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I'm a new black recruit to the Rhodesian African Rifles in 1971. Why have I joined up?

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Did the Confederacy ever try to establish overseas colonies, or did it have any such plans?

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Charles Kock reckons that Calvin Coolidge 'cut government expenditures in half. Cut tax rates by two- thirds, reduced the national debt by a third and cut unemployment from 12% to 2.4%.' Is he right?

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What was Medieval music like?

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What was the impact of the Spanish Civil War in Latin America?

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Is there a consensus among historians of the Yugoslav Wars as to whether Đorđe Martinović was actually attacked by Albanian nationalists mimicking Ottoman impalement, or did he stick the beer bottle up his ass himself?

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Did the French education of many senior Khmer Rouge personnel influence their later crimes?

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Was the Reformation a mass-movement against a parasitic Church, or was the Reformation an elite project?

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Before the Civil War, Southern intellectuals proposed creating a slave superpower by expanding into Central America, the Caribbean and Northern South America. Did they ever consider how to integrate this giant Hispanophone, Catholic, mestizo territory with the WASP-dominated society of the South?

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How effective was the Italian Co-belligerent Army?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I'm a new black recruit to the Rhodesian African Rifles in 1971. Why have I joined up?	26
Did the Confederacy ever try to establish overseas colonies, or did it have any such plans?	24
Charles Kock reckons that Calvin Coolidge 'cut government expenditures in half. Cut tax rates by two- thirds, reduced the national debt by a third and cut unemployment from 12% to 2.4%.' Is he right?	23
What was Medieval music like?	22
What was the impact of the Spanish Civil War in Latin America?	20
Is there a consensus among historians of the Yugoslav Wars as to whether Đorđe Martinović was actually attacked by Albanian nationalists mimicking Ottoman impalement, or did he stick the beer bottle up his ass himself?	19
Did the French education of many senior Khmer Rouge personnel influence their later crimes?	17
Was the Reformation a mass-movement against a parasitic Church, or was the Reformation an elite project?	16
Before the Civil War, Southern intellectuals proposed creating a slave superpower by expanding into Central America, the Caribbean and Northern South America. Did they ever consider how to integrate this giant Hispanophone, Catholic, mestizo territory with the WASP-dominated society of the South?	15
How effective was the Italian Co-belligerent Army?	14