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Public debate on the legacy of WW1
Discussion published by Jason Kelly on Thursday, May 21, 2015
The British Council and the BBC warmly invite you to join Jonathan Dimbleby and David
Frum, editor at the Atlantic and former Bush speechwriter, at the Library of
Congress on Monday 1st June from 6:30pm – 9pm for a public debate on the legacy of
WW1,‘The War that Changed the World.’ The debate will be broadcast on the BBC World
Service.
The event is free and open to the public but registration is required. Simply email
[email protected]
Time: 6:30pm-9:30pm
Date: July 1, 2015
Venue: The Coolidge Auditorium, Jefferson Building; Library of Congress; 10 First
Street; Washington DC 20560
The US and Isolationism
The RMS Lusitania set sail from New York on her voyage to Liverpool on May 1, 1915,
carrying almost 2,000 people. She never arrived. Just 11 miles off the coast of Ireland, she
was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat, causing the deaths of everyone on board,
including 128 Americans.
The sinking of this ship was a turning point in US public and political opinion. The US entered
the war in Europe two years later, in 1917, after President Woodrow Wilson overcame
resistance and mobilized two million Americans to fight.
So how did the First World War change America’s place in the world? And what did this
demonstration of US power do to the debate about the US’s role in world affairs?
For this special free public debate, the BBC’s Jonathan Dimbleby will be joined by expert
historians Professor Jennifer Keene and Professor Ross Kennedy and a public audience
to explore the legacy of the First World War and US isolationism.
Senior editor at The Atlantic and chairman of the UK think tank Policy Exchange, David
Frum, will present a specially-commissioned essay.
You must register to attend this event by emailing us at [email protected].
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H-Albion
Attendance is free of charge.
Citation: Jason Kelly. Public debate on the legacy of WW1. H-Albion. 08-12-2016. https://networks.hnet.org/node/16749/discussions/70519/public-debate-legacy-ww1
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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