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Conversation with Civil War Institute director Peter Carmichael. Professor mcpherson reflects on his book and discusses how the conflict is relevant 150 years later. This was part of the Civil War Institute summer conference. I would like to welcome dr. James mcpherson. He has been a longtime friend of the institute as many of you know, he is the henry davis professor emeritus. He earned his phd at drum Johns Hopkins university. He is a twotime winner of the lincoln prize which he earned for why they fought in the civil war and for his 2008 efforts cried by war. s most recent book whose most r...

Did the north conduct the war justly . And you are free to a lot of other work here. Harry wrote a book called upon the altar of nation. Dr. Mcpherson of the nation. Harry stout is a history of American Religion and he called his book a moral history of the civil war. He talked about the just war theory going back to saint augustine. And he talked about the way in which, there are two ways to address the question of a just war. One is the reason for going to war in the first place. He came up with the conclusion that the only legitimate reason the only just reason for going to war was selfdefe...

Public policy institute. You do not have an acronym for that, do you . It does not work, does it . Before coming to the roosevelt as seniorold served Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. The u. S. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission ordered by president clinton and president bush awarded harold the National Humanity metal in 2008. Harold has coauthored or edited 52 books. I do not even think i have read 52 books in my life. [laughter] his latest book is lincoln and the power of the press. Opinion. R public week, it was announced that harold had been a awarde...

I am peter carmichael. I am a professor of history here. I am also the director of the Civil War Institute. Its my pleasure this evening to welcome harold holzer. He is the director of Hunter Colleges roosevelt house Public Policy institute. You dont have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house he previously served an Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. For the previous ten years he coedited or, excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham lincoln bicentennial and appointed by president clinton and i should add president bush awarded...

His scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and International Relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. He is the author of numerous scholarly monographs including dance of the furies, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. Pretty impressive. His most recent work the path to war, how the First World War created modern america, was just published by Oxford University press in 2016. With a backgro...