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When did the United States begin using propaganda for nonmilitary purposes, such as promoting certain social/moral values?	1	AskHistorians
How did Tito manage to keep up good relations with both the Warsaw Pact and Nato and keep, "the dog, the cat, and the mouse" in Yugoslavia "in one bag." What was his actual strategy, and how did he manage it? Why weren't other countries able to do the same?	1	AskHistorians
Roman elites famously learned Greek as a second language for cultural/philosophical/networking purposes. Did Greek-speaking elites from the east learn Latin with as much enthusiasm?	1	AskHistorians
How much impact did Daniel Burnham's 1909 plan to turn Chicago into a "Paris on the Prairie," have on the city? How much of it was actually implemented?	1	AskHistorians
Did many of the 19th-century Ellis Island immigrants to the US decide America wasn't for them and go back home? How many? What factors lead some to stay and others to leave?	1	AskHistorians
There's a Roman inscription memorializing a Roman soldier/centurion who worked in a prison. Would this be a military prison? Did Roman prisons hold more than a few very high-value prisoners (Vercingetorix )? What do we know about Roman prisoners and how prisoners were treated?	1	AskHistorians
Did politicians involved with the Treaty of Versailles, or outside observers, view it as a vindictive mistake that would backfire when it was signed? Or did the desire to punish Germany leave people credulous?	1	AskHistorians
Plato was in favor of what we would call "eugenics," and wanted to maximize the number of people born from intelligent and beautiful parents. Did the Nazis base their eugenics program off his ideas?	1	AskHistorians
Soldiers of the classical era had long pikes, but none of the elaborate polearms developed in medieval times. Did the Romans and Greeks lack the metallurgical technology to make more complex polearms?	1	AskHistorians
In most of Europe, people take all or most of August off. When did this practice start? I was once told that the practice relates to the emperor Augustus and that lands once ruled by the Roman empire tend to take August off. Is there any truth to this?	1	AskHistorians

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