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Scholars here. Im going to introduce them very briefly, because theyre very wellknown to you, as members of the forum. And also wellknown to the cspan audience. Then well get right into some questions that ill pose to the panelists and then well turn it open to the floor and have a round of q a from all of you as well. Let me just say this at the outset. I did a quick study of these figures. Frank williams, harold holzer, Jonathan White and Thomas Horrocks here. By my count, and you know, theres some margin of error here in my calculation. But youre looking at the equivalent of about 75 books. [laughter] authored edited coedited. Now, i know that number is skewed somewhat. [laughter] um. Lets just say, i mean, i have contributed two books. White and horrocks have done better than that. Ha but somewhere north of 60 accounts for the holzerwilliams combination. These two, appar ....
Of i mean you could imagine a different outcome. But thats not the way it was. Hello. Ive recently completed, or read, history of world war i by john keegan. And he expressed a view i had not heard before. What he said was before austria issued its ultimatum which was very weak and crumbling even then, sent its ultimatum to serbia, he first contacted the kaiser as to whether the kaiser would support him if he invaded serbia. And the kaiser answered yes. And his view was that was the real spark that brought about world war i and, in essence, caused the allies later to blame germany for the beginnings of the war. I wonder if you have a view on that. Well, i knew john keegan actually just not because we shared a subject. And we talked about this and i think that was a very valuable way of looking at it, to tell you the truth. The only thing i would add to it is what i have been talking about today, which is if willie had been different, if the kaiser had been different, he might not have ....
Cspan3. Created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. Watch us in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. American history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium mark rg the world war i centennial. Holger herwig author of 19 the opening of world war i the battle that changed the world explains how the battle prevented a quick german victory. And he discusses march tenacity in spite of early losses and the different command styles of the opposing military leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. He lives in canada where he holds a dual position as professor at university of calgary and Canada Research chair in the center for military and strategic studies. His list of awards and appointments is staggering. Dr. Herwig is a fellow of the Royal Society o ....
German leaders. This is about 50 minutes. Our next speaker is holger herwig. He earned his phd in the United States and resides in canada where he holds a position at the university of calgary and is the chair of the institute for research studies. His list of awards and appointments are staggering. Fellow of the Royal Society of canada, a grant recipient from the Alexander Von Humboldt foundation and he has held numerous distinguished visiting appointments such as the visiting professor of strategy at the naval war college, newport, rhode island. Dr. Herwig has an impressive publication list and many of his projects have been transformed into television documentaries. He has published more than a dozen books, inclusive of the First World War germany and aust ....