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Key Battles of American History

Introduction to Season 3: The Pacific War on Film

Key Battles of American History

Key Battles of American History

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4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this episode, James kicks off a new season of Key Battles of American History: “The Pacific War on Film.” In this season, James and returning co-host Sean McIver will discuss 17 specially selected films that deal with different aspects of the...

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War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding

0:10.8

right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its

0:16.5

size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.

0:24.0

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

0:26.8

a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.

0:32.8

Here is your host, James Early.

0:43.3

Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello and welcome to a brand new season of Key Battles of American History.

0:48.1

This is your host, James Early, as always.

0:51.4

And I am very excited about this new season.

0:55.6

I'm going to call it season three.

1:02.3

Season one was the World War I on film, and season two was key battles of the Pacific War,

1:07.0

or Pacific Theater of World War II, if you prefer. Now we're going to be going back and doing some more film discussions. And returning as my guest and co-host on these episodes will be Sean McIver.

1:14.9

Sean and I recorded these episodes last summer and early fall.

1:19.8

And we've done several movies for you.

1:22.6

We picked out a total of 17, actually.

1:25.7

We could have done 20 or even 30 if we'd wanted to but we sat down together

1:31.2

and came up with a list and Sean suggested some and I suggested some and it was kind of hard to

1:37.0

leave some of them off the list but we picked 17 movies that are among our favorites although

1:43.9

as you'll see as you listen through them, we don't

1:46.9

necessarily love all of the movies, but we picked 17 movies that are very diverse in their

1:52.8

subject matter in the time that they were made and even the point of view that they

1:57.0

project.

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