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of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.


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In Battle of Zama, how did Hannibal's use of war elephants lead to a Roman Victory?
nov 22 '11 at 18:27
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What Are the Dynamics of A “Forced March?”
nov 18 '11 at 15:33
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How do new countries legally and without bloodshed declare themselves independent?
oct 27 '11 at 0:22
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At what point do armies tend to break?
oct 24 '11 at 14:09
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Why did Robert E. Lee stop offensive maneuvers?
oct 21 '11 at 23:02
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Are the Xibe people the same as the Manchu?
oct 15 '11 at 18:44
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What unique personal experiences contributed to the formation of Mao's brand of Communism?
oct 12 '11 at 14:00
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What was the role of Nikita Khrushchev during the battle of Stalingrad?
jun 13 at 16:39
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Why didn't World-Community take no step to remove Mubutu or Robert Mugabe from office?
jun 10 at 16:26
4
Was there a connection between Vietnam war violence and the climate of violence in the United States during 1968?
jun 2 at 0:11
4
How did India join the Soviet bloc during the cold war?
may 20 at 22:12
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Why were people from the Asian Steppes able to militarily dominate Europeans on a repeated basis?
apr 30 at 20:45
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Why was Spain and Portugal neutral / not invaded in WWII?
feb 23 at 23:45
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Stalingrad - the German perspective?
jan 20 at 1:58
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Why the Romans were unable to conquer Germania?
jan 20 at 21:48
4
Why did Austria cede Venetia at the end of the Third Italian War of Independence?
dec 9 '11 at 19:56
4
After the Civil War, which states had the most problems with rejoining the Union?
nov 15 at 14:58
4
Why did the the East-Pakistanis oppose Urdu as their national language while Indians accepted Hindi as theirs?
may 11 '12 at 14:44
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Why did France put so many resources into fighting Algeria in comparison to its other former colonial holdings?
nov 11 at 17:51
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Why is King Henry V regarded as such a great King?
sep 8 at 20:43
4
What options India had other than getting its independence from Britain?
aug 22 at 23:30
4
If the nazi is a far-right party, why is it socialist?
jun 17 '12 at 16:20
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How did corn become the most produced crop in the world?
may 9 '12 at 0:10
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How did Nazi Germany finance itself during WW2?
apr 24 '12 at 21:24
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Why do minor political parties in the US receive so few votes?
apr 18 '12 at 14:36
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Why Napoleon was not executed or imprisoned?
apr 17 '12 at 13:28
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How did the US/South Vietnam lose the Vietnam war?
dec 17 '11 at 20:21
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Why is Christopher Columbus credited for “discovering” America?
dec 10 '11 at 0:38
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Did the Gallic army besieged in Alesia conduct itself well when expecting relief?
dec 9 '11 at 23:41
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How much armor did elephant units wear?
nov 21 '11 at 14:59
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