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U. S. Air force Academy Professor chuck steele talks about the state of the british grand fleet and the activity of submarines and argues that the actions of admiral william sims. His class is just over 50 minutes. Go ahead and take your seats. Okay. So were going to close out world war i talking about the american contribution and close out the lesson today by talking about william sims, one of the more neglected figures in military history as per the article i sent you, kind of comes off, you know, a distant second to pershing if that and so today this is a sea power class, well talk about the significance of sims and, you know, possibly get in to arguments as to who really made the more relevant contribution. That is sims, as you guys know, from being looking at the article. The painting is return of the mayflower. That shows the first group of american destroyers after we had entered the war arriving in ireland to begin ope ....
Activity of german submarines prior to the u. S. Entering the war. He also argues that the actions of well catch you guys on monday. This week during American History tv primetime we feature our lek clurs in history series, taking you into College Classrooms across the country. Each night we debut a new lecture. Friday a look at how the u. S. Transportation system developed. We begin at 8 00 eastern with a development of parkways and freeways from an Iowa State University lecture. Then from the university of virginia, a look at the impact of cars on u. S. Cities. At 10 30 eastern, the development of the electric rail system taken from a Clemson University lecture. American history tv primetime friday. This weekend well explore the literary life and ....
Open the seas back up for the british. In particular, whats going to be the most precious thing . Where does this war have to be decided ultimately. On the ground. So what do you need . People. Troops. Thats sort of a long way to getting back to saying about mobilization. Payton c. March, another unsung hero of world war i because march is the guy who is going to organize the draft. Youre talking about an army of i think the United States army at the beginning before world war begins is less than 2,000 people. By the time the armistice comes about, there are about two million soldiers in europe, with another two million ready to go. We go from 0 to 4 million. Thats payton c. March. He didnt make it into any of the readings. Hes somebody we should keep in mind. Thats a pretty substantial task. My old boss when i was teaching at west point, general dodi wrote a book called empyrrhic victory, a great, great study talking about the fre ....
Is best. Think about it a second. Which one we got a paper clip, binder clip and stapler. Which one is best . Asha, which one is best . What purpose you want them to serve. Its not that hard. Which one is best . We have an intellectual in the room. Im looking for someone with an answer. Which one is best, david . Stapler. Well, youre wrong. The stapler is not best. Jack, which one is best . The paper clip. Wrong again. The right answer is the binder clip. The binder clip is, in my opinion, the best. All right . Now i will admit that if i had a 100page document to fasten, binder clip would be best. Stapler is not going to do the job very well. On the other hand if i want to fasten a receipt to a note, maybe i need the paper clip so in effect, i think im coming around to ashas answer. Depends on what were talking about here. We are up against a point of view that takes these things and says one is definitely best. Our reading for today contends that the bottom device is just plain best. ....
Life. It seemed as though he cannot possibly. And a certain inevitability that takes over when i lay his story out. Here is like it could be no other way. To understand is to forgive. Watching the wire and lately. I mean, i have been watching it is supposedly an accurate portrayal breed i dont know if you have seen it. But an accurate portrayal baby brought in and distributed pitbull and dave simon was a former reporter please do you find these two stories dont really jive with that whole wire police catching people on wiretaps and all these sorts of drug buys and Police Informants in that sort of thing. And just curious your thoughts on that. Well, two points. I mean, they are dealing crack and heroin. So categorically different kind of animal involved in that business. I dont know much about how it works really. It is a different individual that gets involved. Also on the Str ....