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Military Historians are People, Too!

Brian Feltman and Bill Allison

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! Recently named among the Top Military History Podcasts by Feedspot.com! Thanks for listening!

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01:06:03

S5E19 Jason Higgins - Virginia Tech

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2025/03/11

Today's guest has an inspiring story - Jason Higgins comes from working-class roots in Southeastern Arkansas, where he took a chance on going to college, then hit his stride through hard work, raising a family, and discovering a passion for telling people's stories. From the University of Arkansas-Montecello, where he earned a BA in English AND History, Jason headed to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to take an MA in English at Oklahoma State, studying Lewis Puller's memoir Fortunate Son. That

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S5E18 Marjorie Galelli - Kansas State University

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2025/03/04

Today's guest is our first from France, but who went to graduate school and teaches here in the US! Marjorie Galleli is an assistant professor of history at Kansas State University in Little Apple, Manhattan, Kansas. Marjorie has a fascinating story of "coming to America" that began after visiting Boston as a kid. It's a long way from Alsaac to Kansas, but she's embraced the journey. Join us for a really interesting chat with Marjorie - we'll talk counterinsurgency, teaching military history, living

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01:16:03

S5E17 S. Michael Pavelec - US Space Force Schriever...

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2025/02/25

Our guest today is former professional football player turned defense intellectual Mike Pavelec. Mike is the Director of the US Space Force Schriever Scholars Program at the Johns Hopkins University School for Advanced International Studies. A historian of airpower and the history of technology, Mike has come a long way from his days as an offensive lineman with the Miami Dolphins, the Hamilton Tiger Cats, and the Calgary Stampeders. Earning his PhD atThe Ohio State University, Mike has authored

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01:18:11

S5E16 Rob Williams - Army University Press

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2025/02/18

Today's guest is Army veteran and historian of the Cold War-era Army Rob Williams. At Ft. Leavenworth, Rob writes for Army University Press and in his spare time writes on Army culture, particularly airborne culture. His first book, Airborne Mafia: The Paratroopers Who Shaped America's Cold War Army, will be published by Cornell University Press in March 2025. After seventeen years in the Army, Rob did a BA in history at UNC-Chapel Hill, then a PhD at The Ohio State University. He's an

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01:10:56

S5E15 Jadwiga Biskupska - Sam Houston State University

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2025/02/04

Today's guest is the brilliant Jadwiga Biskupska, an Associate Professor of History at Sam Houston State University. A specialist in the war experience of Central Europe, particularly during World War II, Jadzia is the author of Survivors: A Cultural History of Warsaw under Nazi Occupation (Cambridge), among other works. She is the co-director of the Second World War Research Group-North America and will be the 2025-2026 General Harold K. Johnson Visiting Chair in Military History at the US Army

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01:07:03

S5E14 Susie Cooper - Battlefield Guide, UK

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2025/01/28

Today's guest became a free-lance battlefield tour guide after a career in the Royal Corps of Signals that included tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now a captain in the Army Reserve, Susie Cooper took a love of military history and battlefield staff rides to a post-military career taking everyone from school children to military officers on battlefield tours in the UK and Europe. She does tours for CGT Battlefield Tours, Anglia Tours, In the Gootsepts, Sopue's Great War Tours, Battle Honors, and The

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01:03:27

S5E13 Tim Grady - University of Chester

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2025/01/21

Today's guest is First World War and German historian Tim Grady of Chester University. Tim has done ground-breaking work on Jewish German soldiers in the First World War and is now looking at the care and burial of POW dead. His books include A Deadly Legacy: German Jews and the Great War (Yale), and his forthcoming Burying the Enemy: The Story of Those Who Cared for the Dead from the Two World Wars (also from Yale) promises to be an important work. We'll talk growing up in Seaford on the

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01:14:45

S5E12 Heather Haley - US Naval History & Heritage...

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/12/17

Today's guest is the enthusiastic and fun Heather M. Haley of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. A PhD from Auburn, Heather is a scholar of LGBTQ+ in the American military. In addition to several publications with the Naval History and Heritage Command, Heather is the author of Queer in the Cold War: The Civil-Military Battle over the Lavender Scare, which is forthcoming from Cornel University Press. If you've been to recent Society for Military History conferences, you'll have seen Heather,

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01:02:12

S5E11 Andrew Dorman - Trinity College, Dublin

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/12/10

Our guest today leads the double life of being an academic at Trinity College, Dublin, by day and doing stand-up comedy by night! Andrew Dorman is a Research and Policy Officer with TCD's Centre for Economics, Policy, and History, and recently earned his PhD in history from Dublin City University. A specialist on soldiering in 18th century Ireland, Andrew has published with the British Journal of Military History and the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, and his first book is

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01:15:12

S5E10 Hampton Newsome - Civil War Scholar

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/12/03

Our guest today is the guy who led the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection team that created the ubiquitous yellow Energy Guide labels on your appliances. Oh yeah, he's also an award-winning historian of the American Civil War. Hampton Newsome recently retired from a long career as an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Hampton did his undergraduate degree at Duke University and earned his JD from the University of Virginia School

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S5E09 Jason Ridler - Johns Hopkins University

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2024/11/26

Today's guest is a Canadian! Jason Ridler is a Course Developer and Lecturer with Advanced Academic Programs at Johns Hopkins University, where he designs and teaches remote courses for the Johns Hopkins Globa Secutires and Master of Liberal Arts programs. Jay earned his PhD in War Studies from the Royal Military College of Canada and has published in Diplomacy and Statecraft, Small Wars and Insurgencies, and Defense and Security Analysis, among others. His books include the well-received Mavericks

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S5E08 Mary Elizabeth Walters - USAF Air Command &...

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/10/29

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

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00:47:25

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

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/10/22

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

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01:18:57

S5E06 Cameron Zinsou - US Army Command and General...

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/10/15

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

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01:26:53

S5E05 Michael Finch - Deakin University

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/10/08

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

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00:59:06

S5E04 Jay Veith - Vietnam War Scholar

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2024/10/01

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

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01:09:50

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

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/09/24

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

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01:42:03

S5E02 Mark Folse - US Army Center of Military History

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/09/17

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

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01:13:07

S5E01 Devlin Scofield - Northwest Missouri State...

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/09/10

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

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01:11:52

S4E25 Kelly Crager - Texas Tech University

Military Historians are People, Too! ·

2024/04/09

Our guest today is Kansas native-turned-West Texan Kelly Crager. Kelly is Head of the Oral History Project at the Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University, where he is also the Associate Archivist. Before coming to Texas Tech, Kelly was a visiting assistant professor at Texas A&M University. He holds a BA and MA degree in American history from Pittsburg State University and earned his PhD in from the University of North Texas.Kelly is the author of Hell under the

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