Leon Botstein, Principal Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Haskell, Curator at the Whitney Museum, and Dale Marsha Gregory, Vice President for Public Programs at N-YHS discuss the cultural context of the 1913 Armory Show and the debut of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in Paris.
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January 2014
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Culture Shock: New York and Paris, 1913
January 15th, 2014
1 hour and 3 minutes
Leon Botstein, Barbara Haskell, Dale Marsha Gregory (moderator)
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January 2014
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Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War
January 14th, 2014
1 hour
Robert M. Gates, David Gregory (moderator)
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Former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates delivers a behind-the-scenes account of his service under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama while the nation was embroiled in two difficult wars.
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January 2014
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Grant Takes Vicksburg
January 7th, 2014
1 hour
James M. McPherson, John F. Marszalek, Harold Holzer (moderator)
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Three Civil War historians discuss the operations that made up one of the most remarkable military campaigns of the American Civil War: Maj. Gen. Grant’s 47-day siege of Vicksburg.
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December 2013
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Gettysburg: The Last Invasion
December 18th, 2013
1 hour and 3 minutes
Allen C. Guelzo, Louis P. Masur (moderator)
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Allen C. Guelzo depicts the momentous battle of Gettysburg with both terror and reverence, relating the true grittiness behind the lines, the daily lives of horrified civilians, and the role of politics in military tactics.
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December 2013
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Great Generals—General Ulysses S. Grant and the Way We Look at War
December 14th, 2013
54 minutes 29 seconds
Jean Edward Smith
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Jean Edward Smith explores the legacy of General Ulysses S. Grant, one of the greatest military leaders in American history.
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