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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.
https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/taylor-soldiers-and-silver
https://albany.academia.edu/MTaylor
https://twitter.com/drmichaeljtayl1
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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.
http://uapress.ua.edu/product/Korean-Showdown,7489.aspx
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