/r/askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
Has one person, or small group of people, working in the shadows, set out to and succeeded in starting a major international war? Often in movies and TV we see some rogue spymaster or shadowy cartel of arms manufacturers doing so. Is there any truth to this?	505	myleperfriend
Did the USSR suffer from a reverse "Baby Boom", a slump in birth rates after World War II?	505	muuurikuuuh
How did Chechnya fall into radical Islamism while Bosnia & Herzegovina, despite being under even more direct support by Islamists and Jihadists than Chechnya, stayed a secular state?	505	Xxxn00bpwnR69xxX
How much did Band Aid/USA for Africa/Live Aid really help starving people in Africa in the long run?	505	Doctor_Sleepless
There were times after the Reconquista where Spain was especially vulnerable, for example: Napoleons invasion. Were there ever any plans by Morocco to collaborate with France in these invasions of Spain? What was going on in Morocco that made them so uninvolved from European wars besides piracy?	505	qernanded
I am a Greek citizen-soldier in the 5th century BCE. As is custom, I have purchased my own armor and weapons. When I go to war, will I be wearing any sort of a uniform? If my formation is broken up, how am I supposed to tell my allies from my enemies?	505	Mr_Quinn
Leader of the SS, Ernst Röhm, was openly gay. Prior to Hitler’s approval to murder him, as well as the extermination of thousands of homosexuals, they were good friends. Can anyone explain this?	505	Lightning-blue-eyes
After WW2, the US occupied Japan and within a few years managed to turn it into a democratic country on course for stable economic growth and a close ally. What made this occupation so successful when later occupations of countries like Afghanistan and Iraq have failed miserably?	505	GravlaxBurritos
Did the US government have any concern about maintaining the capital as Washington DC as they were expanding westward? Was there any plan to shift the capital westward so as to better rule the country?	505	Arisdoodlesaurus
American Comic book author Rob Liefeld is... not well regarded by most of the internet's comics book fans, with many of his drawings becoming mainstays in "bad anatomy" complications. But how was he recieved in the mid 90s when many of his most infamous illustrations were actually published?	505	SaintShrink

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