I dont know. And the reason im thinking, you know, the comparison that would make that point best is saudi arabia, qatar, right . I mean, qatars a very interesting place in the sense that it has no citizens, right . I think its about 275,000 now, everybody else is an expat. All there is is money, and there has been extremely effective use of that money and qatari diplomacy. And if you compare sort of the last ten years of diplomacy, aljazeera, qatari use of money with the saudis, you would absolutely conclude they punch below their weight. But if you compare to iran, you know, iran has roughly three times the population of saudi arabia, and the percentage of the population that is in a sense involved in the life of the country, that is, for example, has a decent education, are professionals, women who are active in some way in the economy, iran is a much more, much more modern country than saudi arabia. And it isnt surprising in a way that the saudis would have a very hard time taking
We do have available for sale if you want to get signed at the end of the presentation, yes, three children and lives with his wife judy sloven in cambridge, massachusetts and tenants harbor, maine, please give a round round of applause for rogers thanks so much. Its great to see you here. Its great to be here where i lived in the mid1980s when this tour was across the street, but was a haven for book lovers in a town where some people prefer to go to the beach now and then and it obviously the store has thrived so its great to see all of you here. This book is is about the civil war as you probably know and the first point i want to make is really the main point of the book about the the tremendous financial burden that lincoln and his treasury salmon chase took on to finances war. Ill talk about them later in the talk, but they had what i would call a marriage. It was a very fruitful marriage. Not a very happy marriage, but they got the job done much unlike the south and one of the p
Technology, empowering opportunity, and communicating with communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications along with these Companies Support cspan two as a public service. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is kaitlan edwards. Im the league park ranger here at Andersonville National Historic Site. Welcome. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our presenter today. He is the distinguished professor of history, a researcher of us are at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which have won awards. The latest of which is an escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia which we will be talking about today. Please welcome dr. Robert watson. Thank you, caitlyn. Thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site end the National Prisoners of war museum. Thank you, caitlyn and gia, charles, the entire stuff. Today september 16th, which is national p. O. W. Mia recognition day. It is recognized and was established b
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is caitlin. Im the lead park ranger here at andersonville. Historic site. Welcome. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our presenter today, so is the distinguished professor of and Aaron Fogelman Research Professor at Lynn University in florida. He has published over 40 books, several of which won awards. And the latest, which is escape about libby prison in richmond, virginia, which will we be talking about today . So please welcome dr. Robert watson and thanks, caitlin. So, first of all, thank you to Andersonville National Historic Site and the National Civil war, National Prisoner of war museum. Thanks, caitlin and charles and the entire staff today, september 16th, which is national. Am i a recognition day, which is a day that is recognized . It established by Congress Third friday in september to honor those who served sacrificed suffered as well as those that have not yet come home. So its fitting, i suppose, all together prop
Edwards, the league park ranger at Andersonville National historic site. I have the distinct pleasure of introducing our distinguished professor of history, an average fogleman Research Professor several of which have won awards. The latest of which is escaped about libby prison which we will be talking about today. Please welcome, doctor robert watson. Thanks, caitlin. First off, thank you for Andersonville National historic site, and the prisoner of war museum, thank you to the entire staff. Today is september 16th, national p. O. W. Mia recognition day. It is recognized and was established by congress as the third friday and september to honor those who served, sacrificed, suffered, as well as those that have not yet come home. It is fitting, i suppose, altogether proper that we are here at andersonville to talk about one of the worst prisons in history on p. O. W. , national p. O. W. Mia recognition day. Andersonville is the most infamous prison in American History. It was only ope