Announcer coming up next, author Sharon Tosi Lacey talks about american strategy in the pacific. Highlighting the battle of saipan. She explains how u. S. Army soldiers and marines worked together during the campaign. She described their successes and failures. The event ran an hour and a half. It was hosted by the new York Military affairs symposium. Sharon tosi lacey thank you very much for having me. I want to thank my mom, daughter and husband for being here to support me. One of the earlier mend mentioned that there were four general smiths in the pacific. 3 were involved in the operations. I titled that chapter a tale of three smiths. I will talk to you about the battle of saipan. I look at the Lessons Learned as the military drove through the Central Pacific in world war ii. We traced their development and amphibious warfare as they go from the canal to the gilberts and ultimately a chronology. Trying to build on the mistakes they continued to make. Saipan is the most interestin
Announcer coming up next, author Sharon Tosi Lacey talks about american strategy in the pacific. Highlighting the battle of saipan. She explains how u. S. Army soldiers and marines worked together during the campaign. She described their successes and failures. The event ran an hour and a half. It was hosted by the new York Military affairs symposium. Sharon tosi lacey thank you very much for having me. I want to thank my mom, daughter and husband for being here to support me. One of the earlier mend mentioned that there were four general smiths in the pacific. 3 were involved in the operations. I titled that chapter a tale of three smiths. I will talk to you about the battle of saipan. I look at the Lessons Learned as the military drove through the Central Pacific in world war ii. We traced their development and amphibious warfare as they go from the canal to the gilberts and ultimately a chronology. Trying to build on the mistakes they continued to make. Saipan is the most interestin
Lock for these look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on cspan2. And so now im very please today introduce tonights author presenting his acclaimed new book, the book that changed america. Randall fuller works at the university of tulsa as well as the author of from battlefields rising. His work has appeared in the new york times, the wall street journal and other publications. Professor fuller is a winner of phi beta kappas award for best literary criticism. The book that changed america how darwins theory of evolution ignited a nation, explores how five luminaries gained new perspectives on the origin of the species in the leadup to the civil war. Thank you very much for the nice introduction. Thanks for coming out on what to oklahoma feels like a chilly night. I realize it is not really that cold. I am really glad to have been invited by the harvard bookstore. I have spent many hours over my professional li
200year dream. And but it will go fast because im going to concentrate on what happened once the dream was realized. In 1607 john smith entered the sevenmile wide mouth of the Potomac River and headed north. Whether he got this far north we are actually not certain but the People Living here called the place petomek. It translates as a place to which something is brought, a trading place, a place to which tribute is brought. It was a beautiful area in which the tide water from the ocean stopped. The river narrowed and as you know north of georgetown its very different river. But here where georgetown was to rise there was a huge tidal marsh. And this is the origin of the swamp myth. Washington, d. C. Was not built in the swamp. It is an insult to George Washington to think that he would locate the capital of the United States in the swamp. Its a very well drained area of ancient Potomac River terraces. Think of the cathedrals coming down the columbia road where the river sat for many y
And neglect. And im going to start earlier than 1783. Im going to start with the beginning of european exploration, the early part of the 17th century. So its going to be an almost 200year dream. And but it will go fast because im going to concentrate on what happened once the dream was realized. In 1607 john smith entered the sevenmile wide mouth of the Potomac River and headed north. Whether he got this far north we are actually not certain but the People Living here called the place petomek. It translates as a place to which something is brought, a trading place, a place to which tribute is brought. It was a beautiful area in which the tide water from the ocean stopped. The river narrowed and as you know north of georgetown its very different river. But here where georgetown was to rise there was a huge tidal marsh. And this is the origin of the swamp myth. Washington, d. C. Was not built in the swamp. It is an insult to George Washington to think that he would locate the capital of