Tom Au

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I took a double major in Economics and History in college in the 1970s. My "sweet spot" probably lies at the intersection of those two subjects. For instance, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was really an "economic" admonition--to conserve ammunition.

I am the published author of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.

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17h	answered	How did India join the Soviet bloc during the cold war?
20h	comment	The effects of war on the workforce +1 A heroic effort to answer a difficult question.
22h	comment	Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars? @jwenting: Regarding size and population, I'd call it a "porcupine" effect. That is an animal that is "prickly" in comparison to the amount of meat that can be obtained.
1d	comment	Why didn't the Arab states industrialize? @Felix Goldberg: The OP tagged it with 20th and 19th centuries. That's about as clear as you can get.
1d	comment	Why didn't the Arab states industrialize? @Felix Goldberg: Here, it says that "the original homeland of the Arabs is the Arabian Peninsula." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_world The rest of the "Arab World" is actually a hodgepodge of peoples including the Arabs. And the OP specifically said, "Arabian peninsula" in the first line.
1d	comment	What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval? @FelixGoldberg: I could consider that a precursor of the NEXT cycle (World War I, World War II, Korean War. The Spanish-American war was also associated with the Philippines and Asia. In any event, Cuba was "offshore" the U.S., not part of the north American continent. Nor was it part of the slavery debate.
1d	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on How would slaves have addressed their masters in Ancient Greece?
1d	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on communication tag wiki excerpt
1d	revised	Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? added 245 characters in body
1d	comment	Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? @Luke: I improved the question by actually citing the expert in question, and by asking if other experts agree with him. Would you consider voting to reopen the question in its current form?
1d	revised	Is there parallelism between Aztec cannibalism and ingestion of the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ that Catholics practice in their Communion ritual? added 245 characters in body
2d	reviewed	Approve suggested edit on Land division to soldiers
2d	answered	Do Navy Seals die in training?
2d	answered	Why didn't the Arab states industrialize?
2d	answered	What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval?
2d	comment	How did India join the Soviet bloc during the cold war? India had even more reason to "align" (informally) with the Soviet Union after Nixon went to China in 1972.
2d	revised	Were any “Native American” attacks able to annihilate any European American settlements? Added "native" and European-American to make clear that the place was the U.S.
May 18	answered	Popularity of knight-robbery in the 15th century in Germany, Poland and Silesia
May 17	revised	Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan? added 5 characters in body
May 17	comment	Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan? @Luke: I have recollection of reading this in a book about World War II over ten years ago.