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Scholars Series Conversation with Gen Stanley McChrystal

“On Character: Choices That Define a Life” Presented by JPMorgan Chase GEN (Ret) Stanley A. McChrystal Stanley Allen McChrystal is a four-star U.S. Army veteran who served as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and previously led the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), where he transformed how military and intelligence teams collaborated to […]

A Conversation with Major General William M. Matz, Jr, U.S. Army (Ret, and ABMC Historian, Michael G. Knapp

“My Toughest Battle – A Soldier’s Lifelong Struggle with Polio” Presented by Ducommun 📘 Now Available: My Toughest Battle – A Soldier’s Lifelong Struggle with Polio Dive deeper into MG Matz’s extraordinary story of courage, resilience, and service. This inspiring memoir is now available in the ABMF eShop. Get the Book 1:32 – 4:48 The […]

America’s Role in the Middle East

Ambassadors Series Briefing with Amb Gary Grappo and Lt Gen (Ret) David J. Furness, USMC. 00:26– 2:58 Challenges and risks for the U.S. in the Middle East 3:00 – 8:02 The aftermath of the Oct 7, 2024 attacks by Hamas in Israel from various perspectives and Iran’s role 8:03 – 11:22 The future of Gaza and Hamas 11:23 – 14:39  Monarchies in the Middle East […]

A Conversation with author, Lt Col (Ret) Timothy R. Stoy and MG (Ret) Doug Crissman

Sharpen Your Bayonets: LT GEN John Wilson “Iron Mike” O’Daniel, 3rd Infantry Division Commander in WWII This candid conversation highlights Iron Mike’s atypical career path as an “unlikely general,” the legacy of his unique training programs that prepared new recruits for combat in short order, and the high and low points of his career that […]

A conversation with Robert M. Edsel, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

The stories of our lives are painted on canvas, sculpted in marble, and remembered in song. They are embodied in our art and architecture. During times of war, people fight to protect their way of life, their culture, and their history. During World War I, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis perpetrated the greatest theft in […]