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Okay, thank you for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today hello, my name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, scholar of intellectual history of the u. S. Role in the world. I specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization. My work is called promise and peril, america at the dawn of a global age, just out in paperback, you can buy a downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this panel. Its a fa...

Thank you all for coming out. Its wonderful to see you here today. My name is Christopher Mcknight nichols, im a historian at oregon state university, a scholar of the u. S. International role in the world, i specialize in isolationism, internationalism, and globalization and my work that pertains to the panel today is promise in peril. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel, i think, and i hope youll agree once we...

Globalization and my work that most pertains to our panel today is a book called promise and peril america at the dawn of a global age. Just out in paperback. You can buy it downstairs. I have the distinct pleasure of being the chair and coorganizer of this really exciting panel i think and i hope youll agree once were done. Its a fascinating topic with tremendous contemporary relevance as well as historygraphical significance. U. S. Foreign relations before and after that kept us out of war ele...

Know scott does, too, with the letters and diaries in private journals so when i found these letters, i realized they had become friends in the early 30s. An odd couple. Teddy marched around everywhere during wrestling and boxing. Weighing between 250 350. Not doing much wrestling or boxing at that time but they liked each other. Opposites almost attractive. So he brings him into his cabinet and becomes the most important person in his cabinet. They want him to run against taft in a Brutal Campa...

So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling an...

Section. I said, im going to come back to this and this is a section of the neutrality proclamation. I wish i had paid closer attention to years ago. And this is the sentence wilson pleading with the nation, pleading neutrality in thought word and deeds said the spirit of the nation in this critical matter will be determined largely by what and society and those in Public Meetings do and upon what newspaper and magazines contain, upon what ministers utter in their pulpits and men proclaim as the...

Americas in the First World War by addressing explicitly the question of American Religion during the war, the role of the churches during the war, vast topic and we will only get part way through that today for class next time you have the readings that are more focused on the social gospel clergy and i respond to social gospel clergy so we wont be done with this today. We are going to give work our way through. A broad overview of the question. On the first day of class, you read Woodrow Wilso...

Respond to social gospel clergy so we wont be done with this today. We are going to give work our way through. A broad overview of the question. On the first day of class, you read Woodrow Wilsons neutrality from august 19th 1914. Within the first two weeks or so of the war and in there was a section. I said, im going to come back to this and this is a section of the neutrality proclamation. I wish i had paid closer attention to years ago. And this is the sentence wilson pleading with the nation...

Addressing explicitly the question of American Religion during the war. The role of churches during the war. A vast topic and we will only get part way through that today. Next time, you have the readings that are more focused on social gospel clergy and a response to social gospel clergy. We will be done with this today but we are going to work our way through a broad overview of the question. On the first day of class you read Woodrow Wilsons neutrality proclamation from august 19th 1914. With...

Welcome to csis. I am the head of the project on military diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Its great to see all this interesting world war i. For those who havent been here before a project is focused on history that provides insight into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays event with csis project and prosperity and development. Sam runde runs at project here and thank you for your support. When we think about, when historians think abo...