LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM MARTIN K. GORDON

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• Publication Date: April 18, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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April 18, 1982
Mr. William J. Casey
Director,
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
I would like to invite you to deliver a lecture on the topic
of American sponsored resistance movements behind enemy lines during
World War II. The lecture would be part of a course, "America Fights
World War II," that I am organizing for the Smithsonian Resident
Associate Program. Your lecture, based on both your experiences during
the war and on your subsequent thinking about the resistance movement,
would be scheduled for Thursday, July 15, from six to seven-thirty in
the evening. Your lecture would fit neatly between a discussion of
our defeat at Pearl Harbor and our assumption of the military offensive
in the night air war for Europe.
I am enclosing a three-page Course Suggestion Outline for the
ve you the details of my proposal. I have asked
the Chief Historian at NSA, to give the introductory25X1
cure on ear arbor. He is now seeking clearance to appear on
the program. The other lecturers are all described in the Outline.
I am also enclosing a Faculty Information Sheet for the Smithsonian
Resident Associate Program and a flier that describes the last course
I conducted for the Program.
I work during the day as a civilian military historian for the
Army Corps of Engineers. My secondary employment includes organizing
courses on military themes for the Program. I am attaching both my card
and the card of Dr. Paul Edelson, the course coordinator for the
Resident Associates.
This course will have an emphasis on the role of various
intelligence activities and I hope you can participate. If you have
any questions, I can be reached days at 272-0237. In case you cannot
participate, please feel free to recommend another qualified speaker.
If you are able to accept this invitation, you can rewrite the title
and the description of the session as you see fit. I am always
pleasantly surprised when any of my.guest speakers talks on the
themes I assign.
MARTIN K. GORDON
HISTORICAL DIVISION (DAEN-ASH)
HODA
20 MASSACHUSETTS AVE. N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20314
PAUL J. EDELSON
Program Coordinator, Courses
Resident Associate Program
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"AMERICA FIGHTS WORLD WAR II"
New materials have changed the way in which Americans
view the greatest war in which our country ever fought. The
United States battled in different ways in different places and
times. This series of lectures moves from America on the defensive,
at Pearl Harbor, to her efforts to strike the enemy with guerrilla
and resistance movements. American military might first hit through
air power. The next session studies the technological and intelligence
triumphs that enabled those.attacks to hit home as well as enemy
efforts to stop the bombers. The different sea wars in the.Atlantic
and Pacific are then interpreted through wargame simulations.
Reports of the American offensive in the European.
and Pacific Theaters conclude the course with two bloody decisive
battles in,which the infantrymen and their supporting arms and
services prove after all that Americans can fight and win.
The Coordinator/Moderator, Dr. Martin K. Gordon, is a
professional military historian, currently with the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers. Formerly a Marine Corps historian, he is
also a wargamer.
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"AMERICA FIGHTS WORLD W
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2. THE WAR WITHIN THE WAR: RESISTANCE AND
OUTLINE OF SESSION TOPICS
THE SURPRISE AT PEARL HARBOR.
New answers are becoming available-to the old questions about
Pearl Harbor. Recent books and now-declassified files are the
basis for this discussion of why and how the American disaster
at Pearl Harbor could have happened.
TERRORISM.
In the face of continuing German and Japanese victories, the
allied forces turned to guerrilla warfare and sabotage against
enemy forces in Europe and in the Philippines. This session
analyses those violent attacks in the light of recent literature
on the subject.
The combination of new intelligence sources and new technology
that gave American and allied air power night air supremacy
over the enemy homeland is the subject of this report.
3. Donald S. Lopez. ; THE NIGHT AIR WAR FOR EUROPE.
4. Martin K. Gordon with the Historic,Miniatures Gaming Society.
THE NAVAL WAR: SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSES.
Wargame miniatures will be used to demonstrate how the American
Navy organized and defended convoys against German submarines.
In the Pacific, the last great battleship battle at Surigao Strait
October 1944, in the Philippines demonstrates the end of Japanese
naval power.
5. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne. FROM D-DAY TO HUERTGEN FOREST.
A slide-illustrated study of the last attempts of the German Army
to stop the American juggernaut outside of the enemy heartland.
6. Edward Beare ss. THE TIDE TURNS.
The Marines with their amphibious warfare bring the war to the
e~`l Japanese in this discussion of the battles for Guadalcanal and
the Solomon Islands.
COORDINATOR/MODERATOR: Dr. Martin K. Gordon
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proposed instructors
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3. Donald S. Lopez, Chairman, Aeronautics Dept., NASM,
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h4. Martin K. Gordon, Historian, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, I STAT
author, and speaker at & participant in Columbia, MD 21045
national wargame conventions
5. Joseph W. A. Whitehorne, LtCol, USA, Army Center of Military I STAT
History, staff lecturer on battle of Springfield, VA 22151c--
Huertgen Forest to NATO training units
o. tawara nearss, tinier riiscorian, Aazional rarx service,
participant in and historian of the battles
he discribes, frequent lecturer and tour
guide for Resident Associate Program
COORDINATOR/MODERATOR: Dr. Martin K. Gordon
Arlington, VA 22202
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SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM
? FACULTY INFORMATION
Smithsonian courses should provide an educational experience of the highest
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SMITHSONIAN RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM
Adult
Courses
WINTER, 1981 ? RESIDENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM ? SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 20560
GREAT BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR
Lectures/Demonstrations
Martin K. Gordon, Coordinator and Moderator
Guest Lecturers
In eight lectures illustrated by slides or wargames, renowned historians examine seven of
the most critical combat actions of the Civil War from.a variety of perspectives.
? Jan. 27 DALE E. FLOYD: Studying the Great Battles; Primary and Secondary Sources
? Feb. 3 HERBERT M. HART: Sibley's Campaign for the West This unsuccessful Confederate
attack to the west was intended to capture Colorado's silver mines and secure California
for the Confederacy..
Feb. 10 JOSEPH HARSH: The Maryland Campaign of 1862 The Confederates' unsuccessful
battle for supplies, the State of Maryland, and foreign support. They lost that, but the
Union lost a chance to end the war at Antietam.
. Feb. 17 WILLIAM DUDLEY: The Battles for New Orleans and the Lower Mississippi This com-
bined Navy, Marine Corps, and Army attack helped deny the support of the Southwest to the
Confederacy.
. Feb. 24 MARTIN K. GORDON: The Strategy and Tactics of Gettysburg Board and miniature
wargaming situations recreate this crucial battle.
March 3 EDWARD BEARSS: Vicksburg, July 1863 The Union capture of Vicksburg split the
Confederacy and confirmed Grant's reputation as a winning general.
. March '10 EDWARD BEARSS: Chattanooga, Winter 1863 This Union victory sent Grant into t'
command of the army opposing Lee and opened the-South to Sherman's destructive march.
. March 17 RICHARD J. SOMMERS: The Generals Meet at Petersburg The longest campaign of t
Civil War, with Lee and Grant pitted directly against each other for their last great
clash.
. March 20 EDWARD BEARSS, Study Tour of Antietam Battlefield.
(Code: 366-503) Wed., 6 p.m. (11/2 hours)
Jan. 27 through March 20 (8 lectures plus one study tour)
Study Tour: Sat., March 20
Resident Associates and Civil War Round Table members--$57; Nonmembers--$81
For further information call 357-3030.
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ADULT COURSE APPLICATION Code #19
Name Address
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City Daytime Telephone
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Membership Category
Course Title Code No. Tickets Fee
Great Battles of
The Civil War 366-503
Please make checks payable to the Smithsonian Institution. TOTAL
Return with self-addressed stamped envelope to:
Resident Associate Program I
Smithsonian Institution I
Washington, D.C. 20560 I
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