Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Great Battles and How They Have Shaped American History

Great Battles and How They Have Shaped American History

Date : Sat., April 21, 2012 to Sun., April 22, 2012 Category : Butcher History Institute

FPRI’s Wachman Center, in association with the First Division Museum at Cantigny, was proud to present their seventh weekend-long conference for teachers on subjects in military history. During this conference, held April 21-22, 2012, we focused on great battles and how they have shaped American history.

Topics and Speakers

Welcoming Remarks

Paul Herbert

Executive Director, First Division Museum at Cantigny

Walter A. McDougall

Co-chair - Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute

Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania

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Welcoming Remarks

Saratoga 1777: The Battle that Persuaded the French to Ally with the 13 States

Professor of Military Thought and Strategy, U.S. Army War College

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Saratoga 1777: The Battle That Persuaded the French to Ally with the 13 States

Plattsburgh 1814: The Battle that Persuaded the British to Accept the United States as an Equal and Conclude the Treaty of Ghent

Wayne E. Lee

Dowd Distinguished Term Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Author, "Barbarians and Brothers: Atrocity and Restraint in Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865"

Related Article(s):

The Battles of Plattsburgh and Ending the War of 1812

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Plattsburgh 1814: The Battle That Persuaded the British to Accept the United States as an Equal and Conclude the Treaty of Ghent

Gettysburg 1863: The Battle that Ensured Anglo-French Non-Intervention and Thus Saved the American Union

Mark Grimsley

Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University

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Gettysburg 1863: The Battle That Ensured Anglo-French Non-Intervention and thus Saved the American Union

Manila Bay 1898: The Battle that Inadvertently Made America a Global Colonial and Naval Power

James Kurth

Senior Fellow, FPRI

Senior Research Scholar, Swarthmore College

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Manila Bay 1898: The Battle that Inadvertently Made America a Global Colonial and Naval Power

Meuse-Argonne 1918: The Battle that Made the United States a Decisive Factor in the European Balance of Power

Michael Neiberg

Harrold K. Johnson

Chair in Military History, U.S. Army War College

Related Article(s):

The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, 1918: Harbinger of American Great Power on the European Continent?

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Meuse-Argonne 1918: The Battle that Made the United States a Decisive Factor in the European Balance of Power

Midway 1942: The Battle that Began the Era when American Air and Sea Power Conquered and Defended the Global Commons

Michael A. Palmer

Professor of History, Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University

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Midway 1942: The Battle that Began the Era When American Air and Sea Power Conquered and Defended the Global Commons

Normandy 1944: The Battle that Extended America's Geopolitical Presence to the Eurasian Heartland—Permanently

Paul Herbert

Executive Director, First Division Museum at Cantigny

Related Article(s):

The Great Battle for Normandy, 1944

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Normandy 1944: The Battle that Extended America’s Geopolitical Presence to the Eurasian Heartland-Permanently

Tet 1968: The Battle that Turned Us Away from Vietnam and Constrained Our Use of Military Power for at Least a Generation

Director, Dept. of Military History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College

Related Article(s):

Tet 1968: The Turning Point

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Tet 1968: The Battle that Turned Us Away from Vietnam and Constrained our Use of Military Power for at Least a Generation

Location

Venue

First Division Museum at Cantigny

1 S. 151 Winfield Road
IL Wheaton 60189

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