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SUMMARY:1979: The Turning Point of the Cold War
DESCRIPTION:President Carter had a visceral dislike of the CIA and its use of covert missions. However\, he overcame his initial perception when he saw an opportunity to use the CIA and its covert action as a means to increase the pressure on the political and social systems of the Soviet Union. Using the tenets of the Helsinki Accords as a means to advance the cause of human rights and civil liberties\, Carter used the CIA as a critical tool to support the Solidarity Movement in Poland\, as well as the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Though credit for these efforts tends to fall to the presidency of Ronald Reagan\, it was\, in fact\, President Carter\, who saw this unique opportunity to pressure the Soviet Union on its human rights record. Carter’s efforts represent a critical turning point in the last decade of the Cold War. \nThis program will be live-streamed to the institute’s YouTube channel and 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. \nDr. Sean N. Kalic\nKalic\, a Professor in the Department of Military History at the US Army’s Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, where he has taught since 2004\, is a Cold War scholar\, who has written on the militarization of space\, the global war on terrorism\, US space policy\, Cold War espionage\, and the Russian Revolution. Additionally\, he has presented lectures for the Slovenian General Staff\, the Slovenian Command and General Staff College\, the US Naval War College\, and the US Army’s Futures Study Group. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/1979-the-turning-point-of-the-cold-war/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200806T000000
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SUMMARY:The Battle of Shiloh\, the Turning Point of the American Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Civil War fans often point to Antietam or Gettysburg as the turning point of the war\, but overlooked is the night of April 6\, 1862\, when Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee was teetering on the edge of annihilation on the banks of the Tennessee River. The day had begun with a surprise attack by Confederate forces near Shiloh Church and had witnessed the heaviest fighting of the war to date\, through places like the Hornets’ Nest and Hell’s Hollow. That evening\, Grant’s subordinates all advised an immediate retreat\, but he chose to stay and fight\, a decision that resulted in the most significant turning point of the Civil War. \nWatch the live-stream of this program on our YouTube channel. \nHarry S. Laver is a professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College\, Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas\, who specializes in the American Civil War and World War II Europe. His recent publications include A General Who Will Fight: The Leadership of Ulysses S. Grant (University Press of Kentucky\, 2013)\, and as co-editor\, The Art of Command: American Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell (University Press of Kentucky\, 2nd ed.\, 2017). From 2013 to 2014 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth. In 2017 he was selected as the Educator of the Year in Department of Military History at the Staff College. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-battle-of-shiloh-the-turning-point-of-the-american-civil-war/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200604T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200604T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151133
CREATED:20220106T222602Z
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SUMMARY:Barbarossa’s Siege of Rome\, 1167: The Turning Point for Medieval Italy
DESCRIPTION:In an effort to thwart the ambitions of his political rivals\, the Hohenstaufen ruler Frederick Barbarossa invaded Italy in 1167 with the goal of driving all the way to Sicily. Following successful sieges in northern Italy\, he took his army to Rome: he captured the city on July 24 and then stirred its citizens into revolt against Pope Alexander III\, who was forced to flee to Benevento. Six days later\, Barbarossa installed an antipope (Paschal III) on St. Peter’s throne\, and Paschal\, in return\, crowned him Holy Roman Emperor. Matters abruptly changed thereafter. A destructive storm and widespread plague ultimately drove the emperor out of Rome and back north\, into the waiting arms of the Lombard League\, a coalition of sixteen Italian cities that had formed an alliance against him. What followed was a series of military defeats and humiliating near-captures as Barbarossa frantically tried to escape to Saxony. It was the beginning of the end of imperial control over northern Italy: in 1176\, the Lombard League decisively defeated Barbarossa at the Battle of Legnano\, and in 1183 he granted its members the right to self-governance. In the following century\, the Italian Renaissance was born in these independent states. \nThis program will be live on our YouTube channel. \nJohn D. Hosler is an Associate Professor of Military History at the Command and General Staff College. An expert in medieval warfare\, he is the author of The Siege of Acre\, 1189-1191: Saladin\, Richard the Lionheart\, and the Battle that Decided the Third Crusade\, which was named a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/barbarossas-siege-of-rome-1167-the-turning-point-for-medieval-italy/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200507T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200507T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151133
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SUMMARY:1941: The Turning Point in the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:Few years in modern history have been as eventful as 1941. For most Americans\, the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor resonates as the year’s signal event\, an action that thrust the United States into World War II. For the Soviet Union and its clients\, Operation Barbarossa\, the sudden Nazi attack of June 22\, earns the distinction as the most eventful\, as the Wehrmacht turned its mechanized might onto its erstwhile ally. 1941 also marked the beginning of the Shoah\, the designed destruction of the Jews of Europe. During the 1930s\, Hitler’s regime had applied ever-increasing methods of persecution onto the Jews of Germany and other European countries as they were occupied. Before 1941\, the Nazi actions were primarily designed to dispossess the Jews of their wealth and compel their emigration. Coincident with Barbarossa\, however\, persecution turned into a more generalized European slaughter; it was the great turning point in the Holocaust. \nThis program will stream live on our YouTube channel. \nDave Cotter is the Director of the Department of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth\, Kansas. He has been a faculty member since 2009 and was previously a member of the Department of History at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. He has an M.A. in History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst\, an M.A. in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College\, and an M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Gratz College. In addition to the history curriculum\, he is active in the Genocide and Mass Atrocities Studies Seminar at the Staff College. In the past year\, he has made genocide-related presentations to the Society for Military History\, the Watson Institute at Brown University\, the Dole Institute of Politics\, and the Naval War College. Dave is a retired military officer with 32 years of experience\, including multiple combat deployments and command at battery\, battalion\, and brigade levels. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/1941-the-turning-point-in-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200402T000000
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SUMMARY:Guadalcanal\, 1942: The Turning Point of the Pacific Theater in World War II
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kuehn’s talk will dispute the claim that the Battle of Midway is the turning point of the Pacific War and offer an argument that the campaign on Guadalcanal from August 1942 to early February 1943 constitutes the actual turning point in the war. This presentation examines the campaign from this vantage point and emphasizes how what began as the seizure of an undefended island airfield turned into a war of attrition on land\, sea\, and air between the Empire of Japan and the United States and its allies. \nDr. John T. Kuehn is Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 2004 at the rank of commander after 23 years\, serving as a naval flight officer 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\, A Military History of Japan: From the Age of the Samurai to the 21st Century\, Napoleonic Warfare: The Operational Art of the Great Campaigns\, and co-authored Eyewitness Pacific Theater 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. 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. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/guadalcanal-1942-the-turning-point-of-the-pacific-theater-in-world-war-ii/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200304T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200304T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151134
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SUMMARY:The Aisne-Marne Counteroffensive\, 1918: The Turning Point of World War I
DESCRIPTION:Although the turning points of the American Civil War and World War II occurred in the middle of those conflicts\, the outcome of the Great War was not decided until the last months of the war. The Ludendorff Offensives had pushed both sides into a deadly race against time that pitted German tactical successes against the ability of the Americans to arrive in sufficient numbers to give the Allies the crucial edge. The lecture will discuss how the Franco-American victory at Aisne-Marne changed the course of the war and convinced Ferdinand Foch that the strategic and operational advantage in the conflict had decisively shifted to the Allied cause. \nThis program is free and open to the public. No ticket is required. \nDr. Richard S. Faulkner is the William A. Stofft Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. 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\, 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 received the World War I Association’s 2017 Norman B. Tomlinson\, Jr. Prize for the best work of history in English on World War I\, 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. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-aisne-marne-counteroffensive-1918-the-turning-point-of-world-war-i/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200205T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200205T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151134
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SUMMARY:The Tet Offensive\, 1968: The Turning Point of the Vietnam War
DESCRIPTION:With guest speaker Gates Brown. \nThe Tet Offensive of 1968 was a dramatic turning point for both the U.S. and the North Vietnamese in the Vietnam War. Each had their assumptions shattered in the offensive. The North Vietnamese hoped to prove the validity of their revolutionary ideology. The success of the counterattack of the U.S.-led coalition destroyed the Communists forces but also laid bare the divisive politics of the war in the United States. Although it was a tactical and operational victory for the U.S.-led coalition\, it did not translate into an improved strategic position. For the North Vietnamese\, it exposed the ineffectiveness of their strategy of a people’s revolution. After the Tet Offensive\, the U.S. fought for another five years in South Vietnam while the North Vietnamese continued fighting for another seven years. The offensive was decisive because it forced both sides to confront their false assumptions and each had to attempt to reconcile themselves to a new post-Tet strategic reality. \nThis program is free and open to the public. No ticket is required. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-tet-offensive-1968-the-turning-point-of-the-vietnam-war/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200109T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151134
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SUMMARY:The War of the Fifth Coalition\, 1809
DESCRIPTION:Convention says that Napoleon’s downfall came as a result of his misadventures in Spain\, starting in 1808\, and his disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. While both undoubtedly contributed to his ultimate defeat\, the War of the Fifth Coalition in 1809 was Napoleon’s turning point. It saw his first undisputed battlefield defeat at Aspern-Essling and marked the demonstrable degeneration of both his armies and his own abilities. It ended with the humiliation of his most inveterate enemy\, Austria\, and the extension of French power into Eastern Europe\, which angered Russia. It also witnessed a personal turning point for Napoleon\, as he set aside his first wife in favor of a dynastic marriage to a Habsburg princess\, Marie-Louise. However\, because of his victory in the war and the drama of events in Spain and Russia\, these changes are often elided or outright forgotten in the thread of Napoleon’s story. This talk will argue that 1809\, more than any other Napoleonic campaign or conflict\, was the turning point in his reign. \nDr. Jonathan Abel is an Assistant Professor of Military History at the US Army Command and General Staff College Department of Military History. He received his PhD from the Military History Center at the University of North Texas in 2014\, studying late eighteenth-century and Napoleonic France. He is the author of Guibert: Father of Napoleon’s Grande Armée\, along with other publications. \n 
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-war-of-the-fifth-coalition-1809/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191205T000000
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SUMMARY:Brigadier General Frank "Pinkie" Dorn
DESCRIPTION:From 1942 to 1945\, Frank “Pinkie” Dorn\, a Chinese linguist and country expert\, served in the China-Burma-India theater. Geoff Babb shares the story of Dorn\, a colorful and talented officer\, writer\, mapmaker and artist who had previously served in China as a language student and army attaché. These duties would prepare him for his long service in this critical theater of World War II in the Indo-Pacific\, including his time leading the team that trained\, advised and equipped 39 Chinese divisions to go on the offensive against Japan in China and Burma.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/brigadier-general-frank-pinkie-dorn/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191114T000000
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SUMMARY:General Sir John Monash
DESCRIPTION:John Monash was a reserve colonel in the Australian army before World War I\, but once the conflict began\, he would become a full-time army officer. Promoted to brigadier general\, major general and eventually lieutenant general\, he commanded the Australian Corps on the Western Front. Monash was one of the first true advocates of combined arms warfare and had a deserved reputation for taking care of his men\, going as far as to have hot meals delivered to the front lines in the midst of battle. David Mills examines Monash here\, described by British historian A.J.P. Taylor as “the only general of creative originality produced by the First World War.”
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/general-sir-john-monash/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20191003T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191003T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210150Z
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SUMMARY:Philip II "Augustus" of France
DESCRIPTION:The early reign of Philip II of France was an exhibition of poor generalship\, but by the early 1200s\, Philip had seized most of the counties and duchies under the control of England’s King John. These victories would construct the territorial basis for modern France. Philip’s crowning victory at the Battle of Bouvines in 1214 was dubbed “the most important battle you’ve never heard of” by the BBC\, and the result would forever change the face of Europe. An expert in medieval warfare\, John Hosler will lead an examination of Philip and some of his most consequential victories.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/philip-ii-augustus-of-france/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190912T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190912T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Frank Jack Fletcher: Unsung Hero
DESCRIPTION:Frank Jack Fletcher commanded carrier task forces in the critical first year of World War II in the Pacific. He served as senior commander in three famous naval battles (the Coral Sea\, Midway and the Eastern Solomons)\, winning all three and damaging the Japanese Navy\, which prevented it from accomplishing its operational objectives. John Kuehn leads an exploration of Fletcher’s accomplishments and examines why the commander has been largely forgotten by history.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/frank-jack-fletcher-unsung-hero/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190801T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190801T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia
DESCRIPTION:The unification of Germany was forged by the Hohenzollern dynasty\, one of the more remarkable ruling houses Europe ever saw. Given this history\, there were high expectations for Frederick William\, the eldest son of Wilhelm I\, when Prussia began its campaign to unify Germany. Ethan S. Rafuse discusses one of the most fascinating figures in the history of Imperial Germany. Frederick William was not only an able soldier\, but\, with his wife Victoria\, hoped to be a force for liberalism and European peace.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/crown-prince-frederick-of-prussia/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190606T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190606T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210118Z
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SUMMARY:Lieutenant General Stapleton Cotton
DESCRIPTION:Stapleton Cotton\, later Field Marshal Stapleton Cotton\, first Viscount Combermere\, was cavalry commander under the Duke of Wellington for nearly six years in the Peninsula War. Yet\, at Waterloo\, he was not invited to command Wellington’s cavalry. Mark T. Gerges examines Cotton’s early career in the Peninsula and his role in the command of Wellington’s cavalry.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/lieutenant-general-stapleton-cotton/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190502T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190502T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Harry Laver for an exploration of a man that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to as “one of the few great military leaders of our time.” Air Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder of the Royal Air Force served as Eisenhower’s deputy supreme commander for the June 1944 Overlord campaign in Normandy\, and then on to the conclusion of World War II. He made significant contributions to the Allied victory\, and consistently supported Eisenhower during the most contentious episodes of the war.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/air-chief-marshal-sir-arthur-tedder/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190404T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190404T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151135
CREATED:20210521T210107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Lieutenant General J.C.H. “Jesus Christ Himself” Lee
DESCRIPTION:When the U.S. entered World War II as a belligerent\, its army ranked 17th in the world in terms of capability. In May 1942\, Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall plucked a hitherto obscure Corps of Engineers officer from his duties and put him in charge of all Army sustainment operations in what would become the European theater of operations.  Who was Gen. John Clifford Hodges Lee\, what did he accomplish\, and why is he remembered in such a dim light by some historians? Dr. Tom Hanson presents an overview of Gen. Lee’s life and career\, and explores why his contributions loom much larger than his detractors would admit.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/lieutenant-general-j-c-h-jesus-christ-himself-lee/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190307T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190307T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T210047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:General Major Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
DESCRIPTION:From August 1914 until the after the Armistice in 1918\, Generalmajor Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck conducted a one-sided campaign against the British Empire in east Africa. Lettow-Vorbeck employed superior tactics and stealth against an impossibly large enemy\, preserving the lives of his soldiers and civilians while the harsh environment and disease devastated Allied ranks. The Germans would grudgingly surrender only after news of the Armistice reached them. Mark Hull shares the story of a military leader who would retain the loyalty of his men and the admiration of his former enemies until his death in 1964.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/general-major-paul-von-lettow-vorbeck/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190214T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190214T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T210033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Maurice de Saxe: Marshal-General of France
DESCRIPTION:He could reportedly crush a horseshoe with one hand. He was one of perhaps 300 illegitimate children of a Saxon prince.  He was a German noble who became a French national hero. Dr. Jonathan Abel shares the tale of Hermann Moritz\, later known as Maurice de Saxe\, owner of one of the most storied military careers in French history. He led French armies to great victories in the War of Austrian Succession\, and his memoirs\, titled “Mes reveries\,” would become a standard of military history and theory during the 18th century.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/maurice-de-saxe-marshal-general-of-france/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190103T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190103T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T210021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153009Z
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SUMMARY:Field Marshal William Slim
DESCRIPTION:In the fall of 1942 and spring of 1943\, the British-led Allied forces in Burma were defeated by a smaller but better-prepared and better-led Japanese army. At this crucial time\, a little-known officer named Lieutenant General William Slim took command of the multinational force that had known only defeat at the hands of the Japanese. Slim had the daunting task of forging the British\, Nepalese\, Indian (Hindu\, Sikh and Muslim troops)\, West and East African\, Chinese and American forces into a fighting element that could meet and best the Japanese army. David Cotter shares this fascinating tale and answers the question: could Slim change defeat into victory?
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/field-marshal-william-slim/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181213T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181213T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T210020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
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SUMMARY:Mr. Polk’s War
DESCRIPTION:A sharp divide characterized the relationship between the home front and the front line during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848. Despite advances in communication technology\, most Americans viewed war through a romantic lens\, which bore little resemblance to the reality of the soldier experience. Greg Hospodor addresses the gulf between those two perceptions and its later implications.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/mr-polks-war/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181101T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181101T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T210003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:801-1541030400-1541030400@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:The War of 1812 on the Home Front
DESCRIPTION:The War of 1812 brought great danger to those whose homes sat at the overlap between the home front and the fighting front. Many along the 37-mile long Niagara River witness raids and violence in both directions. The most powerful and destructive operation occurred in December 1813—when it was over\, every home along the river except one was burned to the ground\, and hundreds of American civilians were forced to flee. Rich Barbuto shares this fascinating tale as November’s installment of the Ft. Leavenworth series.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-war-of-1812-on-the-home-front/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20181004T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20181004T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151136
CREATED:20210521T205936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:791-1538611200-1538611200@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:Retreats\, Riots and Reds: The Russian Annus Horribilis
DESCRIPTION:When Tsar Nicholas II took personal command of the Imperial Russian Army in 1915\, he hoped to salvage the military situation on the eastern front. The issues on the front line paled\, however\, in comparison to the troubles at home. Sean Kalic and Gates Brown illustrate the vital connection between the home front and the front line of battle by examining the impacts of the Russian revolutions on the Russian army.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/retreats-riots-and-reds-the-russian-annus-horribilis/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180906T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180906T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:783-1536192000-1536192000@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:The Italian Home Front in World War II
DESCRIPTION:A wide variety of complex and diverse aspects defined the Italian experience as both enemy and ally during World War II. Lou DiMarco will lead an examination of these themes\, drawing on topics such as daily life in Italy during the war\, the role of the Mafia and the Italian resistance movement. The Italian experience was unique in many ways and greatly impacted the formation of the post-war Italian Republic.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-italian-home-front-in-world-war-ii/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180802T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180802T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:782-1533168000-1533168000@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:The Forgotten Home Front
DESCRIPTION:Often called the “Forgotten War\,” the Korean War was\, in fact\, the ignored war. It was ignored not because Americans did not care\, but because they cared too much about the threat posed by Communism and the Soviet Union. Dr. Janet Valentine examines the Korean War home front in context of America’s fear of Soviet Communism and the possibility of nuclear annihilation.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-forgotten-home-front/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180607T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180607T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:780-1528329600-1528329600@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:Vicissitudes of Violence: Fear\, Physiology\, and Behavior under Fire
DESCRIPTION:In battle\, every soldier’s reaction is unique. The related range of brain chemistry reactions\, acquired coping skills and shaping behavioral norms are so diverse that the concept of a “universal soldier” response to combat loses all meaning. Dr. Ed Coss leads an examination of this interactive process\, clarifying what soldiers experience in battle and why they react as they do—a matter of supreme significance when using history as a lens to examine human behavior.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/vicissitudes-of-violence-fear-physiology-and-behavior-under-fire/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180503T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180503T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153256Z
UID:779-1525305600-1525305600@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:The Great War in East Asia
DESCRIPTION:Most of the world focused its attention on events in Europe during the First World War\, but many changes were brought to the Far East as well. Both China and Korea suffered from Japan’s favorable treatment in the Treaty of Versailles\, adding to the ongoing political upheavals in both countries. The U.S.\, meanwhile\, maintained a military role in both China and the Philippines while joining other allied states in operations in Russia. Joseph G.D. Babb explores the events in the Far East during this period that served as harbingers of the dramatic political changes and major conflicts in the coming decades.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-great-war-in-east-asia/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180405T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180405T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153257Z
UID:774-1522886400-1522886400@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:America's Response to the Holocaust
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. has a proud tradition of serving as a haven for Europe’s cast offs — yet immediately before and throughout World War II\, America shut its doors to refugees fleeing the oppression of the Nazis. No group suffered more from this than Europe’s Jews. David Cotter analyzes the ideological battle between isolationists and internationalists in the U.S. by assessing how President Franklin D. Roosevelt managed competing factions within his administration. The talk will provide an intriguing look at the ambivalence of America’s response to the Holocaust.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/americas-response-to-the-holocaust/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180301T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180301T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153257Z
UID:764-1519862400-1519862400@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:The German Homefront Experience\, 1939-1945
DESCRIPTION:Emphasizing multiple perspectives from disparate groups\, Mark Hull will focus on the lives of everyday Germans during World War II. What they ate\, what they saw in their local public spaces\, what they read and their understanding and response to the war’s events changed dramatically as the war took an ever-greater personal toll. This talk will describe the increasingly desperate steps taken by the National Socialist state to maintain civil order and morale in the face of looming catastrophe.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/the-german-homefront-experience-1939-1945/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T000000
DTSTAMP:20260705T151137
CREATED:20210521T205814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220516T153257Z
UID:759-1517443200-1517443200@doleinstitute.org
SUMMARY:Keeping the Ogre at Bay: Defending Britain\, 1803-1815
DESCRIPTION:The United Kingdom’s response to the French threat came at a time of great social and political change at home. From frantic invasion scares in 1803-1805 to political indecision\, economic upheaval and civil unrest\, British reaction to the threat of the Napoleonic Empire ultimately led to Britain’s impressive dominance in the 19th century. Led by Mark Gerges\, this discussion examines how military events influenced the shape of modern Europe.
URL:https://doleinstitute.org/event/keeping-the-ogre-at-bay-defending-britain-1803-1815/
CATEGORIES:Ft. Leavenworth Series
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