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Host Dana Goldstein is the author of the teacher wars a history of americas most embattled profession. You are watching booktv, television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. In dont wait for the next war a strategy for American Growth and Global Leadership, wesley clark lays out his plan to preserve u. S. Leadership in the world over the coming decade. During this event by the Commonwealth Club, general clark is in conversation with the hoover institution. Good afternoon and welcome to todays meeting of the Commonwealth Club. You can find us onli...

It is a pleasure to welcome all of you tonight for the celebration of john nagls new book. Knife fights a memoir of modern war in theory and practice 11. His work is well known to you. He was the second president of c cnas and he now serves as ninth head master of the school in pennsylvania and is visiting professor to college of london. Johns book knife fights a memoir of modern war in theory and practice eleven i saw in proposali saw in proposal form a while ago. Book on counterinsurgency and terrorism, how could it possibly be relevant to the day . But he has timing is because the lessons h...

You again and welcome you here to the park. I was remarking a few minutes ago, much like it was for the soldiers 150 years ago who were in the oberlin campaign that started in 1864, it has been a long road to petersburg. We started this 150th event for 3, atparks on may spotsylvania courthouse. We have moved south ever since. T has been quite a feat it is the first time three parks within a process of these commemorations have shared programming where we have tried to make a continual program of the oberlin campaign rather than look at it as the wilderness, spill something you spotsylvania, th...

Believe that if those black regiments had been allowed to lead the assault, that would have been it. In other words, we can imagine black soldiers marching, charging over blanford hill, right, into petersburg. Thats a very soothing image. I think that tells us more about how we want to remember the war than the battle itself, because anyone who has studied civil war battles, they never go as planned. Right . Theres always something that goes afoul. So is it any surprise that given this massive detonation that no one really can predict what it will do to the landscape and whats beyond it. Remem...

Specialist four duran stood tall. And learning that two seriously wounded troopers were helplessly pinned down under fire, specialist four duran assaulted the enemy position on the run. He fired into the enemys foxhole, eliminating for and cutting down several others as they fled. You specialist four duran then again to poor effect fire on the fleeing enemy. His extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States army. [applause] and accepti...