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Mar 19, 2026
Mar 19, 2026
2hr 30 min
It is hard to convey the effect the Six Day in 1967war had on the perception of Israel as a nation in its own right. But the Palestinians also have rights. How can we protect the right of Israel to exist as a nation, while still respecting the right of Palestinians to live in peace in what is also their homeland?
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
1hr 42 min
I view the American Civil War as the center point of American history. The burning issue of the day was slavery. But the underlying problem was a sense of ambivalence about whether America was really a country, or a group of independent entities. The Civil War established the idea of America as a single nation.
May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019
Here are the lecture slides for the American Civil War lecture (above). You can watch the slides directly online if you like. But I recommend that you download them to your computer first. Then open the .pdf in Adobe, go to the View menu, and select "Full Screen Mode." Then you can use the arrow buttons to move back and forth.