Deficit on course to hit a record 3. 00 trillion dollars this year condemnation from the i. C. C. Is washington says its sanctioning the chief prosecutor over her investigation into American Forces in afghanistan. And heavy rain and strong winds at last island as the Korean Peninsula is hit by its 2nd typhoon in a week. Not have all the sport. Forward name on to other players test positive for corona virus as the french champions begin their title defense next week. International pressure is growing on russia after germany said it has unequivocal proof that russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with another chuck nerve agent there berlin hospital thats treating him says his condition is gradually improving but its too soon to predict the long term effects novacek is a group of chemical weapons which was developed by the soviet military in the 19 seventys and eightys the word of a chalk is russian for a new comer like other nerve agents it blocks messages from nerves
He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor degree from university of oklahoma and phd. He served aaz political scientist, political economist and author, teaching assistant to former u. S. Secretary of state madilyn albright, who was here for a private dinner earlier this year, just to drop a name or two to impress you. Gary joined the William Jewell College Faculty in 1992 and serves as the political chair of Political Science and director of the International Relations major. The William Jewell student body has voted him professor of the year an amazing four times. Hes a long time supporter of the National World war i museum and memorial. Were very appreciative. Please give a warm welcome to dr. Gary armstrong. Good evening, and thank you for coming tonight. It should be a lot of interesting questions. On the 100th anniversary of the senates first rejection of the versailles peace treaty. What a moment to talk about americas place in the world. It was a time of growing polarization
Of october, 1962 when the United States and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. He explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire Nuclear Conflict despite their tough talk. Dr. Kengor all right, welcome. Here good we have cspan today. And we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. And specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. So we will hit a. Of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. Aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. That was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks santiago,o, in cuba. It did not go well. A bunch of rebels were killed. Fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. He did not quite serve 15 years in prison. He served less than one year, 11 m
Crisis itself in october, 1962. That will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. The last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. And that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. With that, he was on the run, he was in exile. He went to mexico. His brother, raul, as well. They would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. That is about where we left off. One thing i didnt mention the last class, but youre going to read the article on this, its the Herb Matthews piece in the New York Times. If you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right . By this article, you are thinking what is this . What is this piece . Herb matthews was a reporter for the New York Times. He wrote a february 24, 1957 front p
Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. That is kristen pawlak. In 2014 she graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working on her first book in the emerging civil war series on the battle of wills and creek. Please join me wilson creek. Please join me in welcoming kristen pawlak. All right. Thank you to all of you. Thank you to emerging civil war. It is such an honor to speak to you all about the battle of Wilsons Creek which was fought in 1861 in a corner of southeastern southwestern missouri, my home state. The subtitle of this presentation is called this means war i want to start off, kind of setting the stage and also talking a little bit about what we mean by this means war. I