Korean War and Civil-Military Relations
Professor Joseph Glatthaar talked about the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur’s removal from command by President Harry Truman, and civil-military relations.
1,862 viewsProfessor Joseph Glatthaar talked about the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur’s removal from command by President Harry Truman, and civil-military relations.
1,862 viewsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professor Joseph Glatthaar taught a class on the 1898 Spanish-American War. He described the military engagements in Cuba and the Philippines, but…
1,081 viewsHistorians responded to audience questions on the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War. Topics included the burning of towns and destruction of property in the valley by both the Union and…
832 viewsHistorians responded to audience questions on the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War. Topics included the role of religion in the valley during the war, supply problems faced by Confeder…
1,098 viewsJoseph Glatthaar talked about the political intrigues within the Union Army’s high command in 1864 and the role those internal squabbles played in the Union’s response to Confederate General…
908 viewsProfessor Joseph Glatthaar talked about his book, Soldiering in the Army of Northern Virginia, in which he provides a statistical analysis of General Robert E. Lee’s fighting forces during t…
472 viewsJoseph Glatthaar spoke about the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place July 1-3, 1863, and is considered the bloodiest battle ever on U.S. soil. He talked about how Confederate General Robe…
1,009 viewsEach year, Time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous twelve months. If the same question had been posed in the year 1863, who would Time …
1,137 viewsEach year, Time magazine selects a single person who had the most influence on events during the previous twelve months. If the same question had been posed in the year 1863, who would Time …
688 viewsProfessor Burton chaired a panel discussion on the career of historian and author James McPherson. The panelists, including friends, colleagues, and former students of the noted Civil War hi…
997 viewsAuthors talked about their books on the Civil War. They responded to questions from members of the audience. “Civil War Perspectives” was a panel of the ninth annual Annapolis Book Festival,…
866 viewsPanelists discussed Confederate officer Edward Porter Alexander’s memoir, Fighting for the Confederacy, which he wrote in the 1890s about his experiences and observations during the Civil Wa…
2,028 viewsHistorian Joseph Glatthaar talked about how the July 21, 1861, battle at Manassas transformed the relationships between members of the high command of the Confederate army. He responded to q…
1,035 viewsJoseph Glatthaar talked about Abraham Lincoln’s campaign for president in 1864, his relationship with the Union high command, and the influence of the war and emancipation on the political p…
629 viewsAuthors talked about their books relating to Abraham Lincoln. After the presentations, they responded to questions by members of the audience. Professor Joseph Glatthaar moderated. Jean B…
518 viewsJoseph Glatthaar talked about the book he co-authored Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution, published by Hill and Wang. His book tells the story of the Oneida Ind…
782 viewsFive history professors and an executive participated in a roundtable discussion relating the issues of the Civil War to today’s issues during a symposium on the Civil War at Shepherd Colleg…
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