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