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Emphasizing the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in opening the west. We are fortunate to have him here from our neighbor to the southwest, arizona. He earned his ba in history and historical archaeology, his ma in history with a concentration on the American West and spanish borderlands with the second emphasis on film history from the university of san diego. He later earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. After a 45 year in public history, he retired to tucson in 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for uncle sam blacks in the frontier army. Th...

Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Thats good. Thank you all for being here. My name is kirk brandt, were delighted to have you here for the four evening book talks and i begin by thanking the Ford Motor Company for their partnership, and theyve done a lot for us including endowing this book talk series. Im personally able to welcome back nathaniel philbrick. And i asked to introduce him because whenever i do that, im struck by his bona fides as a true renaissance man. A ba from brown university, and he was a james duke fellow and a worked as an editor at sailing World Magazine and wrote an...

Ladies and gentlemen good evening, will come to the kansas city public library. To welcomeleasure you to the presentation of harry laver on the 240th anniversary of Washington Crossing the delaware. An extraordinary moment in American History. So harsh was that the general washington and his other senior commanders considered burning new york city. The Continental Congress forbade the burning of the new york city. The Current Congress would consider that. They faced the hessians, perhaps the most brutal soldiers at the time and the british army. Maybe the most literate. The least orderly and i...

Committee will come to order. Last week, the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world or more accurately, the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today, we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by evidence that is accumulating on the damage inflicted upon our milit...

Services committee is chaired by texas congressman mack thornberry. Committee will come to order. Last week the Committee Held classified and unclassified sessions on the state of the world. Or more accurately the state of the world environment in which the American Military must operate and u. S. National security must be protected. I was struck by the essential point general petraeus made that we face many threats and can overcome any of them except perhaps what we do to ourselves. Today we turn to the state of the u. S. Military. I continue to be concerned and sometimes even disturbed by ev...