Globalization and my work that most pertains to our panel today is a book called promise and peril america at the dawn of a global age. Just out in paperback. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel i think and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as historygraphical significance. U. S. Foreign relations before and after that kept us out of war election. This is really not just about u. S. Foreign relations but also world relations, international relations. Now, the spark for this panel is the centennial of the 1916 election in which Woodrow Wilson ran on a he kept us out of war platform despite the military interventions ongoing in mexico and the caribbean. Marking the centennial of this election this round table brings together superb historians with a wide array of focuses to address whether or not 1916 should be seen as the end of an
Anniversary into the United States entry into the First World War and would focus on those who embrace peace and refuse to support the war effort. They wanted to know whether or not phs could merge our 2017 bienniel conference with their. I was thrilled to have them become an official cosponsor and part of the program committee. It was also four years ago this mornings keynote speaker, professor Erika Kullman and i were in contact with the peace history journal. It was around that time she was informing me when her three year term at the journal finished she planned to step down in order to complete her manuscript on the International Migration of german war veterans. Like any good organizational president i tried to get her to change her mind, since she had been such a great editor and because i wanted to pass off the work of finding a replacement to my successor. She refused, but she did remain a valued member of the organization and is now serving on the board of the peace history s
Event that would take place here at the National World war i museum and memorial. I was thrilled to have them become an official cosponsor and part of the program committee. It was also four years ago this mornings keynote speaker, and isor Erika Kuhlman were in contact with the peace history journal. It was around that time she was informing me that when her threeyear term at the journal finished, she planned to step down in order to complete her manuscript on the International Migration of german war veterans. Like any good organizational president , i tried to get her to change her mind since she had , been such a great editor and because i wanted to pass off the work of finding a replacement to my successor. She refused, but she did remain a valued member of the organization and is now serving on the board of the peace history society. Erika kuhlman is a professor and the former director of womens studies at Idaho State University where she teaches , courses in womens history, u. S
I am the curator of education and it is my absolute pleasure and honor to welcome you all here this evening for a fantastic conversation that we get to enjoy with cspan and with chrome radio. For those of you who are new to our museum, this museum is not, in fact, new. Two weeks after the armistice was signed, kansas city and can together and wanted to create a memorial for those who lived through and those who died in the world war. Raised 2. 5y million to build the structure that we are in this evening. Would like to raise 2. 5 million in 10 days for us, we would be happy to discuss this. Or, at the 37 million that it translates to in todays dollar. In a 1926, this beautiful art nouveau place opened. It was dedicated to those who have a courage, honor, patriotism and sacrifice to defend the nation and also in the hopes of a just and lasting peace. Which is, in part, and in whole our conversation this evening. This evening we are going to be discussing that u. S. Entry into world war
1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Announcer American History tv is on cspan3 every weekend featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and much more. Here is a clip from a recent program. Here she is at 87. In an 1860 brigade eight march to the Capitol Building in d. C. , or they delivered a petition against the ruthless slaughter in vietnam. The speaker of the house, john mccormick, a veteran of world war i. 50 years seemed very short at that moment i think. ,n another echo of the war during the great war there is a 1970s soul record that shot to number one on the billboard chart by edward star. Imposed the rhetorical question, war, what is it good for . Absolutely nothing1 absolutely nothing announcer you can watch this and other American History programs on our website, where all video is archived. Thats cspan. Org history. Next