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Lecture Series/Audio
Intro
2:32
Overview
10:53
After affects of WWI–Germanic & British countries, Canada, 1683, France
5:22
US Entry into WWI
3:31
Early US military contributions
3:35
Loss of life – military & civilian
9:11
Geneva Convention – Rules of War; neutrality
5:14
Horrific tactics, new war technologies
11:53
Trench runner Schickelgruber=Hitler; dictators & “stage names”
2:03
Chemical Warfare - details
2:59
Most powerful weapons - big guns; rear-view mirror—plan for last war
2:12
Aircraft & U-boats
1:48
Parallel – Lusitania/civilian targets in Iraq
4:27
Extended discussion – US foreign policy, tactics in Middle East & beyond
18:43
New US weapons of WWI
2:56
WWI takes longer than expected; Churchill; new world political structure
1:34