Lincoln and Booth: Two Men at the Crossroads of History ..............CO4522 . History, Law & Government ......Franz ..Mar 22

• Causes of World War I $25 / $30 February 28 at 1:30 – 3pm, Monday

NC4514 – FGCU Naples Center OL4515 – Online via Zoom

This lecture will study the complicated causes that led to the war. Using new research, nationalism, imperialism, alliances, militarism and other causes of the war will be explored along with the famous leaders that led their countries into this tragic conflict. • Battles and Major Events of World War I $25 / $30 March 2 at 1:30 – 3pm, Wednesday

NC4516 – FGCU Naples Center OL4517 – Online via Zoom

The major battles along the famous Eastern and Western fronts will be explored. The reasons for America’s entry into the war in 1917 will also be discussed with emphasis on President Wilson’s decision to go to war. New weapons of warfare will be reviewed. • The Results of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles $25 / $30 March 7 at 1:30 – 3pm, Monday

NC4518 – FGCU Naples Center OL4519 – Online via Zoom

The complicated results of this war along with the redrawing of the maps of Europe and the Middle East will be discussed. Terms of the infamous Treaty of Versailles will be explored in order to understand how Europe was again at war only twenty years later in 1939.

Pinkerton’s Detectives and Civil War Spies $25 / $30 March 1 at 10 – 11:30am, Tuesday

NC4520 – FGCU Naples Center OL4706 – Online via Zoom

Speaker: Thomas Eastwood The name Pinkerton has been synonymous with private investigation for 170 years. Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency initially became famous catching train robbers. We explore its counterintelligence and espionage mission during the Civil War. Topics include: Allan Pinkerton; Abe Lincoln; George McClellan; Civil War spies and counterintelligence; U.S. Secret Service; Confederate Secret Service; Lee’s lost orders; Antietam; Gettysburg; “Secret Line”; Edwin Stanton; Lafayette Baker; the Lincoln Conspirators; Booth; Mary and John Surratt; George Sharpe; Kate Warne; and Pinkerton’s Women’s Bureau.

Lincoln and Booth: Two Men at the Crossroads of History

$25 / $30 • Option #1 – March 1 at 1:30 – 3pm, Tuesday

MM4521 – Military Heritage Museum (Punta Gorda)

• Option #2 – March 22 at 1 – 2:30pm, Tuesday

CO4522 – The Collaboratory (Downtown Fort Myers)

Speaker: Dr. Gerald Franz Choose one of the course options above. President Abraham Lincoln and famous actor John Wilkes Booth shared some similar traits, but also great differences. This presentation will introduce both persons, and then trace the history of those last few months of the American Civil War when Booth’s murderous plan was forged. Then there was the vigorous man-hunt for the assassin and his accomplices. Join Dr. Franz as we follow this drama that changed the nation. What Happened to the Parties of Lincoln and FDR? $25 / $30 March 3 at 1:30 – 3pm, Thursday

NC4523 – FGCU Naples Center

Speaker: Dr. Charles Kupchella The Republican Party has changed dramatically and would no doubt be unrecognizable to conservative stalwarts such as Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower – and certainly to Liz Chaney. Despite Chaney’s unquestionable conservative values and record, she was voted out of the party, making what was once a party of values appear to have become a hollow personality cult framed by one big lie and lots of smaller ones. What happened? And what about a Democratic Party allowing itself to be identified with such extreme liberal nonsense as defunding the police and giving people free stuff. Does either party have a substantive core? Are we stuck with a two-party system – and, if so, are we stuck with these two? Should we bring back the Whigs?

VENONA – Soviet Spies in America $25 / $30 March 4 at 10 – 11:30am, Friday

NC4524 – FGCU Naples Center OL4707 – Online via Zoom

Speaker: Thomas Eastwood During World War II and the Cold War Soviet spies and operatives infiltrated the White House, Treasury, State, DOJ, WAR, and DOD. They also penetrated our most guarded program the Manhattan Project. Fortunately, the U.S. Army had a top-secret counterintelligence project to decode Soviet Intelligence messages. Most of the cryptanalysts were women at Arlington Hall, VA. VENONA was instrumental in identifying American spies. Many were committed communists who were highly placed. We explore this program and its far-reaching impact.

U.S. POW Camps – World War II Axis Prisoners $25 / $30 March 4 at 1:30 – 3pm, Friday

NC4525 – FGCU Naples Center OL4708 – Online via Zoom

Speaker: Thomas Eastwood Nearly 426,000 POWs were held in 700 camps throughout the U.S. Most worked and interacted openly with local American citizens. We discuss camp conditions and locations and address little known aspects such as secret detention and interrogation camps, escapes, and baseball. Topics include: prisoners; the first POWs; Allied assistance; Geneva Conventions; Camps Aliceville, Tonkawa, Tracy, Peary, Ruston, Hale, McCoy, Atterbury; Fort Hunt; internment and relocation of Japanese Americans; Dale Maple; The Richie Boys; and Florida camps.

Post-War Japan: Remaking of a Nation (2-part series)

$46 / $56 March 8, 22 at 10 – 11:30am, Tuesdays

MM4526 – Military Heritage Museum (Punta Gorda)

Speaker: Jaha Cummings Post-War Japan was occupied by U.S. forces for 10 years. This occupation was intended to lead Japan into an American style of social and economic development. A study of Post-War Japan provides considerable insights and an opportunity to reflect on issues facing modern American society. In this course we discuss the changes in Japanese society between the end of World War II and today.