Paths of Glory (ENCORE)
Key Battles of American History
Key Battles of American History
4.6 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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James and Sean discuss the classic 1957 anti-war film Paths of Glory, starring Kirk Douglas. In this film, a French colonel tries to save three of his men who are sentenced to be executed for cowardice.
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| 0:00.0 | For over 30 years, Point of Grace has shared music, faith, and friendship with listeners across the country. |
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| 0:36.6 | War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding |
| 0:40.8 | right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its |
| 0:46.4 | size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for |
| 0:52.0 | understanding American history. Welcome to key battles |
| 0:55.3 | of American history, a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most |
| 1:00.1 | important battles of America's wars. Here is your host, James Early. |
| 1:17.1 | Welcome to another special episode of Key Battles of World War I. |
| 1:18.7 | This is James Early, your host. |
| 1:27.7 | This is another in a series of episodes in which my good buddy, Sean McIver, and I will discuss several of the best movies about World War I. |
| 1:34.4 | In today's episode, we will discuss the classic award-winning 1957 film Paths of Glory starring Kirk Douglas. My guest, Sean, is a fellow history fanatic. He's a friend of mine. He's |
| 1:40.3 | a World War I, World War II buff. He's a fellow movie buff like myself, much more actually than me. |
| 1:46.8 | Sean is also a co-host of the excellent podcast, Come and Take It, a podcast about everything, Texas. |
| 1:52.8 | I hardly recommend that you check it out. I really enjoy the podcast. I've listened to every episode, |
| 1:58.7 | and it's just a lot of fun, and you learn a lot of good information about the Lone Star State. |
| 2:03.9 | Sean, I'm glad to have you with me again. How are you today? |
| 2:07.0 | I'm doing well. |
| 2:08.3 | Very good, very good. So let's, let me just set up things and kind of lay out some of the preliminary information, the basic information about the film. |
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