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. host, James Early. Welcome back to yet another Parthenon podcast network roundtable event.

You are going to hear some of the most exciting history podcasters on the planet, share their ideas on topics of who is the most underrated person in history.

And we have an exciting lineup for you.

We have Josh Cohen, host of the eyewitness history podcast.

Our fearless leader, Scott Rank, host of History on Plug podcast.

And rounding up the roundtable, Richard Lim, host of History on Plug podcast and rounding up the roundtable,

Richard Lim, host of this American history. I am your host for today, Steve Guerra,

host of the History of the Papacy podcast, among others. Now, to get things rolling tonight,

why don't you introduce yourself and give us an elevator

speech of your podcast and tell us what makes someone, at least in your estimation,

before we dig in too deeply in history underrated in your opinion.

Maybe we'll start with Richard.

Sure.

And my podcast, it's called This American

President, just to clarify. Whatever. All right. Yeah, sure. I got close. Yeah, very close.

Well, basically, my podcast is just the outgrowth of the fact that I grew up a big history nerd when I was eight years old.

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