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Why did the CIA Director Richard Helms order for employees of CIA to destroy, in 1973, many classified files pertaining to MKUltra, namely their work with LSD?

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Why didn't Bill Clinton intervene in the Rwandan Genocide in 1994?

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Are the pieces in Francisco Goya's The Disasters of War series accurate in depicting Spanish resistance and French counter-resistance during the Peninsula War?

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Is the American's perception of Benedict Arnold's behaviour correct, or has it been swayed due to bitter American Historiography? Was he this awful traitor, or was his move over to the British side due to him not being appreciated by the Americans?

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How did the Faroe Islands get into the hands of the Kingdom of Denmark? Is it a colony or constituted as something else?

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Why did Eisenhower refuse to answer the French Army's call for aerial bombardment against the Ho Chi Minh's forces during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?

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Why did France promise Poland, in September 1939, that they would counter-attack the Nazis but never did bar some minor? Was it a measly attempt of deterring the Nazis, or were they not ready for the time-frame they had set out?

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Why did the U.S. choose to build their desired canal across Central America in Panama, and not in the earlier preferred Nicaraguan region?

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Concerning the theory of eliminationist antisemitism

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Is there any other example of Copenhagenization throughout History other than the British's Napoleonic invasion of Copenhagen?

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Why did the CIA Director Richard Helms order for employees of CIA to destroy, in 1973, many classified files pertaining to MKUltra, namely their work with LSD?	2155
Why didn't Bill Clinton intervene in the Rwandan Genocide in 1994?	55
Are the pieces in Francisco Goya's The Disasters of War series accurate in depicting Spanish resistance and French counter-resistance during the Peninsula War?	32
Is the American's perception of Benedict Arnold's behaviour correct, or has it been swayed due to bitter American Historiography? Was he this awful traitor, or was his move over to the British side due to him not being appreciated by the Americans?	16
How did the Faroe Islands get into the hands of the Kingdom of Denmark? Is it a colony or constituted as something else?	16
Why did Eisenhower refuse to answer the French Army's call for aerial bombardment against the Ho Chi Minh's forces during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu?	14
Why did France promise Poland, in September 1939, that they would counter-attack the Nazis but never did bar some minor? Was it a measly attempt of deterring the Nazis, or were they not ready for the time-frame they had set out?	13
Why did the U.S. choose to build their desired canal across Central America in Panama, and not in the earlier preferred Nicaraguan region?	7
Concerning the theory of eliminationist antisemitism	6
Is there any other example of Copenhagenization throughout History other than the British's Napoleonic invasion of Copenhagen?	2