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today. this program is just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> well, welcome to johns hopkins school of advanced international study. i am charles door ran, im the andrew w. melon professor of international relations here at sais. we are absolutely delighted to have you participate in this lively discussion of a very important book, "conquered into liberty: two centuries of battles along the great warpath that made the american way of war." were going to start off with a little...

want to give away the whole book -- but that the american invasion of canada was an abject failure. hhw!g0í benjamin warner tells us in that note this knapsack i carried through the war is the revolution to achieve american independence. i transmit it to my oldest son benjamin warner junior. the direction to keep it and transmits it to his oldest son and so on, to the latest austerity. one shred of it will remain never surrender your liberty through a foreign invader. benjamin warner ...

executive director of fort ticonderoga. this location played such a significant role in elliot cohens book. nicholas websterport was curator of exhibits of the political historical society. the locale and setting the crucial to liberty. tell us what your book is about. [applause] >> thank you. thank you for coming. my old friends and former students, colleagues, appreciate it everybody on the panel. and thanks to dick westbrook for making the journey from the north country to come here...

>> that made the american way of war. were going to start off with a little exapplication of what is in the book by its author, eliot cohen s and then were going to have some discussion afterwards, and then we hope to have some time for comments afterwards and maybe even a chance for questions from the floor. eliot cohen has served in the, on the policy planning staff of the office of the secretary of defense before coming to sais in 1990. he has also been an officer in the united stat...

>> its a remarkable time for families. and it was a remarkable time in our history over the years. i hope thisll be my last christmas book. >> pearl harbor christmas: a world at war, december 1941, is the name of the book. historian stanley wine straub is the author. >> up next, eliot cohen talks about the battles fought along the 200-mile corridor between albany and montreal since the 1600s and discusses how those battles shape the way we wage war today. this program is just over an h...