How did Lincoln use the telegraph and railroads to help the Union win the Civil War? And how did medical inventions like mobile x-ray machines help save the lives of WWI soldiers felled by deadly new weapons of war? In this panel we’ll explore how technology and innovation shaped the most important conflicts of the last two centuries.

Military historian Kris White from the American Battlefield Trust moderates this discussion with Geoff Wawro, director of the Military History Center at the University of North Texas and author of books on warfare in Europe and the Middle East, and retired Marine Corps Col. Doug Douds, a pilot and Top Gun graduate who’s teaching the next generation of military leaders at the U.S. Army War College.