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How Ancient Rome and its enemies financed their armies with Michael Taylor

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How Ancient Rome and its enemies financed their armies with Michael Taylor

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Michael Taylor is an assistant professor of history and holds a PhD in Greek and Roman history. He has also served as an officer in the California National Guard, with deployments to Iraq and Kosovo. He recently wrote a book on the finances of the Roman Republic and rival kingdoms and how they supported their military forces. Soldiers & Silver (University of Texas Press, 2020)

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1:05 – Michael talks about how he got into studying the Roman military.

2:10 – Michael talks about he focuses on the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

4:02 – Michael talks about Rome’s rivals in this period.

7:15 – Michael talks about the sort of militia systems the five big powers had.

11:38 – Michael talks about how these kingdoms prepared for wars.

16:22 – Michael talks about how poor Rome actually was during its wars.

22:05 – Michael talks about the types of governments among the Romans and their rivals.

29:58 – Michael talks about how the Hellenistic kingdoms negotiated peace treaties.

34:26 – Michael talks about outfitting these militaries and the big war machines.

38:27 – Michael talks about how weapons were distributed to soldiers.

40:31 – Michael talks about the maintenance of fleets and war elephants. He goes into details about the Roman rams that had been discovered about ten years ago.

43:38 – Michael talks about how much their budgets went into war.

46:13 – Michael talks about the resources he used for his research.

52:53 – Michael talks about Carthage.

54:57 – Michael talks about Carthage after the Punic Wars.

1:01:41 – Michael talks about some of the human tragedy found in the ancient world. He discusses the Roman slave trade.

1:06:54 – Michael touches on war and the trans-Atlantic African slavery.

1:14:26 – Michael’s work can be found on academia.edu/mtaylor and on twitter @drmichaeljtayl1.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/3qqbD4r

https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/taylor-soldiers-and-silver

https://albany.academia.edu/MTaylor

https://twitter.com/drmichaeljtayl1

Scott Peeples talks about Edgar Allan Poe https://wp.me/p7CDU9-56x

James Miller talks about trying to orbit and land on an asteroid http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/734

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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify

Guests: Michael J. Taylor

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, academic, podcast, University of Texas Press, Ancient history, Ancient war,

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Bryan Gibby discusses his Korean War military history book “Korean Showdown” (University of Alabama Press, 2021)

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Bryan Gibby discusses his Korean War military history book “Korean Showdown” (University of Alabama Press, 2021)

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Bryan R. Gibby is a US Army colonel and an associate professor at the US Military Academy at West Point,a s well as acting deputy head of the Department of History. He spoke to me about the Korean War and his book on the subject.

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Note: I had to stay pretty quiet for this interview because I was getting feedback that you can hear most of the time after I speak.

1:17 – Bryan talks about why he wrote on the Korean War. he explains the problem that existed during the war.

7:012 – Bryan talks about what Truman’s situation was during the Korean War and his dealings with the United Nations.

13:10 – Bryan talks about Truman’s military experience and his approach to military affairs.

16:32 – Bryan talks about Truman’s respect for Marshall.

18:38 – Bryan talks about why Army GIs didn’t like the Korean conflict. He also discusses the effects the Korean conflict had on the US Army in general.

25:18 – Bryan talks about the morale of the North Koreans and the Chinese.

31:08 – Bryan talks about US air power in the conflict.

34:09 – Bryan talks about the Air Force’s new interdiction strategy in Korea once strategic bombing didn’t work.

38:35 – Bryan talks about an operation against North Korean hydroelectric dams.

40:56 – Bryan talks about some of the US Navy contributions to this operation.

44:19 – Bryan talks about the resources he used for research.

50:12 – Bryan talks about US Operation Eveready to take over the South Korean government.

1:00:54 – Bryan talks about the options Eisenhower had when he went to Korea to end the conflict.

1:15:41 – More information on the book can be found at the University of Alabama Press.

Links of interest

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http://uapress.ua.edu/product/Korean-Showdown,7489.aspx

Sarah Read talks about her award winning ghost novel https://wp.me/p7CDU9-56s

Martin Cooper talks about inventing the cellphone at Motorola http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/728

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For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Bryan R. Gibby

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, University of Alabama Press, American history, Modern War, United States, Russia,

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Georgianne Burlage discusses her WWII history book about her father’s captivity in “Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship” (University of North Texas Press, 2020)

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Georgianne Burlage discusses her WWII history book about her father’s captivity in “Living in the Shadow of a Hell Ship”

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Georgianne Burlage is daughter of WWII veteran George Burlage. She has taught secondary history and journalism for more than thirty years and is a national officer of the American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Memorial Society. She put this book together from her father’s personal notes. We spoke about her father’s WWII captivity in the Pacific and the book.

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1:09 – Georgianne explains why she put her father’s WWII letters together in a book.

2:42 – Georgianne talks about her father’s career

4:28 – Georgianne talks about what she included in the book. She also talks about her father’s anger over the Japanese.

6:52 – Georgianne talks about how her father recorded what happened.

7:36 – Georgianne talks about the hell ships and what her father experienced in one.

14:06 – Georgianne talks about some sabotage the Americans did.

17:14 – Georgianne talks about non-American POWs.

18:43 – Georgianne talks about what they ate and their sicknesses.

20:03 – Georgianne talks about the POW approach to rescue.

21:41 – Georgianne talks about her dad’s rank and job.

29:15 – Georgianne talks about her dad’s philosophy about what he faced. We also discuss the difficulties the POWs faced.

32:15 – Georgianne talks about what research she did to complete the book.

34:38 – Gerogianne talks about the photos and illustrations in the book.

36:56 – Georgianne talks about how her grandmother reacted to learning his son was alive.

41:42 – Georgianne talks about how her father reenlisted and stayed in the USMC.

43:35 – Georgianne talks about a 1967 Fall of the Philippines trip her father took.

46:18 – Georgianne talks about the veterans’ associations her father was part of.

48:21 – Georgianne talks about how her father created top tens to survive in captivity.

52:49 – Georgianne talks about how she really got to know her dad better through this book and about the will to live.

56:08 – Georgianne talks about how the US abandoned the troops in the Philippines. She also discusses MacArthur’s attitude towards Marines.

60:02 – Georgianne mentions wishing he had some more details about some of what he went through.

1:05:03 – Information on the book can be found on facebook and on the University of North Texas Press.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2MdHS8d

https://untpress.unt.edu/catalog/3901

Owl Goingback discusses his award winning monster novel https://wp.me/p7CDU9-56b

David W. Brown discusses a NASA mission to the Jupiter moon Europa http://spacewalksmoneytalks.com/p/716

Contact Information

For more “Military History Inside Out” please follow me at www.warscholar.org, on Facebook at warscholar, on twitter at Warscholar, on youtube at warscholar and on Instagram @crisalvarezwarscholar. Or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify Please see historyrabbithole.com for a list of my dozen or so blogs and podcasts. You’re sure to find something you like.

Guests: Georgianne Burlage

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: Books, audio interviews, author, podcast, University of North Texas Press, WWII, United States,

Check out this book here   https://amzn.to/2MdHS8d

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