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

right down to the present. War 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.

Welcome to Key Battles of American History,

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

Here is your host, James Early.

Thank you. your host, James Early. Hello, everybody.

This is James, as always, and I've got a special bonus episode for you today.

As most, if not all of you know, Key Battles of American History is part of a network

of great podcasts called

the Parthenon Podcast Network. And one of the other podcasts in our network is called This American

President, hosted by Richard Lim. It's a great podcast. I love it a lot. I listen to it every time it

comes out. It's very well researched. Richard is a great storyteller as well.

And so I want to try to persuade you to go listen to it and subscribe, hopefully. Help Richard out

by subscribing, maybe giving a review if possible. So here is a brief sample from one of his

episodes that came out in the recent past on Dwight D. Eisenhower.

You know, some remember Dwight Eisenhower's presidency as a time of peace and prosperity,

but in reality, it was an era of constant global crises.

In this episode preview from this American president,

Richard explores how Eisenhower skillfully navigated the

perils of the Cold War.

So check it out, and then please go and hopefully subscribe to his podcast and give it a listen.

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