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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of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.
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Is one of the causes behind the cultural atmosphere surrounding the Scopes trial, and the concepts about family, “children are the future”? Added question to the narrative. |
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answered | Is one of the causes behind the cultural atmosphere surrounding the Scopes trial, and the concepts about family, “children are the future”? |
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Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan? @jwenting: Fair point about a more sophisticated, plutonium bomb. But if you were "warehousing" material for a plutonium, bomb, that means that you did NOT make a "third" (uranium) bomb with it. |
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Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan? added 132 characters in body |
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Did the United States have a third atomic bomb to drop on Japan? added 85 characters in body |
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(War Guilt Methodology) Was Germany solely to blame for WWI? I edited the title and added a question in the last line, and nominate this for re-opening. |
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(War Guilt Methodology) Was Germany solely to blame for WWI? Changed title, added a question in the last line. |
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reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Have any armies equipped/fed their officers and enlisted men equally? |
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What are the historical reasons for religious and political negative attitudes towards homosexuality? All these "religious" reasons seem to have a "historical" reason in common; see my answer below. |
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answered | What are the historical reasons for religious and political negative attitudes towards homosexuality? |
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How accurate is the Historical evidence use in the book Non-Zero? Are book reviews on topic for the site? |
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Was the Bosnian Crisis the trigger to WWI and not the assassination? edited tags |
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How do ideologies tend to fare after the regime upholding them falls apart? @StevenDrennon: I agree with you that this question is too broad to be answered, and vote to close/delete. |
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What were the major objections that Augustine had with Jerome's translation of the Septuagint? @T.E.D.: I entirely agree wih you. If you could get this "modded" to the other site, it would help this one. |
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What was the Nature of Resistance in 1938 Czechoslovakia? @Luke: I would characterize your approach as "warm." The way I might structure the question is something like, "Would it have been possible for the Czech resistance in the 1940s to operate something like America's "underground railraod" (for escaped slaves), or were letters successfully smuggled in and out of the Skoda Works in "real life," or whatever other "mechanic" she wanted to use. That would show "research effort" and a general knowledge of "resistances," meaning that she would only be asking about the Czech variety. |
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What was the basis for the Nazis to support various ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union and elsewhere over the majority populations? defined groups within the Soviet Union |
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What was the Nature of Resistance in 1938 Czechoslovakia? The more I think about it, the more I think this question needs to be closed, or at least fixed in a major way. And I'm writing as a fellow historical novelist. See my question on meta. meta.history.stackexchange.com/questions/544/… |
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Have any armies equipped/fed their officers and enlisted men equally? Put title in past tense to make it HISTORY |
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How much did the Chinese Summer Palace cost to build? edited tags; edited title |
