ÿþ<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" /> <meta name="Description" content="The Civil War Round Table of Chicago presents noted Civil War era historians and authors from September through June. 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See list of meeting dates and speakers below for our 2011-2012 program year.</p> <table> <tr> <td width="300px" valign="top"> <p> Our meetings take place at the<br /> Mart Plaza Holiday Inn<br /> 350 N. Orleans Street, <br /> Chicago, IL 60654<br /> Validated hotel parking is $12<br /> <a href="http://www.martplaza.com/maps.cfm" target="_blank">Click here</a> for a map and directions</p> </td> <td valign="top"> <p> 5:30 pm Cash Bar<br /> 6:30 pm Dinner<br /> 7:30 pm Presentation</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> Dinner/Presentation is $45 per person &#8211; There is always a choice of entrée.<br /> (Entrée options are listed below.)<br /> Presentation only is $10 per person. <br /> Payable at the door, cash or check.</p> <p> Please make your reservation in advance by contacting us at (630)460-1865 or <a href="mailto:DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org"> DinnerReservations@ChicagoCWRT.org</a>.</p> <p> When you make your dinner reservation, please be sure to indicate your entrée choice.</p> <h3> <!-- CHANGE DATE TO CURRENT MEETING DATE --> May 18, 2012</h3> <p style="text-align: justify"> <!-- ADD SMALL IMAGE (25K-ish)TO "IMAGES" FOLDER THEN CHANGE IMAGE NAME BELOW --> <img border="1" src="../images/Reid.JPG" alt="Brian H. Reid" title="Brian H. Reid" width="180" height="240" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="10" style="margin-left: 15px" /> <strong> <!-- CHANGE TO UPCOMMING SPEAKERS NAME --> <span class="style1">Brian Holden Reid </span></strong>on:<br /> <!-- CHANGE PRESENTATION TITLE --> <strong> &#8220;The Strategy of the Civil War&#8220;</strong> <br /><br /> <!-- INSERT MEETING SYNOPIS HERE - ITS BEST TO SAVE THE COPY TO NOTEPAD FIRST SINCE WORDPAD AND WORD, ETC HAVE ADDITIONAL HIDDEN CHARACTERS WHICH TEND TO SCREW UP THE PAGE DISPLAY--> Those of us fortunate to have read Amanda Foreman s recent book, <u>A World on Fire: Britain s Crucial Role in the American Civil War</u>, came away impressed with how a non-American perspective provides fresh insight into our nation s  trial by fire. <br /><br /> On May 18 the CWRT is fortunate to present internationally renowned military historian Professor Brian Reid of the University of London. He will speak on  The Strategy of the Civil War, focusing primarily on the grand strategy North and South. When considering the North he will explore the importance of the Union blockade, the  Anaconda Plan, the place of the Border States and the vexed issue of war aims, that is, what was the war really about? When turning to the South he will focus on the feasibility of  cordon defense, the defense of slavery and the desire to  take the war to the enemy and its defensive-offensive focus, before finally turning to consider the first and most crucial error,  King Cotton diplomacy. His overriding theme will be the importance of good civil-military relations so that soldiers and civilians could work together in pursuit of a common aim. <br /><br /> Brian Holden Reid is professor of American history and military institutions, King s College London, and since 2010 an academic member of College Council. He is an Honorary Vice President of the Society for Army Historical Research and served as a trustee of the Society for Military History, 2003 11, and, in 2004 10, a member of the Council of the National Army Museum, London. In 2004 5 he was the first non-American to serve on the Lincoln Prize Jury Panel, and in 2007 he was the first non-American to deliver the Bottimore Lecture at the University of Richmond, Virginia, during the Lee Bicentenary. His books include <u>The Origins of the American Civil War</u> (1996), <u>Studies in British Military Thought</u> (1998), <u>Robert E. Lee: Icon for a Nation</u> (2005), and <u>America s Civil War: The Operational Battlefield, 1861 1863</u> (2008). <br /><br /> <!-- END SYNOPIS INSERT --> </p> <p> <b>Entrée choices are:</b><br /> Chicken Cassriel<br /> Baked Orange Roughy<br /> Vegetarian or Fruit Plate </p> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="index.html">Back to Top</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="home.html">Home</a> <p> <b>For our 2011-2012 program year, we proudly welcome these outstanding speakers:</b></p> <p> <b><span class="style4">September 9, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Bruce Allardice</b><br /> <i>"Baseball and the Civil War"</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">October 14, 2011</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> Nora Titone<br /> </b><i>"My Thoughts be Bloody". The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">November 11, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Gail Stephens<br /> </b><i>Jubal's in the Valley, Summer, 1864</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">December 9, 2011</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> James Robertson Jr.<br /> </b><i>The Untold Civil War</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">January 13, 2012</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Parker Hills<br /> </b><i>Chickamauga</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">February 10, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Harry Bulkeley<br /> </b><i>U. S. Grant: "I Propose to Fight it Out"</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">March 9, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> A. Wilson Greene<br /> </b><i>Nevins-Freeman Address</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">April 13, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank" > </a> <br /> Marshall Krolick<br /> </b><i>Riding for the Union: Memoirs of the 8th Illinois Cavalry</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">May 18, 2012</span> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="../Meetings/xxx.html" target="_blank"></a><br /> Bruce Holden Reid<br /> </b><i>The Strategy of the Civil War</i><br /> <br /> <b><span class="style4">June 8, 2012</span><br /> Dennis Frye<br /> </b><i>Antietam</i><br /> </p> <p align="center" > <a href="../meetings.html">Back to Top</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../index.html">Home</a></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer"> Copyright 2009, The Civil War Round Table of Chicago.</div> </body> </html>