As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker umwelf, our esteemed Professor Emeritus of history william b. Crawley william b. Crawley , he has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the Mary Washington he has compete he has contributed in numerous ways. Our Historic Preservation program in the creation of this great life series among them. It is for his excellence in teaching his perhaps best known. And to thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institution highest honors in teaching from his colleagues and his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become a true icon of this community. So, it is with great pleasure that i introduce Professor William b crawley, who, drawing upon his 50 years of teaching political his
The first being its timeliness. As we face a president ial Election Year and prepare for it, it will be an insight that all of us can benefit from. The second is the speaker himself, our esteemed umw Professor Emeritus of history, william b. Crawley, who has just completed 50 years on the faculty of university of the mary washington. During that half century, dr. Crawley has contributed in innumerable ways, in significant ways. Certainly not least of all, the creation of our renowned Historic Preservation program and the creation of this amazing great lives series. But it is for his excellence in teaching that he is perhaps best known. And certainly to literally thousands of our students who have come through our halls. He has received our institutions highest honors in teaching, both from his colleagues and from his students. Many of whom through the years have voted him as the faculty member who has made the greatest impact upon their lives. Dr. Crawley through these years has become
Where barry goal is calling for courage and integrity in meeting problems. Hes calling for men to do nothing policies, policies based on the dynamic principles of the republic. Hes calling for rebirth of individual freedom. We reject there for the ideas of the economic planners in washington that a group of people sitting in washington can plan what the country is going to make, where its going to be made the quality of the product the price of the product, the wages to be paid the profits to be made etc etc. We know that the system and simpler terms is called socialism has never worked in the history of the earth. It is not working today in countries where it is been tried republican president ial candidates Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964. cspans the contenders coming to you from phoenix, arizona. , the Goldwater Institute as we look at coal waters challenge to president Lyndon Johnson and his political influence during the second half of the 20. Century we welcome you tonight and w
India, turkey, across europe and kansas city. He most recently finished the coeditor of the coeditor of First World War. And doctor t keller is a National Certified instructor. When you ask those questions, make sure they have a question mark at the end of them. Now, please help me welcome him. [applause] good evening. I am thrilled to be here and happy you could join me. I will talk about my current research, a Global Environmental history of the First World War. I am interested in Energy Geopolitics that link the battle lines on the home fronts with agricultural and industry in ways that fundamentally shaped the 20th century. So i will talk about the main battlefield many of us are familiar with, then hop, skip, and jump around the globe to point out areas that had an incredibly profound Environmental Impact. Now, few human endeavors have altered the Natural World as much as agriculture industry and warfare. In 1914, these came together in ways that were incredibly destructive. When