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of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.

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33	Why did the French sell Louisiana?
22	Why China was able to unify and not Europe
22	How beneficial were war bonds to the US during WWII
21	Why did Italy abandon its alliance with Germany in WW1 and join the Allied side?
18	How was the United States able to produce excellent tanks in 1942?

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+10	How did India join the Soviet bloc during the cold war?
+10	Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars?
+25	What other pairs of wars have had a ~25 year interval?
+10	How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it?

56 Questions

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16	How Did Moscow Become the Capital/Most Important City in Russia?
12	Why did Poland keep Warsaw as its capital instead of returning it to Krakow in the 20th century?
10	Could The Soviet Union have continued fighting World War II without Caucasus oil?
10	What are the origins of Pakistani laws on “blasphemy?”
9	Has history mistreated Nero?

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230 united-states × 47	87 europe × 20
217 20th-century × 58	78 military × 55
168 ww2 × 63	73 middle-ages × 16
148 19th-century × 29	71 colonization × 13
109 war × 29	68 france × 17