Military Historians are People, Too!

Brian Feltman and Bill Allison
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Military Historians are People, Too!

Join Georgia Southern University military history professors Brian Feltman and Bill Allison as they chat with fellow military historians, public historians, scholars of war and society, and other exciting people about military history, career paths, BBQ, and life in general on Military Historians are People, Too! Thanks for listening!

  1. S5E08 Mary Elizabeth Walters - USAF Air Command & Staff College

    OCT 29

    S5E08 Mary Elizabeth Walters - USAF Air Command & Staff College

    Today's guest is the thoroughly amazing Mary Elizabeth Walters of the USAF Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB in Alabama. A native of Cheraw, South Carolina, Mary Elizabeth fell in love with history doing oral histories with D-Day Pathfinders for National History Day, but she had no idea that would lead to living in Albania, studying refugee crises from Kosovo and Afghanistan, and now teaching theory of war and strategy to Air Force majors. We'll talk cows, hippie parents, National History Day, host mothers in Albania, the Wayne Lee Experience at UNC, moving from the university world to professional military education, and more. Enjoy our entertaining chat with Mary Elizabeth Walters! Rec. 10/08/2024

    1h 3m
  2. S5E07 Mary Beth Brown - Owner and Pitmaster, Dolan's BBQ, Statesboro

    OCT 22

    S5E07 Mary Beth Brown - Owner and Pitmaster, Dolan's BBQ, Statesboro

    We've been wanting to do this for a while now, as we're always pushing our BBQ chops on you, dear loyal listeners, so we talked with a legit pitmaster - Mary Beth Brown of Dolan's BBQ down the street from Georgia Southern University here in Statesboro, Georgia. Along with her sister Lazar Brown Oglesby, Mary Beth is the owner and pitmaster of one of the best BBQ places in Southeast Georgia. A Georgia Southern University graduate experienced in the restaurant and hospitality industry, Mary Beth has proved that "Girls Can 'Que, Too!" She was kind enough to sit down with us while we had lunch outside on the Dolan's porch (complete with Statesboro Pick-Up Truck Traffic on Main Street!). We'll talk things BBQ - business, life choices, being a woman pitmaster and BBQ restaurant owner, and sauce - as well as Dwight Yokum, paying your dues early on, cooking through a hurricane, and further confirmation that the best ideas can come from a cooler of cold beer enjoyed on a riverbank (a lot of parallels with military historians). We know you'll enjoy this episode as much as we did doing it. And, we got to see the pit smoker! Rec.: 10/08/2024

    47 min
  3. S5E06 Cameron Zinsou - US Army Command and General Staff College

    OCT 15

    S5E06 Cameron Zinsou - US Army Command and General Staff College

    Today's guest is one of the nicest and brightest new scholars in the military history community - Cameron Zinsou of the US Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. A native of Ft. Worth, Texas, Cameron thrived at North Texas as an undergraduate and earned his PhD at Mississippi State University. He's a World War II guy, focusing on French meanings of citizenship during the conflict. There's a lot in this one, so get ready - we'll talk growing up in Ft. Worth, early interest in Civil War history (a la Lesley Gordon), grief and loss of a sibling, the influence of Rob Citino, getting hooked on F1 after a lifetime of misguided NASCAR fandom, among many other topics. Enjoy. Shoutout to Arthur Bryant's BBQ in Kansas City! Rec.: 09/19/2024

    1h 19m
  4. S5E05 Michael Finch - Deakin University

    OCT 8

    S5E05 Michael Finch - Deakin University

    Today, we go Down Under to chat with the pleasant, fun, and wicked-smart Michael Finch. Mike is a Senior Lecturer in the History of War and Strategy at the Centre for Future Defence and National Security at Deakin University. A graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford University, Mike has written extensively on French colonial violence and the First World War and just published a thoughtful history of the seminal Makers of Modern Strategy books titled Making Makers: The Past, the Present, and the Study of War (Oxford, 2024). A native of the Newcastle region of England, Mike and his family made the big move to Australia and haven't looked back. We'll talk Oz, the serendipity of archival discoveries, ACT Brumbies, Korean BBQ, being a Geordi, caravan vacations, and, yes, kangaroos. Join us for this enjoyable chat with Mike Finch while he has his morning coffee and we wait for dinner! Don't forget - 30% off at the University Press of Kansas with code 24MILPEOPLE. Rec.: 09/17/2024

    1h 27m
  5. S5E04 Jay Veith - Vietnam War Scholar

    OCT 1

    S5E04 Jay Veith - Vietnam War Scholar

    Today's guest took a non-traditional path to becoming a historian, working in the private sector while gradually becoming a researcher and writer on the Vietnam War. A native of Pennsylvania, Jay Veith served in the post-Vietnam US Army, worked in management for Proquest and other corporations, and earned a PhD at Australia's Monash University (at the encouragement of the late Jeffrey Grey) later in life. Jay's books include Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-1975 and Drawn Swords in a Distant Land: South Vietnam's Shattered Dreams, and he is currently working on a book examining the North Vietnamese side of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Jay has been active in supporting identifying remains of missing American servicemembers and has testified before Congress on behalf of families of missing servicemembers. If you've attended the annual Texas Tech University Vietnam conference, you've heard Jay speak on these and other Vietnam War-related topics. Join us for an entertaining and interesting chat with Jay Veith. We'll talk being in the Cold War US Army, Rambo, researching and writing on topics raw in living memory, earning a PhD in Australia, being an "independent scholar," and the best pho in Falls Church. Remember the 24MILPEOPLE 30%-off code at the University Press of Kansas! Shoutout to Mission BBQ and Pho 75! Rec.: 08/27/2024

    59 min
  6. S5E03 Sasha Maggio - Mother of Tanks/Why We Fight Podcast

    SEP 24

    S5E03 Sasha Maggio - Mother of Tanks/Why We Fight Podcast

    Today's guest is the host of the Mother of Tanks/Why We Fight podcast - Sasha Maggio! Sasha's background is actually in intelligence studies and psychology, but she's had an interest in military history and World War II for many years. She's held various contractor jobs with the US Army and the Department of Defense, including the Army Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth. She is currently a unit deployment manager with the US Air Force's 37th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. She will soon begin doctoral studies in military history at Maynooth University in Ireland, focusing on non-military-related soldier crime in the US Army in Europe during World War II. A Boston native, Sasha is also a classically trained singer and a pastry chef. We'll talk being an Army spouse, working as a defense contractor, the evolution of the successful Why We Fight podcast, touring Sicily, Larceny Bourbon, and the 1941 US Army GHQ maneuvers, among other topics. Don't forget - 30% off at the University Press of Kansas online store with code 24MILPEOPLE. Rec.: 09/06/2024

    1h 10m
  7. S5E02 Mark Folse - US Army Center of Military History

    SEP 17

    S5E02 Mark Folse - US Army Center of Military History

    Today's guest is Mark Folse - BBQ intellectual, shameless Alabama fan, and, by the way, historian of manhood and the Marine Corps, as well as the US Army in Afghanistan. A native of the Deep South, Mark enlisted in the Marine Corps after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and served in Afghanistan and Iraq. After four years in the Marines, Mark returned to school, earning his BA, MA, and PhD at the University of Alabama, where he worked under Friend-of-the-Pod Andrew Huebner (this is where Mark says "Roll Tide" or whatever). Now a historian at the US Army Center of Military History at Ft. McNair in Washington, DC, Mark writes on the US Army in Afghanistan for his day job but remains a historian of manhood and masculinity in the early 20th century Marine Corps. His first book, The Globe and Anchor Men: US Marines and Manhood in the Great War Era, was recently published by the University Press of Kansas (use code 24MILPEOPLE for 30% off!). We'll talk about growing up in the South, Alabama football, serving in the Marine Corps, comparing academic and official history, and a BBQ treatise that rivals Adam Seipp's! Get settled, grab the beverage of your choice (if you aren't driving), and enjoy. Rec.: 08/23/2024

    1h 42m
  8. S5E01 Devlin Scofield - Northwest Missouri State University

    SEP 10

    S5E01 Devlin Scofield - Northwest Missouri State University

    We kick off Season 5 with fellow directional-state utlitiy infielder Devlin Scofield of Northwest Missouri State University. Devlin is a historian of Germany and the First World War, and also researches on Alsatian veterans and nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. Born in New York but raised in Livingston, Montana, Devlin earned his PhD at Michigan State University. So, we'll talk "Yellowstone" and Mark Dantonio, along with tattos, bears, and Austrian restaraunts in Kansas City! Don't forget to use the 30% off code 24MILPEOPLE at the University Press of Kansas - a very generous offer from our friends out there at The Ranch in Lawrence! It's good to be back - thanks for listening! Rec.: 06/28/2024

    1h 13m
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Join Georgia Southern University military history professors Brian Feltman and Bill Allison as they chat with fellow military historians, public historians, scholars of war and society, and other exciting people about military history, career paths, BBQ, and life in general on Military Historians are People, Too! Thanks for listening!

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