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What are the modern roles of “brigadier” generals and commodores?
It has been said that the hardest jump in the military is between colonel and general. That's because a colonel is a "specialist" who commands troops of only one type (infantry, cavalry or artillery), ...
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141 views
What did sectionalism have to do with the American civil war?
I've been writing an essay for school and I've been wondering what did sectionalism have to do with the Civil War? Does sectionalism include the Missouri Compromise and the breaking away of the South? ...
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255 views
What started the Korean war?
Is it true that the catalyst was a conflict about a tree right on the border? I heard it from a teacher at a US university as he was teaching a course about nation-states in and out of war.
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Why is King Henry V regarded as such a great King?
In History magazine it says:
King Henry V is well-known as a great man - charming, wooing, gracious, triumphant and an English hero.
However, in a battle he ordered every male over 12 years old ...
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Was Russo-Polish of 1919-1920 a war of independence?
What evidence is there to call the 1919-1920 conflict between Poland and the Soviet Union a "war of independence"? As for a definition of independence, I would say it is a full political, legal, and ...
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162 views
Were sailing ships of the line understaffed with gunnery crews so that there were not enough for 2 broadsides?
Is there any data to support or refute the hypothesis that sailing ships of the line were only complemented with enough gunnery crews to simultaneously fire 1 broadside but not 2?
If it matters for ...
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675 views
Were the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki necessary? [closed]
The United States bombed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Before the Japanese could surrender, they bombed Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The two bombs killed over 200,000 people, most of them civilians.
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162 views
What Were the Types of Sieges?
As I understand it, there were two types of sieges. One was where the attacking army would "camp," surrounding the city, and let the defenders run out of food. An example was Ulysses S. Grant's siege ...
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34 views
Did the Taaffe family maintain an actual connection with Ireland during the 19th century?
The Taaffe family is rather remarkable for having held both an Irish/UK and Austrian peerage. However, it is not clear from the wiki pages whether they (for example, Count Eduard, who was Austrian ...
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2answers
130 views
What evidence support the theory that the killing of unwanted children was practiced in ancient Athens?
While researching the Who first wrote about deafness? question, I came across this bold claim on Wikipedia:
Sparta is often portrayed as being unique in this matter, however there is considerable ...
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202 views
Stalingrad - the German perspective?
I'm quite interested in Stalingrad and have started reading a bit regarding the battle itself and have seen that weather had played quite a significant factor in halting the German advance. (Reading ...
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180 views
How do war elephants fight?
Do they just run breaking phalanx? Do they pull their front food and then crush enemies below?
What do elephants do?
Or are the fighters on top of it just shoot arrows?
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88 views
What are exceptions to the hypothesis that “climate determined ”regional“ loyalties in the U.S. Civil War”?
Besides the fact that "North" implies "cold," and "South implies "hot," I was struck by the fact that Lincoln won absolute majorities (in a four way race) in 16 states wholly or partially above the ...
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2answers
78 views
Has the American Civil War led to any significant innovations in 19th-century warfare?
The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a major conflict with a long string of battles. Has it led to any innovations in 19th-century warfare? It has been pointed out that it may have been the first ...
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1answer
98 views
How many illegal aliens were deported under “Operation Wetback”?
There are all kinds of numbers surrounding Operation Wetback. My understanding is the vast majority left voluntarily. Is there any official number on the amount of illegal aliens that were actually ...
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5answers
291 views
What was the origin of religious tolerance in Europe? [closed]
Can, anyone, please, give an overview of how the humanism came about in Europe, precisely, the main prerequisites and reasons for its origin.
Given the ambiguity of the very term "humanism", I will ...
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4answers
284 views
What went wrong with India's scientific development as a society?
India had been among the "leaders" in scientific research spanning Mathematics, Medicine, Chemistry and others.
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40 views
What is a common reason that Empires fall or collapse and can they be corrected? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are there any similarities in what happens when Empires collapse?
The question I have is 2 fold what causes most Empires or Nations to fall other than over powered by a ...
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0answers
49 views
Understanding what these reference shortforms represent [closed]
In the book "Giordano BRUNO His Life and Thought" by Dorothea Waley Singer, chapter 7 references often have a form of
18 Doc. Ven. XV.
or
49 Docc. Rom. XX, XXI.
How do I decipher their ...
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2answers
166 views
What was the source of the idea of a republic?
Where did the Greeks or the Romans find the idea of a "Republic"? What was the source of the idea? Did the idea come from philosophers, or citizens, etc.?
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4answers
228 views
What options India had other than getting its independence from Britain? [closed]
When India took its independence, the socioeconomic scenario of the world had already been changed. Britain did not have the resources left to keep control of India any more, Britain was in need of a ...
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2answers
187 views
Iran: Zoroastrianism and Islam
If Zoroastrianism is so strong in Iran, why was there an Islamic revolution? Why is it proclaimed as the Islamic Republic of Iran?
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1answer
71 views
Is there a different view by political-scientist in history that printing more bill is different from adding few more zeros in a bill [closed]
Is there a different view by political-scientist in history mention that printing more bill is different from adding few more zeros on the bill. I know some Africa country tend to doing that.
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0answers
199 views
Oldest still existent Society [closed]
What is the oldest continual society that is still in existence today and what are the proofs for the age of the civilizations age?
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75 views
What are the origins of the “totalitarian genes” theory?
What are the origins of the infamous "totalitarian genes" theory that alleged that Russians, Serbs, Belorussians had genes favoring totalitarianism and autharitarian government, so to protect ...
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1answer
189 views
What is the historicity of the film “Revolution.com - USA: The Conquest of the East”?
This is a Russian version of a French film from mid-2000s "Revolution.com"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3QxDgft148
It shows how US government and government-sponsored NGOs organize "color ...
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1answer
74 views
How do we derive information for civilizations from periods before record keeping? [closed]
Civilizations record their history, but how do we derive information for periods before record keeping started? How much do we know for that era of human civilization?
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Why did so many rulers want to aquire more land? [closed]
It seems that until around the 20th century, a relatively large portion of rulers saw it as their goal to acquire more land. What was the main rationale behind this?
