and one last thing, he was a protege of henry stinson who was then the secretary of war. his neighbor and close friend w was the deputy secretary of war. john mccoy was the war department official responsible for vetoing a war department proposal to bomb auschwitz the death camp and the railroads to them. he would see mccoy every day and talk to him. he never tried to persuade mccoy to change that. >> this was at a point in time in which allied bombers were bombing the industrial sections of auschwitz. >> actually the industrial section of auschwitz itself, this was in late 1944 when there was still 750 hungarian jews who were to be deported to auschwitz in the months before the end of the war. had they bombed even the railroads to auschwitz, it would have slowed up the nazi process of murder by many, many months. but mccoy successfully vetoed this and felix frankfurter, as far as we know, never did a thing to try to dissuade him or his good friend henry stinson. >> we're throwing it open to the audience. we have a member of the audience who's been sitting patient by by t

as the henry rved .stinson chair of history at college. army war he has published widely on the theme of war and tonight he will topics well our eyond 1865 as he discusses toward the age of the peoples world war vil war to i. applause] for that fantastic introduction. you are, exceptional mri well done, my friend. i'm going to pick up on one of the things pete said. not a civil war historian. so anything that i do wrong or say that is terrible, my chris keller who is the real expert, chris is going his hands at me or threaten me in some way. so if i do anything wrong, blame chris. everything i know i know from chris. ete and ian asked me to talk about the concept of total war total war.ion of of course the two sides fighting war can have different concepts of the kind of war that they're fighting. limited for one side and total for another. defining total war has eluded a lot of scholars. it's a difficult concept to come definition. it limits the on ind of war that they'll fight as opposed to the first world a war ofs described as big idea

he formerly served as the henry l stinson chair of history in the department of national security and strategy at the u.s. army war college. his scholarship focuses on the american and french experiences in the two world wars and seeks to make the history of warfare and international relations relevant to policy makers and practitioners. he is the author of numerous scholarly my graphs, including furies, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. pretty impressive. his most recent book, the path first world war created modern america, was just published by oxford university press in 2016. with a background in social history, military history, french history, and american history, he has published widely on the theme of war, and tonight, he will be broadening our topics well beyond 1865 as war, the age of peoples were, the civil war to world war i. dr. neiberg. [applause] thanks, pete, for that fantastic introduction. for theo thank pete invitation to be here. i also want to thank ian, wherever he is, for his role in gettin

neiberg formally served as the henry l. stinson chair of history in the department of

neiberg formally served as the henry l. stinson chair of history and department of national security and strategy at the u.s. army war college. his scholarship focus s on the american and french experiences in the two world wars, and seeks to make the history of warfare and international relations relevant to policymakers and practitioners. he is the author of numerous scholarly mondaygra lly monogra dance of the fuhries, europe and the outbreak of world war i, a work named by the wall street journal as one of the top five best books ever written about world war i. pretty impressive. his most recent work "the path to war," how the first world war created modern america, was just published by oxford university press in 2016. with a background in social history, military history, french history and american history, dr. neiberg published widely on the theme of war, and, tonight, dr. neiberg will be broadening our topics will beyond 1865, as he discusses toward the age of people's war, the civil war, to world war i. dr. neiberg. [ app