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I got my BA in History even though I haven't used it for employment, I have pursued my studies more for enjoyment. While I work in tech I still spend time researching and studying history, concentrating in the Colonial American period and Asian cultures.
I pursue an interest in other topics as they come up, the more you learn the more you want to know is my general theme of topics. As a historian I try to see both sides of the question, in general History is written by the winners so one often needs to look deeper into the subject to get a balanced view. Much of what I have learned growing up has already changed which goes to prove the axiom - nothing is constant but change.
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Dec 17 |
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What exactly was the Philby Plan? Could you put more into the question? Perhaps the point that you are unclear on rather than just a link to wikipedia would help immensely in able to answer your question. |
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Dec 17 |
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Were any of the early settlements in America attacked from the sea? fixing text and tags |
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Dec 12 |
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Why did Ford pardon Nixon? Believing Haig about anything is not really going to get you towards the truth. |
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Dec 11 |
answered | What cipher did Jefferson and Madison use to correspond? |
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Dec 6 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Dec 6 |
answered | What made Washington DC “dominate” politics in the USA? |
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Dec 6 |
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What made Washington DC “dominate” politics in the USA? I've tried to clean up your question, let me know if this is what you are asking. It's an easy answer but I'd like to be sure of the question first. |
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Dec 6 |
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What made Washington DC “dominate” politics in the USA? Trying to clear up the question |
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Dec 5 |
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What post 18thC countries rulers escaped to a remote/separate region and hung on while the country collapsed under revolution? A good example but they stayed in Constantinople, I'm trying to see if there are other examples like in the case of Taiwan where the leaders basically gave up all but one remote area and moved government there. |
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Dec 5 |
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Was there any connection between the Ottonians and Benedictines? fixing the bad obvious change |
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Dec 5 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Dec 1 |
answered | Why did the the US House of Representatives stop reading George Washington's farewell address on his birthday? |
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Dec 1 |
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Why did the the US House of Representatives stop reading George Washington's farewell address on his birthday? text edits |
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Nov 30 |
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Recognition of Palestine? @T.E.D. I've come across point 4 in dealing with other historical claims of who rules where, and for how long, its a question I have yet to find an answer for. Mostly its either you take the claims and have no way to then go back and determine who the actual people were who owned the land, or accept the current situation. In either situation there are losers and someone is always unhappy. |
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Nov 30 |
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Recognition of Palestine? Originally a protectorate under the British after World War 2, but under Israel the West Bank and Gaza shifted quite a bit. Still I agree with Drux, what have you looked at on this or discovered on your own? |
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Nov 30 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 28 |
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What process have countries followed when creating constitutions? How about I mention that while Washington was at the Constitutional Convention he was not the writer of the US Constitution which was written by committee and with the contributions of others that exceeded Washington's. With that said, many countries write Constitutions in a manner to keep power or to prevent those who were toppled from regaining power. It takes time to write a Constitution after a revolution, and usually that time is not peaceful. |
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Nov 26 |
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Did the fights in the Ip Man movie series actually occur in real life? Asking about the historical accuracy of action movies usually ends up in the realm of fiction, this might need to be moved. |
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Nov 23 |
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Has the US Congress's power to declare war been rendered superfluous by recent conflicts? @Barry I think you need to separate out the actions done by the US on our own, like Vietnam where the President sent troops on the ground against those like Korea, the Balkans and Kuwait when we worked with the UN, NATO or other countries and didn't formally declare war. It's definitely a grey line that politicians love to blur. |
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Nov 23 |
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Has the US Congress's power to declare war been rendered superfluous by recent conflicts? @T.E.D. True but we were more acting with NATO as far as I remembered and it wasn't really "the US was going to war" moment. A good point though. |