FALL 2011 SCHEDULED PROGRAM
Please join Kirkwood Community College faculty, as well as members of the community, as they discuss fascinating aspects of military history! Talks will be held on the given Thursdays in 3008 Cedar Hall during the Activity Hour (11:00 - 11:50 a.m.)

Thursday, November 3rd
Robinson Yost (Social Sciences)
“The Battle of Salamis & the Ancient Greek Trireme”

Thursday, November 10th
George Patterson (Social Sciences)
“Stille Nacht: The 1914 Christmas Truce”

Thursday, November 17th
Laura Yost (Distance Learning/Social Sciences)
“Partisan Nonsense & Flea Wars: Soviet Irregular Fighting Along the Eastern Front During World War II”

Thursday, December 1st
Greg Roth (Social Sciences)
"The B-29 Superfortress: A Wife's Experience"

Thursday, December 8st
Stuart Rosebrook (Freelance Historian & Writer)
"The 70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor"

FALL 2010 SCHEDULED PROGRAM
Please join Kirkwood Community College faculty & staff as they discuss fascinating aspects of modern military history! Talks will be held on the given Tuesdays & Thursdays in 3008 Cedar Hall during the Activity Hour.

Thursday, November 11th
Robinson Yost (Social Sciences)
"The Crimean War & the Charge of the Light Brigade - History & Film" | Many have heard Tennyson’s poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade." But, do they know the events the poem is based on, or the destructive war in which they occurred? This talk examines the broader context and significance of this little-known war and looks at two very different film interpretations of The Charge of the Light Brigade (1935 versus 1968).

Thursday, November 18th
George Patterson (Social Sciences)
"The Little Bighorn - Reality and Myth"

Tuesday, November 23rd
KCC Professional Development Days = NO LECTURE

Tuesday, November 30th
Dr. Laura Yost (Distance Learning/Social Sciences)
"Beyond the Atomic Bomb - Why Japan Lost WWII" | This talk argues the use of atomic weapons against Japan ended WWII, but did not actually cause Japan’s military collapse. Misguided military strategy, short-term planning, intra-service rivalry, poorly-used resources, industrial overload, and an obsession with “decisive battle” doomed the island nation long before August 1945.

Tuesday, December 7th
Steve Sickels (Kirkwood Library)
"The War That Never Was" | This talk takes a battlefield level look at the evolution of mechanized warfare during the Cold War (1945-1990). Emphasis will be placed upon technology and tactical doctrine illustrated by scenarios from hypothetical Warsaw Pact versus NATO encounters (1960’s-1980’s), to actual battles during the Arab-Israeli Wars (1967-1982), the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) as well as the first Gulf War in 1991.