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Why is Winston Churchill not criticized with the same level of scrutiny as other war time leaders like FDR?	6
Where did the Danes in the early middle ages get the manpower to conquer such a vast territory.	6
Why did the authorities choose physical torture and restraint to deal with the patients of mental illnesses in the past, when the experts of psychology, criminology and sociology had already existed past in time?	6
I read that Epicurean communes expanded around the Mediterranean from 300BCE until 400AD, that they were precursors of Christian monasteries, and that up to 400,000 people were living in them at their height, also that Marx used them as a model for Communism. Why is this not more well known?	6
Hi historians, was the arab conquest of north africa comparable with the french colonisation of maghreb ?	6
What's the significance of "rovers" in the UK? There's a bunch of FCs, bands etc. named rovers going back to the 1800s but I can't find if it's a reference to something or where it started.	6
How did western journalists find out about the Tiananmen Square massacre?	6
What was the British Military's process and ceremony for burials at sea in the early 20th century?	6
Anti-war movements are a large part of modern American culture, from the Vietnam War up to the present. Were there any pacifist/anti-war movements during the Revolutionary War, Mexican-American War, Civil War or Spanish-American War? If so, how did they differ from those of the Vietnam Era?	6
I heard it claimed by a monarchist I know that the average Monarchy outlasts and is more stable than the average democracy. Is there any truth to this?	6

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