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

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)

https://youtu.be/qHkHJQ3UoJQ

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How the French Royal Navy used privateers to augment their naval operations with Henning Hillmann

Henning Hillmann is professor of economic and organizational sociology at the University of Mannheim. He wrote a book on the privateers of France in the long 18th century in order to understand what motivated these privateers and how they organized themselves. We spoke about the book, the privateers, and the French Royal Navy. The Corsairs of Saint-Malo: Network Organization of a Merchant Elite Under the Ancien Régime (Columbia University Press, 2021)

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What ever happened to Wyatt and the Earp brothers with David de Haas

David de Haas has written extensively on Old West history. He recently co-authored a book on a subject not written on before, the Earp bootlegging operation at the Sawtelle Old Soldiers’ Home in Sawtelle, California. We spoke about the Earp connection to the Civil War, veterans’ issues, and the book. The Earps Invade Southern California (University of North Texas Press, 2020) This is the youtube version of a previously posted podcast interview.

https://youtu.be/3RbFZRBVdkA

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