305 The American Civil War as a World Event
History | Registration opens 12/2/25 9:00 AM EST
The American Civil War was a World-impacting event, and its ramifications still shape our globe. Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and a host of their compatriots engaged in a fascinating contest of living chess, played out across a game-board that encompassed both hemispheres, and waged with rules formed in the past, challenged in the present, and modified for the future. This is an invitation to explore the titanic events of 1861-1865 from an international
perspective and to reflect on how it shadows our present. Three lectures:
1. Mr. Lincoln’s Canal: Securing America’s Imperial Future [Issue: the Monroe Doctrine]
2. The Bahamas Go to War and Other Acts of Unneutral Neutrality [Issue: Freedom of the Seas]
3. Playing Four-sided Checkers with Jefferson Davis [Issue: Confederate Nationhood]
Fred Bailey
Fred Bailey brings to the ORICL program more than 40 years of experience as an American history professor and has traveled extensively across the United States, Europe and Asia researching and delivering professional papers. His primary academic interest is the history of American thought, and among his hobbies is exploring the different epochs of British history.