One of the more influential holiday classics, in my book, is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Through the course of a night Ebenezer is forced to visit the ghosts of his past, present, and future life. It is a great lesson for everyone, and timely when you consider that the New Year is seven days later. Focus on your field of study in the same way Ebenezer was forced to look at his life. This is not a time for reflection, but a time for perspective and understanding.
Read about the Cold War Conversations IV Conference at George Mason University (GMU), commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sessions included elite panel members who provided perspective on the nuclear arms race and revealed just how close we came to World War III, even closer than either Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev or President Kennedy realized.
This webcast, provided by American Public University, explores West Virginia’s involvement and inception during the Civil War.
Follow the night of John Brown’s raid that sparked the Civil War.
Interested in the history of the U.S.? How about the Civil War? Well, there’s a great new blog about a war that set the tone for the U.S.
Have a love for history, supply chain management and logistics? This recent radio interview with APU Professor Carpenter blends all these topics together in a relatable way to today’s industry.