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Thanks very much and im very happy to be or to get to talk with julia about a book which is what directly. I think there are very few cities that are able to encapsulate the entire country into a Rio De Janeiro does for peoples impression of brazil. I think there are very few books that capture a seat in its entirety as well as this book does about rio. I think what were going to do his julianne is going to begin by reading an excerpt and talk love it among ourselves and open to discussion up to...

Mississippi author, shelby foote. Any understand offering this nation has to be based on an noning of the civil war. The civil war deoffendded us as what we are and it opened us to what we game, good and bad. Its necessary if youre going to understand the american character of the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the 19th 19th century. The crossroads of our being and a hell of a crossroads. Id like to crow introduce my kole legs. On the far right is timothy smith. Mike ma...

Lots of information about my particular story. Unfortunately, we will not have time for questions and. Take this to opportunity to thank our panel today and say how it them how important it is for the soldiers who witnessed the atrocities and for the survivors who lived through it and did survive to be able to speak to such a group of young leaders. They remind us of the constant need to be vigilant, citizens, and stop in justice, prejudice and hatred, wherever that may be throughout the world. ...

America, theel story of Operation Desert Storm is told through the perspective of several air commanders. Storm is a 37 minute Defense Department report detailing the strategy and Technology Used in what was seen as a precision war. This is the road to basra. Med thisi army jam road and others as Coalition Forces moved into kuwait. Known as the highway of death. Example of allied air. Ower the coalition used overwhelming airpower to defeat a brutal dictator. In this program, the air commanders o...

Its about an hour. Good morning. I will prewarn you today you will hear language that we fould repulsive. Im not going to cut it out because it makes us quiver. Well get started. On june 12th, 1864, after fails to defeat robert e. Lees army of northern virginia, Lieutenant General ulysses s. Grant accompanying Major General george g. Meades army of the potomac and a portion of the army of the james pulled away from the fortifications at cold harbor and began the Movement Toward petersburg. Some ...

Providers and the people trying to deliver that media to the consumer. Whene in 11 Playing Field it comes to those kind of negotiations. Senators, monday night at 8 00 eastern on the communicators. Next on the civil war, Emmanuel Dabney of Petersburg National battlefield discusses the role of u. S. Colored troops. After weeks of tunneling, union forces blew up a mine to create a gap in the defenses. He discusses why the attack ended in a failure and why the colored troops were unjustly blamed. T...

Rock stars, like guys, historians, women, weve all heard of, weve seen them on tv, weve read their books. Everybody knows who they are. We talked about them in hush tones and it has been my privilege to be friends with one of those rock stars because truly eric wit bigger is a name that is known by eric wittenberg. Hes known not only for his expertise in the union calvary, many o his knowledge on controversial topics where he is constantly challenging people to reconsider what they think they kn...

Are spending much time at all training for the crater. I think it gets back to how we tend to want to remember this story. The story of the black Union Soldier is front and center. I couldnt be happier about that. I think theres been a danger in the way the story has been pushed over the last few years. It is the moral narrative of our civil war memory. We want to correct for forgetting about them for so long. I think we tend to gloss over some of the darker sides of black soldiers. I dont think...

The line in defense of our nation is the 1 i want to be apart of. Thats the 1 im proud to be apart of so the next time you see that brand new private or lieutenant, no that they were among that our society had to offer. They had more ability and potential than most of their peers and they still chose to put that uniform on and to help the sacrifices that come with it. They are tomorrows generals and command sergeant majors. They are the future of our nation. I thank you again for the honor of be...

Eligible population, dont even meet the basic requirements to get into todays army. 99 of todays recruits have a High School Diploma or equivalent. An era where 79 of High School Students graduate. Thats 21 times lower rate of dropouts than the national average. Overall, todays recruits are healthier, more physically fit than the vast majority of peers and must adhere to zero tolerance policy on drugs and criminal issues. It is actually statistically easy tosh gier to get into coll enlist, not b...