Topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel then, everyone will give Opening Statements and then we will start the conversation. So, sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at purdue university. He holds a phd in colonial history from Johns Hopkins and is author of captives of history, prisoners of war and the American Revolution that will be released this fall at the university of pennsylvania. In addition to his book, hes published articles in the journal of the early republic the journal of military history in the new england quarterly. Hes currently at work on a project that is provisionally titled, patrick henrys war, the struggle for empire in the revolutionary west. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19 century historian in the department of african ascites at wellesley college. Her book out from the university of pennsylvania was exclusively focused during antebellum activist. Shes coauthor and featured in the Hi
Human Services Secretary on cspan. Org. And you can see the vote for mr. Azar at 2 15 eastern. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Our father, the center of our joy, we thank you that you are in the midst of lifes battles with us, bringing good even from the abnormalities of our pilgrimage. Lord, we are grateful that throh the struggles and tear you stand thin the shadows, keeping watch over your people. Lord, even though our lawmakers may not know how all the pieces fit together, we are grateful that they can still strive with grateful hearts to do your will. May they remember your command in 1 thessalonians 5 18; in everything give thanks for this is gods will for your life. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the rep
Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst accomplished professionals, and the reason why they failed was not due to a character flaw, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles fighting a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles. The first thing is diplomacy. In the seven years war britain had allies. During the war for american independence they found themselves relatively alone, fighting france in 1778. S
Sits in a lecture with one of the Nations College professors. You can watch it next, Brooklyn College professor benjamin carp talks about the advantages and disadvantages for british and American Forces during the revolution. He describes how individual personalities, supplies, and timing influenced the outcomes. This class is one hour and 15 minutes. Benjamin hi, everybody. Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker, she will be talking about the western campaigns in more detail. There are other aspects of the war, financing the war, womens participation that we will not get to today that we will be leaving for future classes. I wanted to start by talking about one of the best recent books on the American Revolution called the men who lost america. He argues that british generals are described as incompetent, in decisive, but he argues that these were competitive men in the midst of accom
And of course are on the revolutionary generation. Todays lecture is going to be on military aspects of the revolutionary war, mostly in the north and south. Next week, when we have our guest speaker she will talk about some of the western campaigns in more detail. We have that coming up. That will be exciting. There are other aspects of the war at home, financing the war womens participation in the war that we will not get to date today, but we will before future classes. I want to start by one of the best books on the revolution is a book called the men who lost america. In this book, it is argued that british generals are often described as incompetent or indecisive, but the author argues that they were smart competitive men accomplished professionals, military professionals, and the reason why they failed is not due to psychotic character fails, but because they faced insurmountable obstacles in trying to fight a war in america. I will lay out some of those obstacles, and they will