. Is one of the first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done any others that charge, ackets book on field fortifications. A lot of people dont love braxton bragg. Im not sure you will love him after you read earls book, but it is a fair and well researched , deeply analytical look. He has won a number of awards. I should note, this book fighting for atlanta, is published by the university of North Carolina press. Let me welcome earl hess. [applause] pete, veryhank you, much. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, is the and the civil war topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important elements that influence the course of operations in the Atlantic Campaign. It is a followup to a trilogy that i did several years ago on field fortifications in the eastern campaigns. That was volume two of that trilogy coverage. Atlanta campaign was one of four that heavil
members of the security forces confronted crowds demanding the resignation of president dina boluarte. the latest reports say a building is on fire in the city centre. now on bbc news, click. let s get 2023 started in style. welcome to las vegas, where there s lights, sounds and a whole lotta shakin going on. uh, not sure this is what they meant, though. did that make you feel better? trust me, it made me feel everything. yes, everyjanuary, the tech world heads to the massive consumer electronics show, spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistle stop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in and you even get a bit of a theme in each one. t
protesters and police on wednesday. buses brought protestors into the city ahead of more action planned on thursday. they re calling for fresh elections. now on bbc news, it s time for click. let s get 2023 started in style. welcome to las vegas, where there s lights, sounds and a whole lotta shakin going on. uh, not sure this is what they meant, though. did that make you feel better? trust me, it made me feel everything. yes, everyjanuary, the tech world heads to the massive consumer electronics show, spread throughout the las vegas convention center and surrounding hotels. it s great to be here, back in our studio overlooking part of the show. yeah, only part, though, because this place is big. how big? very big. to give you an idea of how huge, i ll tell you what, should we give them a whistle stop tour? i ll go that way, you go that way, i ll meet you halfway around. deal. all of the halls have pretty spectacular stands in and you even get a bit of a theme in each one. t