Western Caribbean • December 4 – 11, 2011 Insight TM History Calls CARIBBEAN HISTORY

The Spanish American War: CIVIL WAR & CIVIL WAR TIMES the Road to Empire Speaker: Richard Stewart, Ph.D. The Inner World of Abraham Lincoln Fredericksburg: Battlefield and Beyond The United States went to war with Spain in 1898 WORLD WAR II Speaker: Michael Burlingame, Ph.D. Speaker: George Rable, Ph.D. after the battleship Maine exploded in Havana A unified look at Lincoln’s human and political A Confederate victory but a Union story, the harbor. In short order, the United States found Five Uneasy Pieces: Key Decisions that Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Jews, evolution gives you a richer context for understand- significance of Fredericksburg extended far be- itself with an empire and serious long term Changed World War II and the Holocaust ing the historical figure. We’ll study the influences yond the battlefield. Dr. Rable considers multiple consequences. How did this happen? Why did the Speaker: Richard Stewart, Ph.D. Speaker: Allan Lichtman, Ph.D. on Abraham Lincoln’s personal life, especially facets: strategic and tactical issues, treatment U.S. go to war? How did it win and why did Spain History is not an inexorable path to one specific Few topics in American history are more con- those of his parents, children, and wife. We’ll also of the wounded and coming to grips with large lose so quickly? Richard Stewart has the story. result or end. The choices made by the leaders of troversial than President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s examine how Lincoln grew from a rather narrow scale carnage, and how news of the battle was www.InSightCruises.com/History the Axis and the Allies led to specific actions that response to Hitler’s persecution and then sys- political partisan in his early career to become a conveyed. Add to your view of Fredericksburg Drake and the Sea Dogs: England and led to further choices, none of them inevitable. To tematic extermination of the Jews of Europe. true statesman. through unexpected and surprising aspects of Spain on the Way to the Armadas understand these decision points is to understand Among scholars, Roosevelt has both passionate the battle. Speaker: Richard Stewart, Ph.D. the leaders and events of the time and to under- critics and equally ardent defenders. Lincoln’s Wartime Leadership LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN HISTORY? stand why World War II turned out the way it did. In the Caribbean and far beyond, Sir Francis Drake Dr. Lichtman will present a new and compre- Speaker: Michael Burlingame, Ph.D. Stonewall Jackson: The Christian Soldier Cruise prices start at $649, per person, for Scrutinize key decisions of WWII with Richard Enrich your understanding of America’s past and identity on a cruise fought for booty, for England, but mostly for Sir hensive interpretation of Roosevelt and the in Life and Death an Interior Stateroom. For those attending Stewart, and reflect on how history often rests on Lincoln’s humor, compassion, mercy, and tender- Francis Drake. He and the other “sea dogs” fought Holocaust, based upon research for his forthcom- Speaker: George Rable, Ph.D. conference organized by The History Channel Club and Insight Cruises. our seminars, there is a $1,425 fee. Taxes and a knife’s edge. heartedness are well known. Less understood Join expert historians, noted scholars, and fellow history buffs on fees are $174 per person. Onboard gratuities against the most powerful empire on earth, ing book on the topic. are his grasp of military strategy and his steely Known in the Confederacy and the Northern are $11 per day per person. England, leading to a decades-long war and a determination to defeat the Confederacy and not states as a deeply religious military leader, Stone- “History Calls”, sailing roundtrip from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Decem- series of naval armadas and counter-armadas only free the slaves and preserve the Union, but wall Jackson’s faith had significance for himself, For more info contact Neil at that changed the face of European politics forever. ber 4–11, 2011, on Holland America Line’s Nieuw Amsterdam. 650-787-5665 or [email protected] also to vindicate democracy. Join Dr. Burlingame his soldiers, and for the Confederacy. Consider the Gain a perspective on piracy’s impacts. VIETNAM and get a sense of the skills and attitudes Lincoln religious interpretations of Jackson’s death and Open your schedule and pencil in an in-depth look at Lincoln’s psyche, lead- brought to bear on the conflict. how Jackson’s example ironically prepared the Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War The U.S. in Vietnam, 1945-1964: way for acceptance of Confederate defeat. ership, and governance with Dr. Michael Burlingame. Dr. John Heitmann THE HISTORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE Speaker: Allan Lichtman, Ph.D. the Making of a Quagmire Speaker: Richard Stewart, Ph.D. Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War shows you there’s more than meets the eye as he motors through the his- Few events in modern history changed America Speaker: Michael Burlingame, Ph.D. God as General: Was There a Religious An Introduction to the Automobile Glory Road: Automobile Racing in America, and the world as profoundly as the Vietnam War. Knowledge of America’s 20-year involvement in History of the American Civil War? tory of automobiles in America. Dr. Allen Lichtmann delves into profound Delve in to the elements leading to the Civil War. and American Life from Chicago in 1895 to NASCAR Nation Drawing on unpublished sources, Dr. Lichtman Vietnamese affairs prior to major military opera- Speaker: George Rable, Ph.D. challenges faced by presidents LBJ and FDR, and future possibilities on Speaker: John Heitmann, Ph.D. Speaker: John Heitmann, Ph.D. will explain how and why President Lyndon B. tions is key to understanding the war. The U.S. Dr. Burlingame lays out the causes of the war and Johnson launched and continued the war. Learn aided French attempts to save South Vietnam the ways in which Lincoln and his party contributed Until recently, historians didn’t focus on religious the political scene. Do a classic analysis of the Battle of Fredericksburg In an introductory lecture, we’ll explore the From a means of testing emerging technology the source of Johnson’s credibility gap‚ the war’s from Communism and to build a new Vietnamese to the outbreak of the war. We’ll pay special atten- interpretations of the causes, course, and con- transformative role of the automobile in American to a reflection of national pride, auto racing is a with Dr. George Rable, who also offers new thinking on the religious nature impact on the Democratic Party and Johnson’s state without military action. How and why did tion to Lincoln himself and race and racism. sequences of the American Civil War. Themes of life. Open a window on the auto’s effect on professional sport, big business, and a community. of the Civil War, and on the unfolding identity of Southern women. You’ll presidency, and the genesis of Republican Richard the United States go from peaceful relations to providence, sin, and judgment helped explain the business; life on the farm and in the city; and the Have serious fun with Dr. Heitmann, asking the big war’s events, including battles, emancipation, and Nixon’s election in 1968. full blown war? Dr. Stewart maps the path. Lincoln as an Inspirational Figure get a practical context for the Vietnam War, and an updated feel for the nature and organization of work, leisure time, and questions: What shaped the nature of racing? How even the death of Abraham Lincoln. Take a look Speaker: Michael Burlingame, Ph.D. meaning of the Spanish American War with military historian Dr. Richard the arts. Visit with John Heitmann and evaluate has racing contributed to your vehicle’s technol- at the religious framework that helped ministers, the automobile as a symbol of American culture’s ogy? What creates a racing fan? Find the answers Lincoln’s historical role as a successful wartime churches, and countless soldiers and civilians Stewart. Caribbean history comes alive when you uncover the life and times restless mobility and the quest to level space, to these and many more questions in a scholarly POLITICAL HISTORY president commands respect, but what else makes comprehend the Civil War. of Drake and legendary “sea dogs” with Dr. Stewart. time, and class. trip around the track. him so compelling a figure in the imagination of so many people? Michael Burlingame explores the Who Will be the Next American President? The Rise of the Modern American Did the Civil War Create a New role that Lincoln’s personal triumph over adversity The work of history is important, and so is relaxation. While you’re in balmy The Golden Age of the Automobile in Crash Course: The Tortuous Decline of the A Historical Analysis Conservative Movement Southern Woman? and his remarkable psychological wholeness play tropical climes, you can share traditional beach pleasures with a compan- America: the 1950s and 1960s American Automobile Industry, 1958–2011 Speaker: Allan Lichtman, Ph.D. Speaker: Allan Lichtman, Ph.D. Speaker: George Rable, Ph.D. Speaker: John Heitmann, Ph.D. Speaker: John Heitmann, Ph.D. in his stature. ion, explore Mayan ruins and jungle ecosystems, and enjoy the rituals and Long before the polls or any other forecasting Take an in-depth look at modern conserva- From Southern belles to steel magnolias, the The 1950s were a special time for the automobile In 1955, at the height of America’s love affair system can provide accurate predictions, Dr. tism’s life, history, and logic. From Warren image of the Southern women at war has been a customs of cruising. in America. The complex interaction between with the automobile, few would have foreseen Lichtman’s unique historically based prediction Harding to the Tea Party movement, Dr. powerful one in American culture. Dr. Rable will TM human beings and the car was reflected in the cataclysmic changes ahead in the automotive system, “The Keys to the White House,” will Lichtman traces the history of conservatism discuss how a variety of flesh-and-blood women Sail with The History Channel Club and bring home a refined picture of the contemporary literature, music, and film. Was this industry. Examine the big picture, exploring forces have produced a relatively secure forecast for and assesses the future of the movement. Insight struggled with new and challenging roles, dealt history and culture of America. Visit www.InSightCruises.com or call really a golden age? Despite the uncertainty and and events that contributed to the decline, and the winner of the 2012 presidential election. You’ll see the historic pattern of conservative with staggering losses and hardships, and both anxiety of the period, for many it was an era of the implications for the American economy and Audience participation and The Keys will generate politics, and identify the roles that the liberal served and undermined the Confederate cause. 650-787-5665 to get all the details, and then enrich mind and body smooth rides and good times. Take a critical look society in the years ahead. a prediction during this lecture. Get the inside state and changes of the urban, industrial Take home a nuanced view of complexities in a track on 2012! order play in it. with an intellectual adventure on “History Calls”. at the role of the automobile in the ’50s and ’60s. CST# 2065380-40 society at war.

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