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When Brezhnev pursued his cult of personality, such as his awarding himself dozens of undeserved medals, what was the reaction of Communist parties / states outside the Iron Curtain in the 1970s?	5
What motivated Vietnamese troops to fight for the French during the First Indochina War? How did their experience differ from other French / colonial troops during and after the war? And how many of them formed the backbone of the South Vietnamese gov't and military?	5
Were slave collars actually seen as a more humane implement for slaves by Christians during and after Constantine's time (as a replacement for the outlawing of branding / tattoing a runaway slave's face)	5
Did Horatio Nelson help delay the abolition of slavery when he spoke out in favor of perpetuating it in Parliament? I understand he has close ties with West Indies planters, so I assume he had no moral dilemma about it.	5
Were Filipino-Americans farm workers treated any differently from other laborers (white or non-white) before WWII because of the colonization? And did that status change after the war?	5
What accounts for the complete neutralization of the Ottoman naval threat in the Aegean during the 1st Balkan War? And why was that so crucial in explaining Ottoman defeat	5
How common, useful, and/or important were man-portable anti-tank weapons in WWII?	5
The first complaint brought up in the UN was Molotov questioning whether to allow in Argentina, citing FDR and Hull concerned about growing Argentine fascism in 1944. What were US relations with Argentina like during the war compared to other Latin American nations?	5
Indian South Africans lost their land and were put in townships due to apartheid with restricted movement. Why is it then that in 1994 2/3rds voted for the National Party that defended apartheid?	5
How did the int'l community (the United Nations, NATO, the Middle East, the Warsaw Pact and the Non-Aligned Movement, and any others with an interest) respond to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the establishment of North Cyprus in 1983?	5

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