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I've read that Stalin imported Western advisors from companies like Ford in the 1930's for the purpose of industrialization. Do we have any memoirs or accounts from those men or women?	84
What the hell was J. Edgar Hoover’s end goal? He had all this blackmail and leverage over several administrations and Presidents. He had the FBI wrapped around the tip of his finger. Did he have any designs on higher office? Or was he content to be a puppet master?	83
Over 3 million Muslim soldiers fought in the Russian Army during World War II. Why don't we know more about them? What was their experience like? Where did they come from?	82
How did the guitar, an instrument originally used in European classical music, end up in the hands of poor black sharecroppers?	82
In countries like Vietnam, Kenya, Algeria, and India, how were former colonial soldiers viewed in their countries after they achieved independence?	78
What was the Jefferson administration’s response to the Haitian Revolution? I’ve heard mixed responses. Some say it wanted to quash it, others say it supported it in principle but had to deal with realpolitik of the time. Which is true?	77
After the death of Joseph Stalin, were there any reforms in the Soviet government to prevent somebody like him from amassing power great enough to unleash something like The Great Terror?	76
What were relations like between the Marxist Derg of Ethiopia and Ethiopia’s Jewish population?	69
Why were the Mapuche people able to resist Spanish invasion for nearly 300 years?	68
In 1924, at the height Jim Crow Laws and immigration quotas, the Indian Citizenship Act was passed in Congress. How did expanding the voting base to more nonwhite citizens happen in such an environment?	67

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