Today, were going to focus on the Continental Army. And this is were situating this very much in the broad history. Of war and the military. And the Continental Army, a lot of ways, is different from other armies that have preceded it, largely because its one thats very much based on ideals and certain concepts and beliefs rather than sort of your traditional army. So, what is the Continental Army, what is it . America. America, okay. Continental army based in america. It electrical but first United States army, but before it is the u. S. Army it is the army of america, yes. But what element . Certainly part of the American Revolution. The united colonies. Yeah, the united colonies. So when does the Continental Army begin . Its not necessarily with the start of the revolution. But we are going to pick up the story with the beginning of the war. So, a couple classes ago, we were talking about the french and indian war. And the french and indian war was a world war that fundamentally alt
There. Id like to first introduce our panelists including myself. Doctor Michael Pillsbury is one of the foremost china experts in the world. Hes currently senior fellow and director of the chinese strategy at the hudson institution. Its an incentive rate hes distinguished defense and policy advisor highranking official in numerous books and reports on china. I know, i can tell you definitively that mike has really changed the u. S. Militarys thinking. Back a number of years ago he sent to china to collect Chinese Military writings. He was the First American official who revealed that what the chinese were telling themselves militarily behind the scenes was quite different than what they were saying in public about how they wanted to be friends with the world. And it really had a tremendous impact on understanding the militarys review with peoples republic of china. His book is a Landmark Book to replace america as a superpower. This book is really a fascinating look. Its probably one
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is lou hardy, im one of the cofounders [applause] bostonians [inaudible] and we do a lot of Educational Forums like this to talk about immigration. I want to welcome all the people that are assembled, i want to welcome everyone who may be watching on live stream and the people who are watching on cspan booktv. And i want to let you know that, despite the covid regulations in boston which used to be the cradle of liberty and we are now in lockdown all the time, but what were doing tonight is were skirting the law and were getting together for this wonderful event to talk about a very important book. More than 50 of it deals with immigration, both legal and illegal, and i would like everyone to welcome mr. Harlan hill and mr. Ryan girdusky. [applause] apparently im going to be doing marco rubio all night. [laughter] its very hot here in boston, but lets are get right to it. Harlan is a political consulling about the, an adviser to the [inaudible] weve seen h
We hear arguments number 18, roe against wade. Quite often our most famous decisions are the ones the court took that are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically have vielgsy what it means to live in society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series landmark cases. Tonight and the next 11 weeks were going to be looking at cases that developing the development. Its also interesting because it all came about after two Founding Fathers who developed differing views how the country should be governed. We have guests to help us understand the story. A Yale University luprofoaw pro and hes the author of several books including americas constitution, a biography. To start were going to listen to the current chief justice talking about the importance of this case. And then after we hear his point of view well like to hear from both of you on why this case is
Policy to the director of the office of management and budget during the Obama Administration discusses his book which country has the worlds best healthcare . Watch booktv on cspan2 this weekend. Good evening everybody and welcome to. Stretching from union square, from an original 48 stores until after over 93 years the sole survivor. Now ran by third generation. We want to thank all of you for your support, authors, book lovers and friends, without you, we would not be here today. We are excited to have a woman celebrating the release of her new book. Tara is a contributing editor, the columnist and former staff religion reporter at fox. Com. She has written on religion through national geographic, the washington post, the New York Times and more. She holds a doctorate in theology from oxford. Also a novel social creature. Joining tara to discuss her new book is ross. Ross is a columnist for the New York Times oped page. The author to change a church and a privilege. Coauthor of bran