public talks
Shreveport, LA, Louisiana State University, Nov. 18, 2024
This was the Noel Speaker series at LSUS, hosted by my good friend and colleague Alex Mikaberidze. KTAL covered the event, here's the link:
https://www.ktalnews.com/video/the-vietnam-war-a-military-history/10232620
Geoffrey Wawro spoke on the military challenges and ultimate futility of the American war in Vietnam
Kansas City, MO, National World War I Museum and Memorial , Nov. 1-3, 2018
I opened the 1918 Crucible of War Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri with my talk "How the U.S. Army Won World War I."
https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/2018-symposium
View the talk here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?453895-6/us-armys-role-defeating-germany
Geoffrey Wawro spoke on the pivotal role of U.S. intervention and the experience of the Doughboys.
"Fresh Perspectives on the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Intervention in the Great War."
I gave this talk to the Save Texas History Symposium at the University of Texas in Austin on September 16, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUtcrpD8nK0
Geoffrey Wawro's talk on the criticality of U.S. intervention in World War I.
National Press Club, "Key Findings from the Book Quicksand."
My 2014 speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. giving "Key Findings from my book Quicksand."
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5lsssw_gGs
Geoffrey Wawro's talk on the power of the Israel Lobby in the U.S. at the National Press Club.
Hammer Forum, "When Diplomacy Fails."
At this Hammer Forum in Los Angeles in August 2014, Ambassador Chas Freeman and I compared the state of the world and great-power relations in 1914 and 2014.
Geoffrey Wawro and Ambassador Chas Freeman discuss the parallels between the world in 2014 and 1914.