Point of the Spear | Military History

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Jared Frederick. Jared is a history instructor at Penn State Altoona. He’s also a former Park Ranger at the Gettysburg National Military Park and hosts the popular Youtube Channel Reel History.  His new book is called  Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Speirs and his Band of Brothers. Watch our new military history documentary, Weathe...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Martin Dugard. Martin Is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and co-author of the Mega-million selling “Killing” series. He’s also launched a solo series the “Taking” series that is discussed during the episode. Dugard’s new book is called Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists. Sign up for our twice monthly email Newsletter.&nbsp...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Chris Kolakowski. Chris spent his career interpreting and preserving American military history with the National Park Service, New York State government, the Rensselaer County (NY) Historical Society, the Civil War Preservation Trust, and other organizations. He has written and spoken on various aspects of military history from 1775 to the present....

We’ve got some great guests coming up in May. Kicking off the month author Martin Dugard returns to Point of the Spear to talk about his new book with Bill O’Reilly, Killing the Killers. Next a conversation with Tom Clavin about the great sea battle of the Civil War in his new book, To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth. And later in May Jared Frederick returns to Point of the Spear to discuss Fierce...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Author and retired Marine Lt. Col. David Kelly. David served as an infantry officer with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines with an Amphibious Readiness Group off the coast of Vietnam. He volunteered to return to active duty to deploy to Iraq in 2004 as senior Field Historian to conduct interview with Marines and sailors in Iraq. His latest book...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author J.D. Dickey. J.D. has been writing books for 20 years, first as an author for Penguin/Rough Guides, now as a writer of narrative nonfiction about American history, society and culture. His latest book is called The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in Andrew Jackson’s America. Sign up for our twice...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with New York Times Bestselling author Alex Kershaw. Alex is a journalist, public speaker and New York Times best-selling author of over ten books, including The Liberator - the basis for the Netflix series - The Longest Winter, The Bedford Boys, Avenue of Spies and The First Wave. His current book, Against All Odds, a saga of four Medal of Honor recipients, an...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Angus Wallace. Angus is a Post Graduate Researcher at the University of Leeds. He spent many years working in film and television He’s co-founder of the History Network in the UK and hosts one of the longest running WW2 podcasts on the the planet.  Sign up for our twice monthly email Newsletter  SOCIAL YouTube Twitter Facebook Website

Join Robert Child for a special National Medal of Honor Day episode - an interview with recipient Vernon Baker. Vernon served as a Lieutenant in the all-black 370th Infantry Regiment which became the Point of the Spear for the 92nd Division on the Gothic Line in Italy. In fact Baker’s Platoon was the unit that finally broke through Hitler’s last line in the sand in northern Italy.  Sign up fo...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with writing duo of Bruns and Olson and their new military thriller series Command and Control. David Bruns and J.R. Olson are both graduates of the Naval Academy and have been creating thrillers together for more than 6 years. Their latest book is called Counter Strike.   Sign up for our twice monthly email Newsletter  SOCIAL YouTube Twitter   F...

We’ve got some great guests coming to Point of the Spear in April. Kicking off the month on April 6th New York Times bestselling author Alex Kershaw is here to talk about his brand new book Against All Odds about four of the most decorated soldiers of WWII and all Medal of Honor recipients. Next another NYT bestselling author stops by J.D. Dickey to discuss violence in America’s past in his fascin...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Jump on the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author R.J. Patterson about his 5-book Cold War spy series. Patterson grew up in a military family but spent much of his career in journalism, winning numerous award writing articles for prestigious n...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with authors Andrews and Wilson about their W.E.B. Griffin novel, Rogue Asset .  About Brian Andrews: Brian is a US Navy veteran, nuclear engineer, and former submarine officer. He graduated from Vanderb...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Marc Liebman about his book Failure to Fire . Marc is a retired U.S. Navy Captain and Naval Aviator who is a combat veteran of Vietnam, the tanker wars of the 1980s and Desert Shield/Desert Storm....

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Jump on the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Brad Taylor about his book End of Days . Brad was born in Okinawa Japan but grew up in Texas. He served for 21 years in the military retiring as a Special Forces Lt. Colonel. He began writing m...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Jump on the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Steve Berry about his book The Kaiser’s Web . Steve is the  New York Times  and #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cotton Malone novels, among other books. He and his wife a...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Carole Engle Avriett about her book Marine Raiders: The True Story of the Legendary WWII Battalions . Carole grew up in a military family. She graduated from the University of California, Davis, with a double major BA in English and History, specializing in Military...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child in March on Point of the Spear when he welcomes many outstanding guests including authors Brad Taylor, End of Days , and RJ Patterson speaking on his Cold War thriller series.  We’ll also focus on writing duos with military thriller authors Bruns and Olson and Andrews and Wilson who penned the ne...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with Mark Greaney about his book Sierra Six . Mark is a #1 NYT best selling author of over 16 thrillers He has written or cowritten seven Tom Clancy novels and the Audible Original Audio Drama, Armored which has been optioned for film by Sony Pictures. He lives in Memphis with his f...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Join Robert Child for a conversation with Paul Woodadge about his book Angels of Mercy. Paul is an author, filmmaker and battlefield guide. He launched the popular YouTube channel WW2TV, where he interviews esteemed historians live from around the world, five days a week.  Purchase this book and help support your...

Explore Bonus Video Content and More on the Point of the Spear Youtube Channel. Jump on the mailing list. Twice monthly receive our Insider email Newsletter. Join Robert Child for a conversation with Linda Hervieux about her book Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Black Heroes . Linda is an journalist and photographer whose work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, I...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Katherine Pangonis about her new book Queens of Jerusalem. Pangonis specializes in the medieval world of the Mediterranean and the middle east. She holds master's degrees in literature and history from Oxford University and University College London. Her focus is on rewriting the voices of women into the historical narrative. Purchase this book and...

Join Robert Child for a narrative special. Weather and Warfare dramatically retraces the meteorological forces during battlefield engagements that doomed or saved civilizations. In 1588 more than half of the Spanish Armada, on its way around northern Britain, was destroyed by storms in retreat back to Spain. Napoleon's attack on Russia was stopped cold by winter weather, as was Hitler's siege of L...

Join Robert Child in February on Point of the Spear when he welcomes many outstanding guests including authors Katherine Pangonis, Queens of Jerusalem , and Paul Woodadge, Angels of Mercy . In addition and #1, NYT Bestselling author Mark Greaney will be here to talk about his new military thriller, Sierra Six. Also in February, we will be celebrating Black History Month and author Linda Hervieux w...

Join Robert Child for part-two of his conversation with author Allene Carter. Allene is a self-taught researcher and union activist who has been featured in a number of media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, and on the Netflix series Medal of Honor. Her father-in-law was Sgt. Edward Carter and she single-handedly led a campaign to corre...