Strikes obliterating everything in the fuel to the benches and one of the domes have been completely destroyed we see firsthand the damage award from a decades old conflict between armenia and azerbaijan thats bust back into life. And despite a cease fire being almost a week ago shells still fall on azeri controlled territory as the fighting continues. Bring you your news every hour of the day this is our national a Woman Program glad to have your company. While also a story for you with europe in the grip of a 2nd wave of the Pandemic Health workers in france say the country hasnt any lessons theyve been protesting a lack of hospital resources still need to to effectively fight the pandemic now this comes off to president micro address the nation announcing new copies in a number of cities in the hope of stopping the spread shortage of penske in the thick of it reports from paris. The protesters here all forming what is a nationwide day of protests by Health Workers across france and
A Lasting Impact on American Society. This class is about an hour, 20 minutes. All right. So today were going to talk about america during the First World War. And ive called this lecture americans at war the myth busters edition. And i did that kind of intentionally. Because when we think about understanding the First World War in general, there are so many myths and misconceptions that are attached to the war that its really interesting for us to first understand why those myths exist and then to unpam them a little bit and think more about the reality of the experience, right . I want to start first by talking about how this connects to the First World War overall. So its not just america that has these myths, but even this sense of how we understand the First World War to begin with. And we think of the kind of general narrative that we attach to it. One of the most common narratives is that world war i was a senseless slaughter. Right . Weve already talked about the uncertainty as
Unturned vanessa was special. Like, a lot of people tell me, like, i dont know whats with vanessa, but, like, her smile just touches me. Shes just a joyful person. Shes very outgoing. We just had that connection. Vanessas 20 years old. She was born and raised in houston, texas, one of six children. Thats vanessa right in the middle. Her parents are immigrants from mexico. Mom, gloria, took care of the kids while dad, rogelio, worked as a machine operator. The guillen family is catholic and very religious. This is the baptism. [ speaking Foreign Language ] thats your favorite . [ speaking Foreign Language ] i always looked up to her since i was little. I was, like, following her steps. And she used to be like, be like me. Be tough, and ignore everyone. [ speaking Foreign Language ] she graduated high school. Shes just in girl who dreams of a better life and then she immediately enlists. Here you have a young latina woman, out of high school, who says, this is what i want to do. I want t
Exist and get to unpack them a little bit a little bit and learn about the reality of the experience. I wanted to start first by talking about how this connects to the First World War overall. Its not just america has these myths, but even the sense of how we understand the First World War to begin with, and we think of the kind general narrative that we attached to it, one of the most common narratives is that world war i was a senseless slaughter. We already talked about why this war even occurred. But once its underway, it is sort of predominant image and we get that image a lot from popular culture, those are the kind of images i have up here for you, of the idea that this really was just meant and then sent needlessly to their death. I have an example, all quiet on the western front. You are gonna like this image. This is the cover for the first english edition of the novel. Youll recognize that image from something we discussed last class, and last class was with a german war bon
Slavery and jefferson life have changed over recent decades. Watch friday beginning at eight eastern and enjoy American History tv this weekend every weekend on cspan three. Up next on the civil war, a story and harold holder and Valerie Perry of the New York Historical society talk about artifacts featured in their joint publication the civil war and 50 objects. In this program they discuss objects at the end of the war, and president likens assassination. This conversation took place on line in the New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening and welcome to the eighth and final episode of history our. Tonights topic is saving the union and ending the civil war at the battlefield and at the ballot box. As usual and i want to remind you which is being recorded will last 45 minutes. This includes 15 minutes for questions and answers. Please submit your questions via the cuban a function on your resume screen at any time during the. Top we will respond to as many as possi