next historian , rudolph daniels talks about his book, the great railroad war: united states railway operations during world war i. he argues that the ability to move troops, equipment and ammunition at an accelerated rate helped allied forces win wwi. the national world war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted the event. hello, welcome everyone to your national world war i museum and memorial. i m camille kulig, program specialist. and i am thrilled to have everyone joining us here this afternoon, whether you have braved the rain, congratulations you made it. or whether you are warm at home watching through our livestream. today, we have the pleasure of hosting dr. rudy daniels , who is going to present his lecture, the great railroad war: united states railway operations during wwi. today, we also have the pleasure of being joined by one of the museum and memorial s esteemed board members, dave ebbrecht. and he is going to speak more about his ample e
specifically the john j pershing centennial lecture series. currently serves as the chair of military history at the united states army command and general staff college. he has notably published the school of hard knocks combat leadership in the american expeditionary forces, which was the recipient of a society for military histories 2013 distinguished book award. he has also recently published pershing s crusaders , both of which you can pickup in our museum store. been doing ongoing researching, contextualizing both 1917 and our world today, providing a critical lens on the united states and its relationship to war. he brings the energy that he uses at the general staff college and also at the united states military academy at west point to our stage every time that he speaks here. please join me in welcoming richard faulkner. [applause] so lora runs a seminar like a prussian and i give a seminar like a frenchman. i am not 100% today i have something. tell my on the
journalist and author of his new ofk march, 1917 on the brink war and revolution. it is amazing how much happened in one month. talking about what is happening in america, europe, how the events intersect. and finally we have ryan ballow, the professor of history at the university of virginia. he is the cohost of one of my favorite podcasts, and if you are fellow history were nerd, i suggest checking out back story. gives the background stories of a lot of things happening in the news. it is hosted by a quartet of top historians. hear a greatse national prostitution center welcome for michael kazen, will england, and ryan fellow? [applause] thank you, all three of you, for being here. before we turn to what was happening in the u.s., i would like to back up for a moment and think about briefly what was happening in europe, why isn t the european powers got into what did they and hope to accomplish. i will turn the question to you, ryan. ryan: the short story of what was h
the details are forgotten, including how it transformed america, and how it intersects with american constitutional history. i am absolutely thrilled to discuss with our panelists today , and to give you a little bit of background. we couldn t have brought together a better trio. uin,t, we have michael case the editor of dissent magazine and authored a new book. it talks about the peace coalition before u.s. entry into world war i, and then what happens during the peace movement. england, ae will pulitzer surprise journalist and author of a new book. happeneding how much in this one month and told the story of what is happening in america, europe, and russia and how those events intersect. brian, aly, we have professor of history at the university of virginia, and the cohost of one of my absolute favorite podcasts back story, if you are a fellow history nerd. i strongly suggest taking suggest checking out back story. it gives the background stories of a lot of the things ha
on twitter and facebook. we will get to these stories this morning in the morning he news sites as well. news this morning of a horrific plane crash in the black sea near sochi in russia. russian military plane carrying performers scratches off of sochi. that is the site of the 2014 winter olympics. 92lane carrying 19 people people crashed. the the news crash report from bloomberg this morning. open phones here on washington journal this morning. some of these stories closer to home in the washington post writing about donald trump and the fate of his foundation. plans to dissolve charity. timeline unclear amid investigation. they write that president-elect donald trump plans to shut down his charitable foundation. there is actually some reaction from democrats on that as well. the hill reporting, dems salm trump over christmas foundation announcement. they slammed trump for the christmas even announcement that he would dissolve his charitable foundation. national commi