A nation must think before it acts.
Date : Sat., April 09, 2016 to Sun., April 10, 2016 Category : Butcher History Institute
Taking advantage of the flood of new work unleashed by the centenary of the outbreak of the war, this Butcher History Institute introduced teachers to the most current scholarly discussions in order to help them prepare lesson plans to teach the upcoming centenary of American entry into the war in 2017. Each topic offered a crucial case study in understanding the larger context of the war, its impact on the United States, and the relationship of the United States to shaping the postwar world.
Secondary school teachers, curriculum supervisors, and junior college faculty participated in this history weekend. (40 slots available)
For a compilation of essays drawn from previous history weekends, be sure to see: American Military History: A Resource for Teachers and Students, edited by Paul Herbert and Michael Noonan (FPRI and First Division Museum, 2013).
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co-Chair - Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Paul HerbertExecutive Director, Cantigny First Division Foundation
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Opening Remarks, America’s Entry into World War I
Henry L. Stimson Chair of the Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College
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Embracing the Confusion: The United States and the Road to War, 1914-1917
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Getting America into the Great War
Faculty Member in the Department of Military Strategy, Planning, and Operations, US Army War College
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American Strategy and the Great War
Chair of the Department of History, Chapman University
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The U.S. Role on the Western Front
Executive Director of the First Division Museum at Cantigny
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The Creation of the First Division: Implications for the American Expeditionary Force
Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies, Brandeis University
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Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor of Sea Power and Grand Strategy, US Naval War College
Senior Fellow, FPRI
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World War One and the Rise of American Seapower
Chair - Center for the Study of America and the West
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The Great War’s Impact on American Foreign Policy and Civic Religion
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World War I and its Impact on American Foreign Policy and Civic Religion
Executive Director - Center for the Study of America and the West
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Venue
First Division Museum at Cantigny
Sat., January 30, 2016
The 40 participants received: