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Great War Lecture Series: Former Angelo State President Hindman Discusses Diplomacy and U-Boats

October 27, 2015

Retired professor of history and president emeritus Jim Hindman spoke to a crowd of students and San Angelo residents during the second event in the Great War Centennial Commemoration Lecture Series. Hindman discussed the use of u-boats and the complicated issues of neutrality that President Woodrow Wilson had to contend with as the United States became entangled in the desperate fight between the warring powers. Hindman paid particular attention to the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.