Key Battles of American History
War has played a key role in the history of the United States from the nation’s founding right down to the present. Wars made the U. S. independent, kept it together, increased its size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America’s wars is essential for understanding American history. In the Key Battles of American History, host James Early discusses American history through the lens of the most important battles of America’s wars. James is an Adjunct Professor of History at San Jacinto College in Pasadena, TX. He has published one book and two scholarly articles. He is also the cohost (with Scott Rank) of the Presidential Fight Club, Key Battles of the Civil War, Key Battles of the Revolutionary War, and Key Battles of World War I podcasts.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 366
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Bonus Episode - Truman and the Atomic Bomb (with Richard Lim)
Was President Harry Truman’s decision to use atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary and justified? In this episode, James is joined by Richard Lim, host of the This American President podca…
00:54:00 |
Wed 02 Mar 2022
Bonus Episode - CVE Carriers
In this episode (written by Sean McIver), James tells the story of the small but important CVE (or “Jeep”) aircraft carriers, which played an outside role in the Pacific Theater of World War II. This…
00:19:54 |
Wed 23 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Who Would You Save?
In this episode, James, Scott Rank (host of History Unplugged), Steve Guerra (host of Beyond the Big Screen and History of the Papacy) and Richard Lim (host of "This American President") discuss the …
01:12:51 |
Sat 19 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Nathan Gorenstein-John Moses Browning
In this episode James interviews Nathan Gorenstein, author of The Guns of John Moses Browning: The Remarkable Story of the Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World. Nathan explains how Browning, son…
00:58:41 |
Wed 16 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Col. Cleland Early on Tarawa
In this episode (James’ favorite), James and fellow podcaster Steve Guerra recreate an interview given in 1989 by James’ father Col. Cleland Early about his experiences as a young Marine who fought i…
01:11:09 |
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Beyond the Big Screen
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00:22:53 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Geography and the Battle of Okinawa
In this episode, James again interviews Air Force historian Evan Muxen. This time, we discuss how the geography of Okinawa influenced the battle that occurred there. While on active duty with the US …
01:18:21 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Bonus Episode - Geography and the Battle of Iwo Jima
In this episode, James interviews Air Force historian Evan Muxen about how the geography of Iwo Jima influenced the battle that occurred there. Evan has visited Iwo Jima multiple times and even led t…
01:14:53 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode - Interview with Greg Jackson
In this episode, James interviews Gregory Jackson, Professor of Integrated Studies at Utah Valley University, host of the outstanding History That Doesn’t Suck Podcast, and the voice who introduces t…
00:59:53 |
Wed 19 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode - US Presidents in WW2 (Part 2)
In this episode, James concludes his two-part series about United States presidents who served in World War 2. In Part Two, James discusses the wartime service of Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Geor…
00:30:21 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode - US Presidents in WW2 (Part 1)
In this episode, James begins a two-part series about United States presidents who served in World War 2. In Part One, James tells the amazing story of John F. Kennedy’s service in the Pacific. James…
00:32:48 |
Wed 05 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode - Parthenon Round Table Who Do You Kill
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00:52:43 |
Sat 01 Jan 2022
Bonus Episode - Marine Raiders
In this episode, James tells the fascinating history of America’s first Special Forces unit: the Marine Raiders. Formed in 1942, the Raiders played a key role in several Pacific Theater battles, incl…
00:50:19 |
Wed 29 Dec 2021
The Legacy of World War II
The Second World War deeply and permanently changed the world. In this final episode of the series, James and Scott discuss just a few of the many changes wrought by the war. After discussing casualt…
01:02:35 |
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Epilogue, Part Two
In this second installment of the “story after the story” miniseries, James and Scott discuss the postwar careers of key US Army Air Force and Marine leaders, as well as Japanese political leaders. P…
00:46:44 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Bonus Episode - Interview with Jared Frederick
"In this episode, James chats with author, history professor, and host of the Reel History YouTube Channel Jared Frederick. James and Jared discuss Jared's background, how he got into doing a YouTube…
00:51:12 |
Sat 11 Dec 2021
Epilogue, Part One
This is the first part of a two-episode series in which James and Scott discuss the “story after the story” of the top Japanese and American political and military leaders. In this episode, we discus…
00:40:15 |
Wed 08 Dec 2021
Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the End of the War
Between December 1942 and July 1945, a team of scientists, working in secret facilities in various parts of the U. S., researched, built, and tested the world’s first atomic bomb. Japan’s failure to …
00:58:38 |
Wed 01 Dec 2021
Plug for This American President
This is an excerpt from an episode of This American President, a great history podcast that is the newest member of the Parthenon Podcast Network. You can find it at www.spreaker.com/show/this-americ…
00:24:26 |
Sun 28 Nov 2021
The Beginning of the End
By the summer of 1945, it was clear that Japan was defeated. Historian Craig Symonds writes that Japan was “stripped of her conquests, bombed incessantly from the air by American B-29s, her imports c…
00:45:19 |
Wed 24 Nov 2021
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