Im the chair of the special Investigative Committee and thanks for joining us for this very special book for him. What i want to do now is turn this over. As you know the American Veteran centers presenting the Andrew Goodpaster award and i want to turn it over to jim roberts. [applause] thank you very much tom peter. And officers of the army and navy club thank you for being our partners for this evenings lecture. Ladies and gentlemen on behalf of my colleagues at the American Studies Center i welcome you to the armynavy club for the presentation of the eighth annual Andrew Goodpaster award named after he read rate american and presented to another Great American Lieutenant Colonel ralph peters retired. Before her proceed further i would like to say that we are honored by the presence of Andrew Goodpasters granddaughter and her husband matt. Would you please stand. [applause] is great to have representation as we have always had from the goodpaster family here. I would also like to th
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Writing that series, he also under a pen name owen perry previously wrote six awardwinning civil war mysteries covering the first two years of the war. Colonel peters is a retired u. S. Army enlisted man and officer. He has written numerous works on strategy and security. The more recent military topics. Hes a highly regarded journalist and currently the fox news strategic analyst, and a member of the Hoover Institutions working group at Stanford University and he currently lives in warrenton and his title today is the human side of civil war leadership. Please welcome colonel peters. [ applause ] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. You know, you really all should be outside on this beautiful day. This is amazing weather, but im glad youre here. First, i have to get a commercial in not for my books although my publisher would be delighted if youd buy them, but for one of the most important institutions in the United States of america, the National Park service, and in these Turbulent T
Writing that series, he also under a pen name owen perry previously wrote six awardwinning civil war mysteries covering the first two years of the war. Colonel peters is a retired u. S. Army enlisted man and officer. He has written numerous works on strategy and security. The more recent military topics. Hes a highly regarded journalist and currently the fox news strategic analyst, and a member of the Hoover Institutions working group at Stanford University and he currently lives in warrenton and his title today is the human side of civil war leadership. Please welcome colonel peters. [ applause ] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. You know, you really all should be outside on this beautiful day. This is amazing weather, but im glad youre here. First, i have to get a commercial in not for my books although my publisher would be delighted if youd buy them, but for one of the most important institutions in the United States of america, the National Park service, and in these Turbulent T
Writing that series, he also under a pen name owen perry previously wrote six awardwinning civil war mysteries covering the first two years of the war. Colonel peters is a retired u. S. Army enlisted man and officer. He has written numerous works on strategy and security. The more recent military topics. Hes a highly regarded journalist and currently the fox news strategic analyst, and a member of the Hoover Institutions working group at Stanford University and he currently lives in warrenton and his title today is the human side of civil war leadership. Please welcome colonel peters. [ applause ] good morning, ladies and gentlemen. You know, you really all should be outside on this beautiful day. This is amazing weather, but im glad youre here. First, i have to get a commercial in not for my books although my publisher would be delighted if youd buy them, but for one of the most important institutions in the United States of america, the National Park service, and in these Turbulent T