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Why was Erwin Rommel, lionized by Nazi (and Allied) propaganda as a master general, never sent to command against the Soviet Union?

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There is a well-worn cliché about post-revolutionary and developing countries' governments having endemic corruption, poor rule of law, oligarchic dominance, and other habits of poor governance. To what extent did these things exist in the early United States?

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How was Saddam Hussein able to mobilize his majority-Shi'a population against Iran, the preeminent Shi'a nation in the region, during the Iran-Iraq War?

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When did it become inappropriate to use "Negro" to refer to African American people?

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A Russian-speaker/Stalinist Soviet-period person: found something interesting.

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Is there evidence suggesting that the United States would have gone to war with Germany in 1941 absent Hitler's declaration of war after Pearl Harbor?

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Was there a large backlash in Central and Western Europe against refugees fleeing from the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars of the early 90's?

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Why did Algeria become an integral part of France, as opposed to a mere colonial possession?

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How did non-Slavic Soviets fit into the Nazi race ideology?

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Why were Soviet forces able to cope with the brutal Russian winters better than the Germans?

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Why was Erwin Rommel, lionized by Nazi (and Allied) propaganda as a master general, never sent to command against the Soviet Union?	652
There is a well-worn cliché about post-revolutionary and developing countries' governments having endemic corruption, poor rule of law, oligarchic dominance, and other habits of poor governance. To what extent did these things exist in the early United States?	60
How was Saddam Hussein able to mobilize his majority-Shi'a population against Iran, the preeminent Shi'a nation in the region, during the Iran-Iraq War?	56
When did it become inappropriate to use "Negro" to refer to African American people?	50
A Russian-speaker/Stalinist Soviet-period person: found something interesting.	29
Is there evidence suggesting that the United States would have gone to war with Germany in 1941 absent Hitler's declaration of war after Pearl Harbor?	26
Was there a large backlash in Central and Western Europe against refugees fleeing from the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars of the early 90's?	22
Why did Algeria become an integral part of France, as opposed to a mere colonial possession?	18
How did non-Slavic Soviets fit into the Nazi race ideology?	15
Why were Soviet forces able to cope with the brutal Russian winters better than the Germans?	15