Were going to cover the mexicanamerican war today. This is where a lot of americans. I think they know very we are going to cover the Mexican American war today. This is a war lot of americans think they know very little about. Its considered one of the more embarrassing wars in american history. Theres a reason americans dont want to talk about it. My own mother, even though written a couple books about it still thinks of this as the spanish american war sometimes. We cleared up that confusion a few years back. When im going to do is not take us through battle by battle in the war, mainly in the causes of the war. A little bit about the war itself. And then the consequences i want to cover a big summary right up front and say, this war was in the 1840. It was consequential for both countries. The cause lay in disputed territory. Down in texas, thats where american and mexican troops clashed in april of 1846. Two years later, the mexican section, the section part of the treaty ending t
To the previously mentioned december 1941. For me the book couldnt come at a better time. See the breakin librarys next special exhibition is called the secrets of World War Two and it opens on april 2nd. Its a collection of hundreds of artifacts from museums and private collections. Never before seen together in order to tell compelling stories of Technological Advancement creative problem solving and incredible human persistence under the backdrop of the worlds. Just a most destructive war in history. I quickly dug into craigs book to refresh my memory on the end of the war and to gain insight about what was going on around the world and those final few months. What i quickly found was a history book that read like a novel a book that covered the war and what soldiers were encountering just as much as a book that covered what was happening the homefront and abroad what average citizens were seeing and doing and even wearing it is a fascinating look into that era of our history. While
Lack of humanity with respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. People talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. Unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. Unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. We look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. Mother nature doesnt have to have an appointment. We begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u. S. Involvement. Senior pentagon officials said, the siege of mt. Sin is broken, enabling yazidis trapped on the mountain to escape. That fold news an American Team including dozens of u. S. Officials, landed on mt. Sinjar figuring out how to get the yazidis off the mountain. The americans left safely. Supplies and a few were lifted out on Iraqi Military helicopters saving the yazidis from Islamic State extremists, who call the yazidis devil worshipers. A number of options wer
With respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. People talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. Unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. Unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. We look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. Mother nature doesnt have to have an appointment. We begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u. S. Involvement. Senior pentagon officials said, the siege of mt. Sin is broken, enabling yazidis trapped on the mountain to escape. That fold news an American Team including dozens of u. S. Officials, landed on mt. Sinjar figuring out how to get the yazidis off the mountain. The americans left safely. Supplies and a few were lifted out on Iraqi Military helicopters saving the yazidis from Islamic State extremists, who call the yazidis devil worshipers. A number of options were being considere
Not a long term solution. There needs to be a lasting solution that gets that population to a safe space. Theres a lack of humanity with respect to syria because when we talk about syria we always talk about figures. People talking about bombing shelling, family members dying, pictures in their head they cannot get rid of. Unrest grows in ferguson, missouri. Unrest in the streets, at times between a swat raid and a full scale military invasion. We look at ourselves and say, do we have the kind of country we want to live in. Mother nature doesnt have to have an appointment. We begin with the crisis in iraq and the increasing u. S. Involvement. Senior pentagon officials said, the siege of mt. Sin is broken, enabling yazidis trapped on the mountain to escape. That fold news an American Team including dozens of u. S. Officials, landed on mt. Sinjar figuring out how to get the yazidis off the mountain. The americans left safely. Supplies and a few were lifted out on Iraqi Military helicopte