Focused on american war politics and how the American People experience war in the 20th century. Her research attempts to get to the root of contemporary phenomenon, the disengagement of the u. S. Congress and the American People from war in the 21st century. The research is informing her forthcoming book going to war an American History. You may have seen the New York Times article that discusses the key question at the heart of her research. Today, she will speak about how america was mobilized for world war i by catastrophes of sunken ships and how catastrophes can mobilize americans to engage in distant conflicts. That create physical and emotional distance from death and dying. She is professor of law and director of the project of war and security at emory university. Prior to her position at emory, professor of law and Political Science at the university of southern california. She has also taught at duke, harvard, university of maryland, and university of iowa. She is an expert
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Ms. Swain this is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28th president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921. Youll be seeing more of it over the next two hours as we tell the story of the two Wilson Administration first ladies, ellen and edith. Ellen and woodrow met in their 20s and their love for each other was reflected in passionate letters. An accomplished artist as well as his intellectual companion, she helped guide his career from academia to politics. In adopting causes, she set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house just a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a secret courtship and edith wilson served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after he suffered a stroke remains one of the most controversial eff
Explore the history of espionage during world war i, focusing on four american agencies that participated in spying. Including the u. S. Army. Public library and Truman Library institute cohosted this hourlong event. Thank you for the warm introduction and warm welcome. I was not planning on talking about ufos. When the topic comes up, its irresistible. Recently let me say that in the 1990s the cia declassified a u2 Spy Plane Program written back in the 1970s, if i recall correctly. Thatf the findings was they had carefully gone back and correlated domestic ufo reports with classified u2 flights and discovered an extremely high correlation. This is true. A lot of these that they had seen where the sun glinting in a way that cannot be discussed at the time. All right. Down to business, it is a real pleasure to be here. I am flattered by the introduction and turnout today. Much so much. Lets talk about intelligence. Intelligence history has been dominated by the history of the creationge
Venture into the art of good writing with steve pinker. At 12 30 see the feminist side of a super hero as jill lapore searches wonder woman. Pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. On American History tv on cspan3 at 8 a. M. Eastern the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. Fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the time in which they lived. And then at 10 p. M. , former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. Thats this Christmas Day on cspan networks. For our complete schedule go to cspan. Org. Coming up next, former Intelligence Analyst for both the state department and the cia mark stout explores the history of espionage during world war i. He focuses on four american agencies that participated in spying. The navy department, War Department, state department and the Expeditionary Forces abroad, incl
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