Scholar teaching in russia. He has authored three books, the most current which is the 3,019 great rescues and escapes. Were so pleased to have dr. Mills with us this evening speaking about Herbert Hoovers humanitarian efforts during and after World War I. Welcome, dr. Mills, and Thank You for being here. Thank you. Well, Thank You so much for that kind introduction. Greetings, everybody. Im dave mills, and let me start off with a standard disclaimer that none of the views discussed here are the official positions of the United States government, that as the presenter, all mistakes, issues and errors are entirely my own. I would also like to add that i dont make any money from these presentations, nor is there a lot of money to be made in academic publishing. Most of the correspondence with my publishers says something to the effect that my royalty checks are too small to bother sending one. So having said that, please dont sue me for accidental copyright infringement. The Presentation
For 4 years from 914. 00 to 1918 and europe seemed on course to destroy itself. On august the 4th 1914 germany invaded belgium. Most of the worlds major powers was soon drawn into the conflict. By the time the war ended almost 40 nations in Europe Africa the middle east and east asia were involved. The socalled rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power the turtle of more than 16000000 people were killed. The allied powers including the British Empire france the United States belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire austria hungary and the Ottoman Empire. When the armistice was announced in 1900 people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. The french writer seymour now described the scene in paris. In the crowd young factory workers and fashionably dressed ladies hugged and kissed each other. To greet empires of europe were falling apart. The wars that have killed millions prompted new demands for independence. In apri
By the time the war ended almost 40 nations in Europe Africa the middle east and east asia were involved. The socalled rich war was fought with unprecedented destructive power a total of more than 16000000. 00 people were killed. The allied powers including the British Empire france the United States belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire austria hungary and the Ottoman Empire. When the armistice was announced in 1900 people in the allied countries took to the streets to celebrate. The french writer ill bet seymour now described the scene in paris. In the crowd young factory workers in fashion or with dressed ladies hugged and kissed each other. To greet him powers of europe were falling apart. The war that had killed millions prompted new demands for independence. In april 916 Irish Republicans in dublin launched an insurrection against british rule. But the uprising was poorly organized and was put down quickly by british troops once again the unio
Start actually showing them a little bit more than kind words and camera time and a professional sporting event you know call me crazy but maybe maybe its time to stop creating new better news given we can barely care for the ones that we already have and that starts with ending the seventeen year long generational boondoggle of blood the United States war on terror the cost of war project Brown Universitys attempt to pull back the curtain on the real expenses of the u. S. War on terror not just the financial ones but the physical and emotional issues as well they just released a sobering report on casualties from the almost two decade long war right in the time for veterans day they found that somewhere between four hundred eighty thousand and over five hundred thousand people have been killed in the United States post nine eleven the wars in iraq afghanistan and pakistan and they go on to make the very sobering point that because of limits in reporting the numbers of People Killed in
Four years from nine hundred fourteen m. To nine hundred eighteen europe seemed on course to destroy itself. On august the fourth one thousand nine hundred fourteen germany invaded belgium. Most of the worlds major powers was soon drawn into the conflict. By the time the war ended almost forty nations in Europe Africa the middle east and east asia were involved. The socalled war was fought with unprecedented destructive power a turtle of more than sixteen Million People were killed. In. Parts of belgium and northern france were devastated. The austrian writer stefan fly said the war had affected him deeply. All the pale horses of the apocalypse have stormed through my life including revolution starvation and epidemics. Nationalism has poisoned our flourishing european culture. In france alone one point four million soldiers were killed. The allied powers including the British Empire france the United States belgium italy and serbia had defeated the central powers the german empire. Hun