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The Wikipedia article on the XYZ Affair reports that the solicitation of bribes as a precursor to negotiation was a normal part of diplomacy at the time. Why then were the Americans offended? Were they not wise to the ways of the world? Or were they believers in republican virtue?

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What was the Vietnamese reaction to the My Lai massacre? Was information suppressed in South Vietnam, and was it used for propaganda by North Vietnam and by the Vietcong?

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Was the end of apartheid effected by the collapse of the USSR to a meaningful degree, or was all driven by domestic and non-cold war-y foreign relations forces?

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What was the relationship of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the white minority government of South Africa during apartheid?

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What caused Sultan Abdul Hamid II to start and then shortly end the Ottoman First Constitutional Era?

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Is anything else known about the life of Noah Blake, the boy whose 1805 diary was published with elaborations by Eric Sloane?

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Was Catholic Leopold II succeeding Lutheran Leopold I a big deal at the time?

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Did Kim Il-Sung making his son heir draw any criticism from other Communist countries?

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How were Displaced Persons camps in the aftermath of WW2 organized?

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Did Shinto practice in Korea end with independence?

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The Wikipedia article on the XYZ Affair reports that the solicitation of bribes as a precursor to negotiation was a normal part of diplomacy at the time. Why then were the Americans offended? Were they not wise to the ways of the world? Or were they believers in republican virtue?	2
What was the Vietnamese reaction to the My Lai massacre? Was information suppressed in South Vietnam, and was it used for propaganda by North Vietnam and by the Vietcong?	2
Was the end of apartheid effected by the collapse of the USSR to a meaningful degree, or was all driven by domestic and non-cold war-y foreign relations forces?	2
What was the relationship of the Inkatha Freedom Party and the white minority government of South Africa during apartheid?	2
What caused Sultan Abdul Hamid II to start and then shortly end the Ottoman First Constitutional Era?	2
Is anything else known about the life of Noah Blake, the boy whose 1805 diary was published with elaborations by Eric Sloane?	2
Was Catholic Leopold II succeeding Lutheran Leopold I a big deal at the time?	1
Did Kim Il-Sung making his son heir draw any criticism from other Communist countries?	1
How were Displaced Persons camps in the aftermath of WW2 organized?	1
Did Shinto practice in Korea end with independence?	1