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Why did the British think it was a good idea to group the three ex-Ottoman provinces of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, containing Kurds and Sunni and Shiite Arabs with such stark ethno-sectarian differences, into the modern state of Iraq in 1921?

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In 'Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914', Chris Clarke mentions that prior to the war France considered an offensive attack against Germany through Belgium, but dropped it when the British said that in such a case they would not intervene on the side of France. Is this true?

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So I'm reading Volume Two of Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin' and in it he argues that the famine in Ukraine was not deliberate. Is this a break with mainstream history regarding the issue?

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I'm currently reading War and Peace and I have a question.

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Slavoj Žižek argues that Ukraine experienced its best years under Lenin. Is this true?

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Allegedly, in 1990, James Baker pledged to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not extent eastward. Some claim that this promise was actually made while others claim that it's nothing more than a myth. Which is it?

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How did the British reconcile their belief in the divine right of kings with the Act of Settlement 1701 and denying James Stuart's claim to the throne?

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To what extent was Belgium involved in Patrice Lumumba's assassination?

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What actually happened to Mehdi Ben Barka?

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Any good books on Hafez Al-Assad and Syria under his rule?

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Why did the British think it was a good idea to group the three ex-Ottoman provinces of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra, containing Kurds and Sunni and Shiite Arabs with such stark ethno-sectarian differences, into the modern state of Iraq in 1921?	627
In 'Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914', Chris Clarke mentions that prior to the war France considered an offensive attack against Germany through Belgium, but dropped it when the British said that in such a case they would not intervene on the side of France. Is this true?	313
So I'm reading Volume Two of Stephen Kotkin's 'Stalin' and in it he argues that the famine in Ukraine was not deliberate. Is this a break with mainstream history regarding the issue?	138
I'm currently reading War and Peace and I have a question.	60
Slavoj Žižek argues that Ukraine experienced its best years under Lenin. Is this true?	54
Allegedly, in 1990, James Baker pledged to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would not extent eastward. Some claim that this promise was actually made while others claim that it's nothing more than a myth. Which is it?	52
How did the British reconcile their belief in the divine right of kings with the Act of Settlement 1701 and denying James Stuart's claim to the throne?	14
To what extent was Belgium involved in Patrice Lumumba's assassination?	14
What actually happened to Mehdi Ben Barka?	7
Any good books on Hafez Al-Assad and Syria under his rule?	2