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Napoleon famously considered torture as close to useless for the acquisition of intelligence, was this position informed by personal experience in anyway?	4
How widespread and successful were espionage efforts among China, North Korea, South Korea and Japan? Did moles and spy-rings exist as they did in the USSR and USA?	4
How has Communism interpreted the pre-Marxist Maximilien Robespierre? Is it naive to assume that his concepts of defending a revolution, purging it's possible detractors and targeting the formal 'elite' would have appealed to later movements in Russia, China, Cuba etc?	4
Is there a resource for extant Papal documents of the Medieval period anyone could suggest? Treaties, bulls, etc. English translations would be great, but Latin or Italian could also work. Thank you!	4
When and why did golf become so popular in Japan?	4
During the Cold War and its associated antagonism between the USSR and the Vatican, was Rome's position complicated at all by the Christian Communist assertion that early Church societies organised themselves along Marxist-style lines?	3
Has there ever been a notable attempt by an individual or institution in Church history to 'rehabilitate' Judas Iscariot?	3
Monkeys as waiting staff in Acient Egypt: Did this really exist and were they employed in other roles too?	3
Was there discontent within the US political establishment at Gerald Ford's rise to VP and then POTUS without partaking in a popular vote for either office? Did this 'unconventional' route undermine his mandate and/or popularity?	3
Can you recommend the best history of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican2)? I am looking not just for a collection of documents, but also for a narrative history of the sessions, institutions and key personalities. Thank you!	3

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