Point of the Spear | Military History

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Patrick Bishop, author of Operation Jubilee Dieppe, 1942: The Folly and the Sacrifice. Bishop spent twenty-five years as a foreign correspondent covering conflicts around the world. He is the author of two hugely acclaimed books about the Royal Air Force in the Second World War and is a Sunday Times bestselling author.  Purchase this book and help sup...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Myke Cole, author of The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy. Cole’s career has run the gamut from Coun­tert­er­rorism to Cyber War­fare to Fed­eral Law Enforce­ment. He’s done three tours in Iraq and was recalled to serve during the Deep­water Horizon oil spill.  Purchase this book and help support your local book store at th...

Join Robert Child in November on Point of the Spear when he welcomes several great guests including author Don Hollway, filmmaker Rylan Soref, Colonel Keith Nightingale, and more.

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Robert Laplander, author of Finding the Lost Battalion: Beyond the Myths and Legends of America’s Famous WWI Epic. Laplander’s research into the ‘Lost Battalion’ of the 77th Division spans 20 years and is by far the most extensive ever done in their regard. This first week of October mark’s the 103rd anniversary of that heroic engagement. Purchase thi...

Join Robert Child for part-two and the conclusions of a conversation with Dr. Allen Guelzo, author of Robert E. Lee: A Life. Allen is Senior Research Scholar at the Council of Humanities at Princeton University and the author of several books about the Civil War and early nineteenth-century American history. Guelzo has been the recipient of the Lincoln Prize three times, the Guggenheim-Lehrman Pri...

Join Robert Child for a part one of a two-part conversation with Dr. Allen Guelzo, author of Robert E. Lee: A Life. Allen is Senior Research Scholar at the Council of Humanities at Princeton University and the author of several books about the Civil War and early nineteenth-century American history. Guelzo has been the recipient of the Lincoln Prize three times, the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize for Mi...

Join Robert Child in October on Point of the Spear when he welcomes several great guests including Robert Laplander, Prit Butar, Myke Cole, and more.

Join Robert Child for conversation with Don Milne the founder of the nonprofit initiative Stories Behind the Stars. A lifelong history buff, he started a blog after the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor in 2016 to honor individual and mostly forgotten World War II fallen by writing short obituaries about them. Over the next four years, his WW2 Fallen 100 blog resulted in more than 1,200 stories and...

Join Robert Child for conversation with Tim Gray, founder, and president of the nonprofit World War II Foundation. The organization honors the legacy of the veterans and survivors of one of history’s most crucial periods by producing educational documentary films (29 to date) with several more in post-production). These documentaries air on television networks around the world via American Public...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Martin Dugard He is the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the “Killing” series with Bill O'Reilly. On the show we discuss his new book, Taking Paris, set in WWII when Paris fell into German hands.  As the Nazis ruthlessly crushed all opposition, a patriotic band of Parisians known as the Resistance secretly rose to fight back. But these...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Mitch Yockelson. He is the recipient of the Army Historical Foundation’s Distinguished Writing Award, an investigative archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration, and a former professor of military history at the United States Naval Academy. In the episode, we discuss his WWI book, Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Bob Welch. He is the author of Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers." His latest book is Saving My Enemy: How Two WWII Soldiers Fought Against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship That Saved Their Lives. On the sixtieth anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, an American and...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with Major General (ret.) Mari K. Eder. She has authored an outstanding new book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, which takes you inside the lives and experiences of 15 unknown women heroes from the Greatest Generation. These women served, fought, struggled, and made things happen during WWII—in and out of uniform. Theirs is a legacy destined to embolden gen...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with author Jared Frederick. His latest book is Hang Tough: The WWII Letters and Artifacts of Major Dick Winters. Beneath this marble image of a reserved officer is the story of a common Pennsylvanian tested by the daily trials and tribulations of military duty. Dick Winters wartime correspondence with a pen pal and naval reservist, DeEtta Almon, paints an ende...

Join Robert Child for a conversation with former Army Ranger Dr. Tony Brooks, author of Leave No Man Behind: The Untold Story of the Rangers’ Unrelenting Search for Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL Lone Survivor in Afghanistan. The book gives a first-hand account of the daring recovery of Turbine 33 and the subsequent search for the remaining compromised Navy SEAL recon team—one of whom was Marcus L...

Robert Child speaks with Colin P. Cahoon a writer of historical nonfiction and historically based fiction, a patent attorney, and a former Army helicopter pilot. His latest book is Mended Wings: The Vietnam War Experience Through the Eyes of Ten American Purple Heart Helicopter Pilots. Follow the lives of ten Purple Heart heroes as they relate the Vietnam War experience from the perspective of the...

Just a sampling of what you'll hear on the new military history podcast hosted by author Robert Child. Point of the Spear features leading authors, filmmakers and movers and shakers in military history. We hope you can join us and subscribe.

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 former Navy SEAL, Bronze Star recipient, and author Ben Milligan. Ben has written By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs , which chronicles the rise of the Navy SEALs from unarmed frog...