Myths of WWII Panel

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Nov 25, 2023
Bat bombs. Pearl Harbor. The Red Army. Come learn about myths involving these subjects and more when the Marshall Foundation hosts a panel of three distinguished World War II historians.

Panelists
Dr. Michael C. C. Adams, Regents Professor of History Emeritus at Northern Kentucky University and author of The Best War Ever, will analyze the triumph of the Good War myth in the last years of the twentieth century, its consequences, and then ebb after 9/11.

Dr. Conrad C. Crane, Chief of Historical Services for the Army Heritage and Education Center at Carlisle Barracks, will discuss numerous myths of the air war, the dangers of monocausal explanations about the defeat of Japan, and the misuse of historical analogies.

Dr. Mark A. Stoler, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Vermont and editor of volumes 6 and 7 of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, will explore myths about prewar appeasement and U.S. “isolationism,” Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry into the war, the Grand Alliance and the Anglo-American “Special Relationship,” the American role in defeating the Axis Powers, and the impact of these myths on postwar U.S. foreign and military policies.

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