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SUMMARY:World Leaders in Wartime: George Marshall
DESCRIPTION:General George C. Marshall is arguably one of the most influential American military men to have ever lived. However\, he is not known for his battlefield accomplishments\, but rather his organizational and diplomatic achievements. From 1939 to his retreat from public life in 1951\, Marshall shepherded first the U.S. Army\, then the State Department\, and then finally the American Military\, through a tumultuous and transformational decade. \nDr. William S. Nance is a retired armor officer with two combat tours to Iraq. He is a World War Two operational historian with books covering American mechanized cavalry and General William Simpson. He is currently an associate professor of history at the Command and General Staff School. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series\nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \n  \n\n  \nThe opinions expressed herein are those of the individual and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/world-leaders-in-wartime-george-marshall/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Geoff Babb: “War in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater\, December 1941-May 1942”
DESCRIPTION:“War in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater\, December 1941-May 1942”\nDr. Geoff Babb\nThursday\, December 7\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nIn December 1941\, from Wake Island to Burma\, Japanese forces overran and overwhelmed key allied bases and facilities. British\, American\, Dutch\, and Chinese forces were unable to stop the onslaught.  By May 1941\, the Dutch East Indies\, Burma\, Malaya and Singapore\, Hong Kong\, and the Philippines were all in enemy hands.  The invasions of 1942 saw the peak of Japanese expansion in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater\nof the Second World War. \nDr. Babb was commissioned from Bowdoin College in Brunswick\, Maine.  He served as a US Army Military Intelligence Officer in Washington\, DC and after completing education as a China Foreign Area Officer\, was then assigned to Joint and Army Headquarters in Hawaii. He later was posted to the Command and General Staff College faculty at Fort Leavenworth. He earned a Masters in East Asian Languages and Cultures\, and a Doctorate in History from the University of Kansas.  \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-geoff-babb-war-in-the-asiatic-pacific-theater-december-1941-may-1942/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Dr. John Kuehn: “Hideyoshi’s Invasion of Korea in the 1500s”
DESCRIPTION:“Hideyoshi’s Invasion of Korea in the 1500s”\nDr. John Kuehn\nThursday\, November 2\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nThe Shogun Hideyoshi Toyotomi had only recently unified Japan when he made the decision to invade Korea. Korea had served as a springboard of the attempted Mongol conquest of Japan in the 13th Century. Hideyoshi and his allies had never forgotten this danger. Hideyoshi was also inspired by the martial legend of the great Khan\, and so inspired\, partly for security\, partly for glory\, he invaded Korea in 1592 with a huge army of over 150\,000 veteran troops. His ultimate goal was the conquest of China itself.  This lecture will look at this invasion and its disastrous aftermath for the Koreans and\, ultimately\, the Japanese. \nDr. John T. Kuehn is Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC).  He retired from the U.S. Navy 2004 at the rank of commander after 23 years\, serving as a naval flight officer (NFO) flying land and carrier-based aircraft.  He has taught a variety of subjects\, including military history\, at CGSC since 2000.  He authored Agents of Innovation (2008)\, A Military History of Japan:  From the Age of the Samurai to the 21st Century (2014)\, Napoleonic Warfare: The Operational Art of the Great Campaigns (2015)\, and co-authored Eyewitness Pacific Theater (2008) with D.M. Giangreco as well as numerous articles and editorials and was awarded a Moncado Prize from the Society for Military History in 2011.  His latest book from Naval Institute Press is America’s First General Staff:  A Short History of the Rise and Fall of the General Board of the Navy\, 1900-1950 (Fall 2017).   During 2016-2017 Dr. Kuehn served on CNO Admiral John Richardson’s Fleet Design Advisory Panel assessing congressionally mandated architectures for the fleet of 2030. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-john-kuehn-hideyoshis-invasion-of-korea-in-the-1500s/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Dr. John Hosler: “Bidding Syria Adieu: The Arab Invasions of 634-638”
DESCRIPTION:“Bidding Syria Adieu: The Arab Invasions of 634-638”\nDr. John Hosler\nThursday\, October 5\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nThough little known to western audiences\, the Arab invasions of 634-638 into Syria and the Levant were some of the most consequential in history. What began as small-scale raiding of frontier Byzantine garrisons soon transitioned to full-scale war\, featuring a decisive victory of the Byzantine army at the Battle of Yarmuk in 636 and the capture of Jerusalem in 638. The surrender of the Holy City enabled Muslim control of the Temple Mount within it and the construction of two of the most famous sites for all of Islam: the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. Following the conquest of Syria\, their armies would go on to conquer Egypt\, Persia\, Mesopotamia\, North Africa\, and Iberia—by 711\, over half of the old Roman Empire lived in the Abode of Islam. \nJohn D. Hosler (PhD University of Delaware) is a Professor of Military History at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. An expert on medieval warfare in Europe and the Near East\, he is the author or editor of seven books\, including Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace (Yale UP\, 2022)\, The Siege of Acre\, 1189-1191 (Yale UP\, 2018)\, and John of Salisbury: Military Authority of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance (Brill\, 2012)\, as well as over 60 shorter publications. He is the past President of De Re Militari: the Society for Medieval Military History\, a current Trustee of the United States Commission for Military History\, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-john-hosler-bidding-syria-adieu-the-arab-invasions-of-534-638/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Dirk Ringgenberg: “Operation Northern Delay: The US Airborne Invasion of Iraq from a First-Hand Perspective”
DESCRIPTION:“Operation Northern Delay: The US Airborne Invasion of Iraq from a First-Hand Perspective”\nDr. Dirk Ringgenberg\nThursday\, September 7\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nOn 26 March 2003\, in the first weeks of Operation Iraqi Freedom\, USAF C17 Globemasters from 4 different Air Wings transported 1\,000 paratroopers from the U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade and conducted a night mass tactical combat parachute assault into Bashur Airfield\, Iraq\, as part of Operation Northern Delay.   The operation forced the Iraqi Army to maintain approximately six divisions to protect its northern flank\, providing strategic relief for Coalition Forces advancing on Baghdad from the South. \nMr. Dirk D. Ringgenberg is an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in the Department of Military History and a doctoral candidate at Iowa State University. Dirk is a highly decorated (Silver Star\, Bronze Star for Valor) retired Major with a distinguished military career spanning 24 years\, predominately in Paratrooper and Ranger units. He participated in Operation Northern Delay as a Captain.  Dirk and wife\, Michelle live in Landing\, Kansas with son\, Hunter.  \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-dirk-ringgenberg-operation-northern-delay-the-us-airborne-invasion-of-iraq-from-a-first-hand-perspective/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Dr. Shawn Faulkner: “The Three Invasions of Serbia in 1914”
DESCRIPTION:“The Three Invasions of Serbia in 1914”\nDr. Shawn Faulkner\nThursday\, August 3\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nWith the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914\, the Austro-Hungarian empire was set on a collision course with the Kingdom of Serbia that ultimately sparked the First World War. This lecture examines why the Austrians invasions of Serbia in 1914 failed to achieve the Hapsburg’s goal of crushing their Balkan enemy. It will also examine how and why a multi-national Central Powers attack decisively defeated Serbia the following year. \nDr. Richard S. Faulkner is a Professor of Military History and has taught at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College for 20 years. He served 23 years in the U.S. Army and commanded a tank company in the 1st Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm.  He is the author of The School of Hard Knocks: Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces (Texas A&M Press\, 2012)\, which was the recipient of the Society for Military History’s 2013 Distinguished Book Award. His second book\, Pershing’s Crusaders: The American Soldier in World War I (University Press of Kansas\, 2017) received the World War I Association’s 2017 Norman B. Tomlinson\, Jr. Prize for the best work of history in English on World War One\, the Organization of American Historians’ 2017 Richard W. Leopold Prize\, and the Army Historical Foundation’s 2017 Excellence in U.S. Army History Book Award. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-shawn-faulkner-the-three-invasions-of-serbia-in-1914/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:CANCELED: Dr. Martin Clemis: "Invasion and Counter invasion: Vietnam\, 1976-1979"
DESCRIPTION:The Ft. Leavenworth program scheduled for July 6th has been cancelled. We hope you join us for the next program in the series “The Three Invasions of Serbia in 1914” on Thursday\, August 3 at 3 p.m. \nOn December 25\, 1978\, soldiers from the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) crossed into Cambodia as part of a punitive expedition against the Khmer Rouge. Three months later\, in response to this incursion\, the People’s Republic of China sent combat troops into Vietnam’s northern provinces. The Vietnamese invasion of Democratic Kampuchea and Chinese counter-invasion of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam marked the beginning of the Third Indochina War\, an unforeseen and unprecedented conflict that pitted three regional communist powers against one another in the pursuit of ethnonationalist objectives. This lecture will examine the origins\, conduct\, and outcome of these military invasions\, and discuss their historical implications on the global Cold War.   \nMartin G. Clemis is an associate professor in the Department of Military History at the Command and General Staff College. He is the author of The Control War: The Struggle for South Vietnam\, 1968-1975 (University of Oklahoma Press\, 2018)\, and a contributing author in Beyond the Quagmire: New Interpretations of the Vietnam Conflict (University of North Texas Press\, 2019)\, Drawdowns: The American Way of Postwar (New York University Press\, 2017)\, and War and Geography: The Spatiality of Organized Mass Violence (Ferdinand Schoningh\, 2017). Martin has had articles published in Army History and Small Wars and Insurgencies. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-martin-clemis-invasion-and-counter-invasion-vietnam-1976-1979/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Dr. Cameron Zinsou: “Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of Southern France in World War II”
DESCRIPTION:“Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of Southern France in World War II”\nDr. Cameron Zinsou\nThursday\, June 1\, 2023 | 3:00 p.m. \nOperation Dragoon (formerly Anvil) was one of the most contentious Allied operations undertaken during the Second World War. It was also the most successful amphibious assault of the conflict. This lecture reveals the debates and circumstances that led to Dragoon’s execution and analyzes the how and why it almost did not occur. \nDr. Cameron Zinsou is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Military History at the Command and General Staff College. His research focuses on the intersection of occupation\, requisitions\, civil/military relations\, and citizenship in World War II France. Dr. Zinsou has a manuscript under contract with the University Press of Kansas\, Occupied: Requisitions\, Meaning\, and the French Experience during World War II. He has also featured on numerous media platforms including multiple podcasts and the Smithsonian Channel’s documentary series World War II Battles in Color and has publications in the New York Times and War on the Rocks.  \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-cameron-zinsou-operation-dragoon-the-allied-invasion-of-southern-france-in-world-war-ii/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jonathan Abel: "The Invasions that Weren't: French Efforts to Invade England 1740-1805"
DESCRIPTION:“The Invasions that Weren’t: French Efforts to Invade England 1740-1805”\nDr. Jonathan Abel\nThursday\, May 4\, 2023 | 3 p.m. \nBetween 1740 and 1815\, France and England fought a Second Hundred Year War for hegemony in Europe and colonial spaces. During that period\, France tried repeatedly to invade England\, but its military could never manage to land troops in large numbers. Dr. Abel will discuss why this did not happen and its immense effects on European affairs. \nDr. Jonathan Abel is an Associate Professor of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College\, where he teaches courses on French history as well as Greece and Rome\, and wargaming. He received his PhD from the Military History Center at the University of North Texas in 2014\, and he is the author of several works on the eighteenth-century French army. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-jonathan-abel-the-invasions-that-werent-french-efforts-to-invade-england-1740-1805/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
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SUMMARY:Dr. Lou DiMarco "Incheon 1950: The US Amphibious Invasion in the Korean War"
DESCRIPTION:“Incheon 1950: The US Amphibious Invasion in the Korean War”\nDr. Lou DiMarco\nThursday\, April 6\, 2023 | 3 p.m. \nThe Inchon landings in September 1950 turned the first months of the Korean War from a national disaster in US national security policy into a great military victory of the West over Communism. It was a brilliant feat of military strategy and operations and arguably General MacArthur’s finest hour in his long career as a military commander. The Inchon operation demonstrated the incredible US military technical expertise at performing one of the most complex of all military operations:  amphibious invasion. \nDr. Louis A. DiMarco retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army in 2005 after more than 24 years of active service as an armored cavalry officer. Dr. DiMarco’s civilian education includes a bachelor’s from West Point\, a master’s in military art and Science from the US Army Command and Staff College\, Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, a master’s in International Relations from Salve Regina University\, Rhode Island\, and a Ph.D. in History from Kansas State University. Dr. DiMarco has authored several important Army doctrinal manuals\, including FM 3-06\, Urban Operations (2002). He was a contributing author to FM 3-24\, Counterinsurgency (2006). His work has been published in numerous professional journals\, and he is the author of three books: War Horse:  A History of the Military Horse and Rider (Westholme\, 2008); Concrete Hell:  Modern Urban Operations from Stalingrad to Iraq (Osprey\, 2012); and Fighting Cavalry: The Tactical Evolution of the US Army’s Mechanized Cavalry in World War II (2021). \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-lou-dimarco-incheon-1950-the-us-amphibious-invasion-in-the-korean-war/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T161500
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20230130T194139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T214424Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Angela Riotto: "The Union Invasion of Mississippi in 1863"
DESCRIPTION:“The Union Invasion of Mississippi in 1863”\nDr. Angela Riotto\nThursday\, March 2\, 2023 | 3 p.m. \nDr. Angela Riotto will discuss the Union invasion of Mississippi as part of the Vicksburg Campaign. The city of Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River. After several failed attempts to capture the city from the west\, Major General Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and attacked Vicksburg from the east. This invasion eventually led to the city’s surrender on 4 July 1863. \nAngela M. Riotto is an assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College\, Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, who specializes in the American Civil War\, prisoners of war\, and memory studies. She received her PhD in American History at the University of Akron. Before joining the faculty at DMH in 2021\, she worked as a historian on Army University Press’s Films Team\, making documentaries to teach military history and current U.S. Army doctrine. Some of her more recent publications include “‘As Happy a Man as Ever Wore ‘Confederate Grey’’: Confederate Ex-Prisoners of War and Their Narratives of Imprisonment\, 1877-1890” in Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts with University Press of Kansas was published in February 2021 and “Teaching the Army: Virtual Training Tools to Train and Educate Twenty-First Century Soldiers” in Military Review.  \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-angela-riotto-the-union-invasion-of-mississippi-in-1863/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T161500
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20230130T194016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230130T214519Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Bill Nance: "Brittany to the Elbe: 9th Army's Invasion of Europe in World War II"
DESCRIPTION:“Brittany to the Elbe: 9th Army’s Invasion of Europe in World War II”\nDr. Bill Nance\nThursday\, February 2\, 2023 | 3 p.m. \nWhile the 1944-45 campaign to liberate France is well known in general detail\, many of the specifics are unclear. In this talk\, we will explore the liberation of Western Europe through the eyes of a lesser-known American Army that played a large\, but mostly unheralded\, role in this effort. From its activation in Brittany in September of 1944 to its final limit of advance on the Elbe River\, the US Ninth Army ground through some of the fiercest fighting of the war\, while establishing a reputation for not only good teamwork\, but doing things in a calm\, thoughtful manner. By the end of the war\, Omar Bradley would state that “unlike the noisy and bumptious Third\, or the temperamental First\, the Ninth Army remained uncommonly normal.” \nDr. William (Bill) Nance recently retired from the United States Army\, having served in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. He has taught history at the United States Military Academy and at the Command and General Staff College (CGSC).  He is currently serving as a civilian Associate Professor of History at CGSC. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive\, and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of US Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dr-bill-nance-brittany-to-the-elbe-9th-armys-invasion-of-europe-in-world-war-ii/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T171541Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: Nate Jennings: “Countering Diverse Threats in the Republic of Texas”
DESCRIPTION:From 1836 to 1845\, after gaining independence at the Battle of San Jacinto\, the Republic of Texas faced nearly insurmountable security dilemmas as it struggled to both protect and aggrandize territory across the lower Great Plains. While this included constant warfare against a variety of American Indian tribes that excelled in mobile raiding along expansive frontiers\, it also featured conventional military threats from a much more powerful and vengeful Mexico to the south. \nLTC Nathan Jennings is a US Army officer and Assistant Professor at the US Army Command and General Staff College. He is a graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies and holds a PhD in History from the University of Kent.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/nate-jennings-countering-diverse-threats-in-the-republic-of-texas/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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LOCATION:https://youtu.be/DScRPsQw4-I
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221103T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221103T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T171230Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: Sean Kalic: “Espionage during the Cold War”
DESCRIPTION:For the duration of the Cold War and even in the aftermath\, spies and tales of espionage have captivated the imagination. The fact that the western press occasionally found a “true” story and published its exploits only further fueled the fasciation of the clandestine exploits of the spies on both sides of the Cold War. This public fascination with the “war in the shadows” did not wither as did the Cold War itself. In fact\, as the archives of the former Soviet Union opened and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) declassified volumes of documents from their Cold War operations\, the public finally got a look behind the people\, operations\, and structure of some of the intelligence operations associated with the Cold War. \nDr. Sean N. Kalic is a Professor in the Department of Military at the US Army Command and General Staff College\, where he has taught since 2004.  He had published widely and written books on Al Qaeda\, the militarization of space\, The Russian Revolution\, and Cold War espionage.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/sean-kalic-espionage-during-the-cold-war/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221006T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221006T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220812T214853Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: Gates Brown: “Implications of the Korean War on US Policy”
DESCRIPTION:The Korean War\, often described as the Forgotten War\, was foundational to the creation of the national defense posture that the United States maintained throughout the Cold War. After World War II\, the Truman administration quickly demobilized much of the U.S. military in an effort to return to normalcy and get the United States economy on a peacetime footing. This was similar to previous post-war periods in the United States\, where the large military force quickly returned to its peacetime form\, which was a fraction of the wartime size. This talk will discuss the implications of the Korean War both domestically and internationally. To meet this conflict\, the Truman administration restarted conscription to meet the force needs to fight the war and imposed domestic economic controls\, although to a lesser degree than those used in World War II. Internationally\, the Korean War served as a catalyst for the increase of the US military contribution to the recently created North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It also established the military character of the Cold War\, that the main kinetic aspects of the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States would be in proxy wars while the nuclear deterrent maintained a tense status quo between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. \nGates Brown is currently an associate professor in the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He received his PhD from the University of Kansas. His research interests include the early Cold War and the evolution of U.S. nuclear strategy in the late 1940s and 1950s.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/gates-brown-implications-of-the-korean-war-on-us-policy/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Dole Institute of Politics":MAILTO:doleinstitute@ku.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220901T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220901T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T152239Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: Angela Riotto and Derek Mallett: “Prisoners of War as Military Intelligence in the Civil War and World War 2"
DESCRIPTION:During the Second World War\, the US military interrogated over 3\,000 German Prisoners of War at a secret facility at Fort Hunt\, Virginia. These interrogations offer fascinating perspectives of the German situation in the final year of the war and allow us to evaluate how well American authorities knew its enemy at the time. \nDerek Mallett is currently an associate professor in the Department of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College\, Fort Belvoir\, Virginia satellite campus. His research interests include the Second World War\, prisoners of war\, military intelligence\, war and public memory\, and national security. \nAngela Riotto received her Ph.D. from the University of Akron. Her research examines the ways in which both U.S. and Confederate former prisoners of war discussed their captivity between 1861 and 1930. She currently teaches with the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College as an Assistant Professor.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/angela-riotto-and-derek-mallett-prisoners-of-war-as-military-intelligence-in-the-civil-war-and-world-war-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220804T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220502T170839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T152239Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: John Kuehn: "Victory at Sea: World War 2 on Film"
DESCRIPTION:Victory At Sea was one of the most celebrated television programs of its day when it was first aired on NBC beginning in 1952 and almost weekly for 26 episodes until May of 1953. Dr. Kuehn discusses its importance not only as a documentary of naval operations at World War II\, but as a reflection of the United States need for a unifying narrative of victory for the protracted conflict that the Cold War had become and promised to continue being.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/victory-at-sea-world-war-2-on-film/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Dole Institute of Politics":MAILTO:doleinstitute@ku.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220728T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220728T163000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220718T170335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220718T182258Z
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SUMMARY:Tony R. “Randy” Mullis\, PhD | Bleeding Kansas and British Kaffraria in the 1850s
DESCRIPTION:Many Kansans are familiar with the Bleeding Kansas era of American history in context of American westward expansion. Few\, however\, may know of a comparable event of British eastward expansion that occurred in modern day South Africa (British Kaffraria) during the 1850s.  Dr. Mullis’s presentation assesses select American and British political and military approaches to expansion during the 1850s to identify “common” Western strategic approaches and legacies. \nDr. Mullis is currently a professor of military history at the Redstone Arsenal satellite campus of the US Army Command and General Staff College.  He received his PhD in History from the University of Kansas and is the author of Peacekeeping on the Plains: Army Operations in Bleeding Kansas. \nPlease note this program is Virtual only
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/tony-r-randy-mullis-phd-bleeding-kansas-and-british-kaffraria-in-the-1850s/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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LOCATION:https://youtu.be/MPuz4XTJTgY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220602T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220602T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T152239Z
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SUMMARY:Fort Leavenworth: Ethan Rafuse: “Hybrid War in the Shenandoah in 1864”
DESCRIPTION:Defense analysts have identified the emergence of “hybrid warfare” as a compelling threat to American national security and declared it one of the more notable developments of the first decade of the 21st century. Of course\, while the label may be new\, hybrid warfare is not new in the human experience. This talk will discuss Union operations in the Shenandoah Valley in 1864\, using it as a case study of a specific campaign in the Civil War where both conventional and unconventional operations were significant factors. It examines Sheridan’s efforts\, the particular dynamics and challenges he confronted\, and the factors that enabled him to prevail. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ethan-rafuse-hybrid-war-in-the-shenandoah-in-1864/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220407T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220324T143000Z
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SUMMARY:Dave Mills: “Bread for my Enemies: US Aid to Germany after World War 2”
DESCRIPTION:The greatest challenge to peace in Western Europe immediately after World War Two was the possibility that the people themselves would vote in Communist governments\, primarily due to hunger. This presentation will demonstrate the challenges and the extent to which the American government fed Germany and other nations for both humanitarian and anticommunist reasons between 1945 and 1948. \nDave Mills is an associate professor at the United States Army Command and General Staff College\, located at Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, where he teaches military history to senior Captains and Majors from each branch of the military. He holds a Ph.D from North Dakota State University\, and is the author of three books on military and Cold War history. His current research project is entitled\, Bread for My Enemies: Feeding Germany from the Fall of Hitler to the Marshall Plan. He has been married to his wife\, Ann\, for almost 30 years\, and they have three grown sons.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/dave-mills-bread-for-my-enemies-us-aid-to-germany-after-world-war-2/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220303T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220303T150000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T192124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T165129Z
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SUMMARY:Rich Barbuto: “Defending New York City in the Early Republic”
DESCRIPTION:“Defending New York City in the Early Republic”\nRich Barbuto\nThursday\, March 3\, 2022 | 3 p.m.\nDuring the American Revolution\, New York City was occupied by the British. Thereafter\, the city soon became the largest port of the new republic. Threatened again as tensions with Britain reached a fevered pitch\, federal\, state\, and local authorities moved quickly to build fortifications and mobilize the citizenry to guard land and sea approaches. In 1814\, believing the city too strong to assault\, the British chose instead to attack Washington\, D.C. and Baltimore. \nRich Barbuto served as an armor officer for twenty-three years. He earned a Ph.D. from KU and was the deputy director of the Department of Military History for twelve years. Rich has written several books on the War of 1812 and is a frequent speaker at conferences and public venues.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/rich-barbuto-defending-new-york-city-in-the-early-republic/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Dole Institute of Politics":MAILTO:doleinstitute@ku.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20220124T161732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T164924Z
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SUMMARY:Jonathan Abel: “France and Corsica: The Range of Military Operations”
DESCRIPTION:“France and Corsica: The Range of Military Operations”\nDr. Jonathan Abel\nWednesday\, February 2 | 3 p.m.\nVIRTUAL EVENT ONLY \nMost students of French history know Corsica as Napoleon’s birthplace\, but France’s involvement on the island stretched throughout the eighteenth century.  Dr. Abel’s talk will illustrate how France conducted activities across the range of military operations on the island\, from counterinsurgency to large-scale combat and stability operations\, both in support of Genoa and as ruler of the island itself. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/jonathan-abel-france-and-corsica-the-range-of-military-operations/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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LOCATION:https://youtu.be/lZ2MEtYTl8U
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
CREATED:20210914T154153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153347Z
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SUMMARY:Kennan and Nitze: Early Cold War Theorists
DESCRIPTION:Ft. Leavenworth: Kennan and Nitze: Early Cold War Theorists\nGates Brown and Dave Mills\nDecember 2\, 2021 | 3 p.m. \nBrown and Mills will discuss two of the most influential Cold War theoriest: George Kennan and Paul Nitze\, who were exact opposites in strategy and outlook. Kennan was a realist who believed the U.S. should eliminate its arsenal of nuclear weapons. His guiding philosophy was that an individual or a nation that desired peace should act peacefully\, although his opinions on dealing with the U.S.S.R. ironically led to the most aggressive foreign policy in American history. Nitze was a hawk who advocated a more assertive role in foreign affairs\, believing that if a nation desired peace\, it should prepare for war. More than any other American\, Nitze was responsible for the arms race between the two superpowers throughout the Cold War. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ft-leavenworth-kennan-and-nitze-early-cold-war-theorists/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211104T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211104T150000
DTSTAMP:20260705T120222
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SUMMARY:Vo Nguyen Giap and Le Duan: Vietnam’s Victors
DESCRIPTION:Ft. Leavenworth: Vo Nguyen Giap and Le Duan: Vietnam’s Victors\nMartin Clemis\nNovember 4\, 2021 | 3 p.m. \nBetween 1945 and 1975\, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam fought and won two major conflicts against tremendous odds: one against France and the other against the U.S. and its South Vietnamese ally. The architects of these incredible victories were General Vo Nguyen Giap\, the commander of the North Vietnamese Army\, and Le Duan\, the General Secretary of the Vietnam Worker’s Party. Although they both utilized a hybrid politico-military approach that synthesized conventional war\, guerrilla warfare\, and mass politics\, they each pursued a unique variation of communist revolutionary warfare. In this lecture\, Clemis will discuss how these men and their theories of war carried the communists to victory in Vietnam\, and in doing so\, brought the most far reaching and consequential conflict of the Cold War to a conclusion. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ft-leavenworth-vo-nguyen-giap-and-le-duan-vietnams-victors/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Pre-World War I French Military Doctrine and its Consequences
DESCRIPTION:Ft. Leavenworth: Pre-World War I French Military Doctrine and its Consequences\nRichard Faulkner\nOctober 7\, 2021 | 3 p.m. \nIn the years prior to World War I\, the French military wrestled with how to defend itself against a larger\, more industrialized foe. Like the Great War’s other major combatants\, the French pre-war doctrine proved to be ill-suited to meet the realities of the 1914 battlefield. This lecture will examine the factors that influenced the French Army’s pre-war doctrine\, how the army envisioned fighting “the next great war\,” and how it adapted its tactical strategy from 1915 to 1918\, after its peacetime doctrine failed to secure France’s hope for victory in 1914. \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series \nThe Ft. Leavenworth Series is an annual roster of lectures focusing on significant historical events\, usually with an emphasis on military history. Each lecture is presented by faculty from the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Ft. Leavenworth\, Kansas. Established by General William Tecumseh Sherman in 1881\, the CGSC is the graduate college for U.S. Army and sister service officers. The esteemed faculty and guests of the CGSC provide unique and captivating insights into the history of military conflict from the ancient to the modern ages at the Dole Institute of Politics. \nThe Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics is dedicated to promoting political and civic participation as well as civil discourse in a bipartisan\, philosophically balanced manner. It is located on KU’s West Campus and houses the Dole Archive and Special Collections. Through its robust public programming\, congressional archive and museum\, the Dole Institute strives to celebrate public service and the legacies of U.S. Senators Bob Dole and Elizabeth Dole.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/ft-leavenworth-pre-world-war-i-french-military-doctrine-and-its-consequences/
LOCATION:The Dole Institute of Politics\, 2350 Petefish Drive\, Lawrence\, KS\, 66045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Aerospace Theory
DESCRIPTION:In the late 1940s the U.S. Air Force embraced the use of space as a natural extension of its traditional air power mission. As such\, they envisioned air and space mediums converging into a single operational domain. Dr. Kalic will lecture on the U.S. Air Force’s development of the Aerospace concept in the period 1946-1963. \nDr. Sean N. Kalic is a Cold War historian. He lectures and publishes widely on topics such as the interwar period 1919-1939\, the Cold War\, the post-Cold War security environment\, and transnational terrorism. Significant publications include: Combating a Modern Hydra: Al Qaeda and the Global War on Terrorism (2005); Thinking about War: Past\, Present and Future (2011); US Presidents and the Militarization of Space\, 1946-1967 (2012); The Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War: An Essential Reference (2017); and Spies: The U.S. And Russian Espionage from the Cold War to the 21st Century (2019). He has presented lectures for the U.S. Naval War College\, The Slovenian General Staff\, and numerous international conferences. He is a Professor in the Department of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College where he has taught since 2004. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/aerospace-theory/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Mikhail Tukhachevsky\, Soviet Theory\, and Operational Warfare
DESCRIPTION:After WWII\, many historians\, as well as military theorists and leaders\, focused on the German ability to restore mobility to warfare\, especially at the operational level\, in the early years of the war. Popularized as “Blitzkrieg\,” the Germans were often portrayed as the pioneers of this new form of warfare—far ahead of all other nations in 1939-40. However\, this view overlooks the tremendously far-sighted Operational doctrine of the Soviet Union that had reached a high degree of development. Building on some earlier Tsarist era examples (Suvorov\, Brusilov)\, a crop of Soviet military leaders emerged from their own Civil with fresh ideas for the future of warfare. Along with other prescient theorists (for example\, Frunze\, Svechin\, Triandifillov\, and Isserson)\, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky developed a doctrine of the operational art that reached a high-point with the publication of the Red Army’s Provisional Field Regulations of 1936. The regulations posited a doctrine of deep battle far ahead of German doctrine at the time. Sadly for the Soviets\, most of the great wave of new thinkers\, to include Tukahchevsky\, were executed in Stalin’s purges before WWII\, and the doctrine was watered down. \nDr. Curtis S. King is an associate professor for the Staff Ride Team\, Combat Studies Institute\, Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1982 with a B.S. in History and English Literature. After various assignments\, Dr. King returned to the Military Academy as an instructor in 1992. In 1998\, he became a professor at the Combat Studies Institute (CSI). While at CSI\, Dr. King received his Ph.D in Russian and Soviet history (1998) from the University of Pennsylvania and spent a 6-month tour in Sarajevo\, Bosnia (1999-2000) as a NATO historian. Dr. King retired from the Army in May 2002. In October 2002\, he was hired to the staff ride team of CSI as a civilian associate professor and is an adjunct professor at Kansas State University. He has published numerous articles and entries to edited works on a wide variety of military history topics. \nSubmit your questions for Dr. King to dolequestions@ku.edu for the question-and-answer portion of the program. \nThis special program will be live-streamed to the institute’s YouTube channel and to its website\, www.doleinstitute.org. Due to continuing concerns regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic\, the program will only be available online. Follow the Dole Institute on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter for updates regarding this and future programming.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/mikhail-tukhachevsky-soviet-theory-and-operational-warfare/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:The Six Secret Teachings of Jiang Ziya
DESCRIPTION:The Six Secret Teachings of Jiang Ziya (Ta’i Kung) is the oldest of China’s Seven Military Classics. This foundational work from the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BCE) period purports to have originated more than five centuries before Sun Tzu (544-496 BCE). The six teachings are a record of conversations between Jiang and the future Zhou Kings Wen and Wu on defeating the Shang Dynasty. This book on civil-military relations\, organizing\, manning\, and fighting forces\, is attributed to Jiang Ziya\, who is purported to be China’s first general officer and strategist. This presentation explores the key themes and military advice offered in the six books\, with comparisons to Sun Tzu and suggestions on how this work might influence a modern Chinese Way of War. \nDr. Geoff Babb was commissioned from Bowdoin College in Brunswick\, Maine in 1973 as a US Army Military Intelligence Officer. After serving in the Defense Intelligence Agency as a ground forces analyst\, he was assigned to Monterey\, California\, Hong Kong\, and Beijing for language and area studies. He was then assigned to Joint and Army Headquarters in Hawaii. In 1991\, he joined the Command and General Staff College faculty at Fort Leavenworth. After retiring from the military\, he earned a Masters in East Asian Languages and Cultures\, and a Doctorate in History from the University of Kansas. He has published numerous book chapters and articles on China and Asia. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Military History as its China hand. \nSubmit your questions for Dr. Babb to dolequestions@ku.edu for the question-and-answer portion of the program. \nThis special program will be live-streamed to the institute’s YouTube channel and to its website\, www.doleinstitute.org. Due to continuing concerns regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic\, the program will only be available online. Follow the Dole Institute on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter for updates regarding this and future programming.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-six-secret-teachings-of-jiang-ziya/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Donn Starry\, Active Defense\, and Airland Battle
DESCRIPTION:After the Vietnam War\, the US Army refocused itself on its primary peacetime mission since the end of the Second World War: the defense of NATO. However\, the Army leadership had to face the reality that the US Army was not capable of accomplishing this mission. In 1973\, the US Army did not have the trained personnel\, the technology\, or the fighting doctrine to defeat the Warsaw Pact forces led by the Soviet Union\, should those forces decide to invade the West. Over the next fifteen years that situation changed dramatically as the US Army and its NATO allies rebuild their capabilities first to counter a Soviet-led invasion of the West\, and by the end of the Cold War\, defeat the Warsaw Pact. Central to this rebirth of capability was the US Army warfighting doctrine of “Airland Battle.” General Donn Starry was at the center of the intellectual effort that created the Airland Battle doctrine\, and the training programs and technology that enabled it. The effectiveness of the Army’s efforts was a major contributor to the end of the Cold War\, and the great allied victory in Operation Desert Storm that followed immediately afterward. \nSubmit your questions for Dr. Louis DiMarco to dolequestions@ku.edu for the question-and-answer portion of the program. \nThis special program will be live-streamed to the institute’s YouTube channel and to its website\, www.doleinstitute.org. Due to continuing concerns regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic\, the program will only be available online. Follow the Dole Institute on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter for updates regarding this and future programming. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/donn-starry-active-defense-and-airland-battle/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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SUMMARY:Denis Mahan and the Foundations of American Theory
DESCRIPTION:During the first half of the nineteenth century\, no military thinker arguably had more impact on the United States Army than Denis Hart Mahan. By the time he graduated at the top of his class at West Point in 1824\, Mahan had become a protégé of Superintendent Sylvanus Thayer\, whose wide-ranging reforms would win him recognition as “Father of the Military Academy.” In 1830\, Mahan accepted appointment as Professor of Civil and Military Engineering at West Point and carried his mentor’s work forward in the decades that followed. Mahan’s writings and influence on the officers who\, after surviving “Old Cobbon Sense’s” classroom\, would dominate the Army nearly to the end of the 19th century made him one of the most important figures in the evolution of American warfare. This talk will describe Mahan’s life\, his role in shaping the military academy\, the ideas that he promoted in the army\, and his place in the American military experience. \nSubmit your questions for Dr. Rafuse to dolequestions@ku.edu for the question-and-answer portion of the program. \nThis program is closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. \nThis special program will be live-streamed to the institute’s YouTube channel and to its website\, www.doleinstitute.org. Due to continuing concerns regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic\, the program will only be available online. Follow the Dole Institute on Facebook\, Instagram\, or Twitter for updates regarding this and future programming. \nEthan S. Rafuse received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and since 2004 has been a member of the faculty at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College\, where he is a professor of military history. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/denis-mahan-and-the-foundations-of-american-theory/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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