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UN resolutions have an incredibly idiosyncratic format. Where did this come from and how did it come about?

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When Marx wrote that "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism", was it? How influential was communism in 1848?

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What should I be reading to go along with Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities when studying nationalism?

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Was the counter-reformation a coherent policy, or should we view developments like baroque architecture and the Jesuit order as distinct efforts under some kind of larger umbrella? And did it work?

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Watching The Lion in Winter, was Phillip II so powerful at the time (1183) that he had seemingly all of the Plantagenets aching for a deal, or was his recovery of France more contingent/protracted?

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Why did square-rigged sailing ships dominate the age of sail despite the the advantages of lateen (triangle) sails in going upwind?

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How did Clausewitz and Jomini differ on their concept of civil-military relations?

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Meta: How do you keep up with scholarship in foreign languages?

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My understanding is that artillery was responsible for the vast majority of 20th century conventional military casualties. When exactly did that become the case?

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Was Abraham Lincoln unusually harassed by office-seekers?

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UN resolutions have an incredibly idiosyncratic format. Where did this come from and how did it come about?	32	AskHistorians
When Marx wrote that "A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism", was it? How influential was communism in 1848?	29	AskHistorians
What should I be reading to go along with Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities when studying nationalism?	27	AskHistorians
Was the counter-reformation a coherent policy, or should we view developments like baroque architecture and the Jesuit order as distinct efforts under some kind of larger umbrella? And did it work?	20	AskHistorians
Watching The Lion in Winter, was Phillip II so powerful at the time (1183) that he had seemingly all of the Plantagenets aching for a deal, or was his recovery of France more contingent/protracted?	20	AskHistorians
Why did square-rigged sailing ships dominate the age of sail despite the the advantages of lateen (triangle) sails in going upwind?	16	AskHistorians
How did Clausewitz and Jomini differ on their concept of civil-military relations?	14	AskHistorians
Meta: How do you keep up with scholarship in foreign languages?	13	AskHistorians
My understanding is that artillery was responsible for the vast majority of 20th century conventional military casualties. When exactly did that become the case?	12	AskHistorians
Was Abraham Lincoln unusually harassed by office-seekers?	11	AskHistorians