/u/Tiako's posts
After the French exit from Vietnam, the Hmong had conflicts with both North and South, but are most famous as CIA backed guerrilla fighters. Is this perception accurate, and if so, what were their motivations for picking a side?
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How did the wealth of different groups of upper class (both between different countries and between different ways of getting wealth) compare in the late nineteenth century?
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many European military officers were employed in places like Japan, Hyderabad, and the Ottoman Empire to help train and modernize the army. What was their relationship like with the men and non-European officials?
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Many old stereotypes of Jewish people tended to portray them as petty thieves, con men and radical anarchists. How did those perceptions and prejudices change?
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In the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many European military officers were employed in places like Japan, Hyderabad, and the Ottoman Empire to help train and modernize the army. What was their relationship like with the men and non-European officials?
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How were the militia in colonial America organized? How did, say, North Carolina or Maryland raise armies?
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What is the history of US relations with Mexico? Has it "always" been seen as backwards and "third world"? Has it always been seen as a source of problems for US society?
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