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Did scientists have any expectations as to what the Trinity-explosion would look like, and if so, how accurate were these predictions?

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After Nazi surrender, how much documentation is there of people in Europe having mental breakdowns, because they had suppressed their trauma (from the violence/horror/genocide, etc.) through immersion in the war, and now the war was suddenly over, and they had to face their demons?

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From the start of US-KSA relations to 1998, to what extent have KSA-"control" and Gulf-"control" given the US power/dominance/leverage over the whole world, and HOW exactly does this "leverage" work/operate/manifest, insofar as it exists?

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What we know about how European civilians/soldiers during WWII handled the trauma they were facing, and what they did with it afterward?

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Before 9/11, how much did American citizens (like journalists) as well as the US government discuss/consider/evaluate the possibility of civilian aircraft being weaponized?

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What was Heisenberg's exact role in the Nazi bomb-effort?

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What role did the United States play in Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear weapons?

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How much evidence exists to support the claim that American planners wanted to attack Indochina in order to prevent independent development in that region?

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To what extent did cotton help to launch the US economy?

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How accurate is the claim that the US achieved its major war-aim in Vietnam, which was to destroy the "virus" of independent development?

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Did scientists have any expectations as to what the Trinity-explosion would look like, and if so, how accurate were these predictions?	44
After Nazi surrender, how much documentation is there of people in Europe having mental breakdowns, because they had suppressed their trauma (from the violence/horror/genocide, etc.) through immersion in the war, and now the war was suddenly over, and they had to face their demons?	16
From the start of US-KSA relations to 1998, to what extent have KSA-"control" and Gulf-"control" given the US power/dominance/leverage over the whole world, and HOW exactly does this "leverage" work/operate/manifest, insofar as it exists?	8
What we know about how European civilians/soldiers during WWII handled the trauma they were facing, and what they did with it afterward?	6
Before 9/11, how much did American citizens (like journalists) as well as the US government discuss/consider/evaluate the possibility of civilian aircraft being weaponized?	6
What was Heisenberg's exact role in the Nazi bomb-effort?	5
What role did the United States play in Pakistan's acquisition of nuclear weapons?	4
How much evidence exists to support the claim that American planners wanted to attack Indochina in order to prevent independent development in that region?	3
To what extent did cotton help to launch the US economy?	3
How accurate is the claim that the US achieved its major war-aim in Vietnam, which was to destroy the "virus" of independent development?	2