[applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. And this lecture series which is , about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which you know, needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where a future chief of staff of the Pakistani Army might rub shoulders with a
School, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you waive your arm . Thank you. [applause] mark in uniform at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on the library. This is probably my last introduction because i have been drafted by the president so if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. Say, thealways like to command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favorites and is the best place to learn from the experience and history of the battlefield and with extraordinary teaching and technology, to learn from todays battlefields and commanders. It is also a school for our allies and partners, and the future military leaders from around the world, a place where th
Orleans, a look at the Italian Campaign in 1943 and 1944. Seniorino, the historian, talks about the german army in italy, and author and historian Rick Atkinson discusses the campaign from the allied perspective. Now you hear me. I hear me, too. Good morning. Lengle, senior director for programming. Welcome to our humble abode. We had to clear out some junk to make room for you, so it sits on best so sit on any so sit on any old upturned law you can find. You dont see this kind of passion to get in at 8 00 in the morning at an academic conference. We like to keep things at a very high level. We certainly witnessed that yesterday with our preconference symposium on dwight d. Eisenhower. The quality of the presentations ,nd the questions were superb caps off by a fantastic lecture 1944. L hitchcock on june i encourage you throughout today and tomorrow, it is really you who make this conference happen and make it as exciting as it is. Please keep the Great Questions coming. It will make e
Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori
We have a lot to do today. Lets get right into the substance of the lesson. This is complicated. The title up, bigger game, nixon, kissinger and the end game of america. The reason i call it the bigger game is because that is what nixon called it over and over again. Element inhis as one a much bigger game of International Diplomacy that he was playing in that time. That is reflected in your readings, evolution and the international system. At chaos that was in america the time. All of these things shaped the presidency. It shaped his entire time in office. Because it is a complicated story, i thought it would be helpful to start by making sure we understand the objectives and the themes we will be looking at today. What we haves are, in this case are two nations, anh decisively engaged in epic war. North vietnam and the United States. Both sides committed all of their resources, which are different, but powerful in their own way. Both nations need to find an exit from the war. The Nor