A Tale of Three Cities: How the U.S. Won World War II

Dr. David M. Kennedy, Professor of History, Stanford University.
Taking a nation to war is a complex and difficult proposition. Dr. David M. Kennedy will discuss the core premises of American grand strategy in World War II, and their implications for war-fighting, the nature of the victory that was achieved, and the U.S. role in the post-war international order. The general line of argument is to develop the idea that America's war was like that of no other belligerent. The presentation builds from Winston Churchill's observation in August 1945 that "The United States stand at this moment at the summit of the world," and tries to explain how that came to be -- contrary to popular mythology, not just as an incidental effect of the war's progression, but as a result of some quite specific, concrete decisions to fight a particular kind of war, on a particular time-table, with a particular configuration of forces.
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[boeing747ba]

@willsmackyoudown only about 1/10 of hollywood movies are decent the only reason you win gold medals is because the choice of people you have we have PROPPER countrsides our country has more history than yours i has been around for much longer

[willsmackyoudown]

@boeing747ba

Really? Who makes all the music? Who makes all the movies? Hello, Hollywood? We have the best athletes. Over 2,000 gold medals.and counting. We have deserts, forests, rainforests, mountains, lakes, rivers, plains, two ocean fronts. What does your country have?

[boeing747ba]

@willsmackyoudown why would anyone be jelous of living in america i have been there everything is pointless the buildings ad boards even down to the warter its different. no one likes to live in a country famous for fast food

[willsmackyoudown]

@boeing747ba

Everyone burns our flags baby. Called jealousy.

[boeing747ba]

@willsmackyoudown russia burns american flags and hold ours up in the air doesent that tell you something

[willsmackyoudown]

@boeing747ba

We were fighting on 3 different continents at the beginning of the war. You brits didnt win shit. You were holding on for dear life. You're lucky Germany invaded Russia, otherwise you would have been even more battered. The US and Russia won the war.. then we had to stop Russia from taking over your entire continent. Don't even mention WW1.

[boeing747ba]

@willsmackyoudown we fourght alongside the russians who were batterd by the german soldiers we helped them all the way to berlin we had more men on d-day then you got hold of an atomic to finish off the few japanese soldiers that were left i think it was to far a huge country vs a small island you can guess who was going to win easily.

[willsmackyoudown]

@boeing747ba

We were not involved? Who fought Japan? Excuse me, who fought them singlehandedly?

[boeing747ba]

u americans diddent win the war u wer not involved u only made s**t fighters and bombed ur own troops we brits won

[KnightOwl2006]

20 minutes into this and I had to stop. The speech seemed to have no relation to the title of this video. Just lots of rambling.