Next, university of texas at austin professor jeremy surry talks about the world fair in chicago and the for policy. He describes the 1893 worlds fair in chicago and the expansion of the u. S. Navy as ways that america began to build an international presence. This class is about an hour and 10 minutes. Prof. Suri we are going to talk about americas emergence as a global power. The transformations that occurred in the United States in the late 19th century transformations that change the United States from being one country distant from the center of International Conflicts and activities into becoming a central actor, not the most dominant actor, not the most powerful, but now an essential actor by the late 19th century and the ways in which International Affairs were conducted in a country to be reckoned with in international space. One way to think about this is that the United States goes from being a continental power after the civil war where we started this course to the a power
And during this period one was immersing myself in the lives of these extraordinary brothers, i began to realize that cold war, when they were in power in the 1950s, these were immensely powerful figures and they could make and break government. And they certainly did. Probably every literate human being on the face of the earth knew the name dulles. And now the dulles brothers, its like we have forgotten him. I realize this while we were writing the book because several times when friends of mine asked me what you working on, and i said i would than writing a book about dulles, they would look at me and say the airport . [laughter] and the dulles approached the world did not work out well for the United States. I think that thats part of the reason that we have airbrush them out of our history. They tell us things about ourselves that we really dont like to see or feel or hear. As a result, we have allowed them to shrink from history. Nations like to think of themselves as good. We al
Wave. And the daredevil surfer who conquered it. So much danger making these spectacular moves. That the champion had to come back to rescue a fellow surfer. And good morning, america. One of those waves are hitting so hard. And europe getting hit so hard. All across europe, that storm, as we mark the First Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. This morning, i want to take a look at the northeast, one year later. There is some progress. But also, look at these remarkable images. After the storm. And now. One year later. Thats the famous coaster at Seaside Heights right after the storm. And now, its all gone. And breezy point in new york, right after the storm. And what it looks like this morning. Abcs amy robach and ginger zee, standing by in both places for us this morning. Were also going to speak to new jersey governor, chris christie. Lets get to the latest on the american spy scandal. The chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee, Diane Feinstein said she is totally opposed to u. S
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