A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Great Battles and How They Have Shaped American History
A nation must think before it acts.
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
Executive Director, First Division Museum at Cantigny
Walter A. McDougallCo-chair - Madeleine and W.W. Keen Butcher History Institute
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania
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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
Dowd Distinguished Term Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Author, "Barbarians and Brothers: Atrocity and Restraint in Anglo-American Warfare, 1500-1865"
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The Battles of Plattsburgh and Ending the War of 1812
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Gettysburg 1863: The Battle that Ensured Anglo-French Non-Intervention and Thus Saved the American Union
Associate Professor of History, Ohio State University
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Manila Bay 1898: The Battle that Inadvertently Made America a Global Colonial and Naval Power
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Meuse-Argonne 1918: The Battle that Made the United States a Decisive Factor in the European Balance of Power
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The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne, 1918: Harbinger of American Great Power on the European Continent?
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Midway 1942: The Battle that Began the Era when American Air and Sea Power Conquered and Defended the Global Commons
Professor of History, Program in Maritime Studies, East Carolina University
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Normandy 1944: The Battle that Extended America's Geopolitical Presence to the Eurasian Heartland—Permanently
Executive Director, First Division Museum at Cantigny
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The Great Battle for Normandy, 1944
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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
Director, Dept. of Military History, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
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Location
Venue
First Division Museum at Cantigny
IL Wheaton 60189