/u/nowlan101's posts

Title	Upvotes	Subreddit
“Are we overlooking the idea she may be very attracted to me??”	34	buffy
In the last 500 years of Western Christianity we've seen the "popular" perception of God change from a wrathful, angry one that hates humans, to a loving father that protects us. Did anything like that occur in the Roman Empire with their gods? How did perceptions of them change over 1000 years?	34	AskHistorians
I often read or hear about terrible famines in Russia, Iran, China, India, Ireland, and Ukraine but what about the U.S.? Have we ever experienced a famine? If so, why? If not, also why?	33	AskHistorians
I know that in the past the size, strength, and casualties of an army were often exaggerated or inaccurate. At what point in history can we say the estimates of an army's size and casualties are reliable?	33	AskHistorians
In the United States Elim Klimov’s 1985 film Come See is ranked among the best anti-war films ever made for its unflinching portrayal of the brutality of the Second World War. How did ordinary Russians and Soviet veterans react to the movie?	32	AskHistorians
When Afrocentrism and Black Power rose in the United States we saw a change in the names of African Americans from what Europeans had given their ancestors during slavery to something more in touch with their own roots. Was there a similar movement in Latin America?	32	AskHistorians
In 1929, Ford Manufacturing signed a historic agreement with the Soviet Union to help produce cars for the fledgling nation. Consider the first Red Scare was only a decade earlier, was there any backlash from the public for trading with a perceived enemy of democracy and capitalism?	31	AskHistorians
During the Allied Occupation of Germany, U.S. Generals and soldiers complained about black soldiers "contaminating" white blood through fraternization with German women. Did anybody see the irony in that considering, what the Nazis goals were?	30	AskHistorians
By 1944, FDR had finished his third term and was running for an unprecedented fourth. In light of that, the enormous War Powers granted to him by Congress and his internment of American citizens, were there any concerns about dictatorship?	30	AskHistorians
I recently read an AMA by a former soldier in the Red Army who was drafted from Azerbaijan. He said that it was common for Russian soldiers to make racist remarks toward him about his skin. Was this a unique occurrence that happened to him? Or was it common?	30	AskHistorians

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