The president ial library as he might like to welcomenn you o todays program. As you know, today is pearl harbor day, and i would like to take just a moment to recognize those that have served if theres any veterans or active duty servicemen please rise so we can acknowledge your service. Thank you very much. [applause] what it meant for the world we are living today in so many ways. We are fortunate to be able to honor today with a Wonderful Program and a new book that has just come out. Wow, look at that. Thats great. Thank you for your support. It makes these programs possible because of members and trustees like you that we can do these programs end of last year our Program Manager we put on 58 programs here at the library, which is very impressive. [applause] and again because of your support we can have these eprograms for free and it is a way to get back t give back to e community because we feel so strongly i fdr loved this area d wanted it to be used in this area. Our speaker
War. Good morning. Fork you all for joining todays session. Its going to be really informative. So glad youre all here with this very distinguished panel. Leadership, ethics and Practice Initiative here at the elliott school. The goal of this initiative sponsored by our dean is to give ofater profile to the topics leadership, ethics and their Practical Application in the education of our students graduate and undergraduate. This initiative brings practitioners to the school to learn about ethical and leadership challenges those practitioners face and how they address them. The same bringing scholars to the school to address these very same topics. I would also like to mention this morning that we are being filmed by cspan history. So we are fortunate to have these proceedings recorded. Young people both in and out of faced huge questions during the vietnam war. Would they take a stand. How would they put their values into practice. How would they come together to make a difference . An
Waves twosix waves from a six carrier flight deck. That was not only beyond american capability, but beyond the capability of navy. It had never been done before, and had never been imagined. That something that technically complicated could be achieved. That is part of the reason that pearl harbor was such a great shock. Host why did japan attack the u. S. . Ian that is a question japanese scholars and American Scholars have been debating for 75 years. I think the best way to answer is to begin with the understanding that the japanese regime prior to and during the Second World War was essentially dysfunctional. Power was shared across many different elements of the military establishment. It was an army dominated government. The navy also had a great deal of power. There were rival factions within the services, and the two services were essentially at each others throats nonstop for control of the national budget, military and foreign policy. Essentially the japanese needed oil. They
Waves twosix waves from a six carrier flight deck. That was not only beyond american capability, but beyond the capability of navy. It had never been done before, and had never been imagined. That something that technically complicated could be achieved. That is part of the reason that pearl harbor was such a great shock. Host why did japan attack the u. S. . Ian that is a question japanese scholars and American Scholars have been debating for 75 years. I think the best way to answer is to begin with the understanding that the japanese regime prior to and during the Second World War was essentially dysfunctional. Power was shared across many different elements of the military establishment. It was an army dominated government. The navy also had a great deal of power. There were rival factions within the services, and the two services were essentially at each others throats nonstop for control of the national budget, military and foreign policy. Essentially the japanese needed oil. They
Coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines. Next, a conversation with 95yearold veteran Major General John Singlaub as he recalls his missions in europe and asia. Following world war ii, he was a Founding Member of the cia. This program is part of a multiday conference at the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans. It is about one hour, 20 minutes. I will leave the introduction of general John Singlaub to our interviewers, but it is my pleasure to introduce my new colleagues for you all. [applause] we are delighted and very fortunate to have added rob to our staff in september if youre at the museum. He has joined us as the senior historian. He is well known as one of the leading experts on the german military, but he also brings a tremendous and wide range of knowledge of world war ii and european history in all its aspects, to us. He has already made his pet thats presence felt by diving headfirst into conferences and programs and many other of our major using initiative