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In the US, what arguments were made that Iraq could successfully be turned into a democracy by American invasion?

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At what point was it understood that aircraft carriers had made battleships obsolete? How did the realization impact the navy's use of battleships?

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In the First World War, why was the Western Front so much more static than the Eastern Front?

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In 1917, the French enlisted soldiers mutinied on the Western Front, the Italians collapsed on the Alpine Front, and the Russians were knocked out of the war on the Eastern Front. So how did Germany manage to lose World War One the following year?

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Did Chinese and Japanese rulers and scientists have any thoughts about what lay to their east in the Pacific?

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Do historians have any theories as to why Western Europe has historically been more stable than Eastern Europe?

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Why did American slaveowners enslave Africans as opposed to Europeans or Native Americans?

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Why exactly did Apartheid end when it did?

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During the medieval era, why did it take so long to build cathedrals? And what motivated those in power to invest so much time and resources into them knowing that completion would occur after one's lifetime?

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Was the American Revolution really a revolution?

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In the US, what arguments were made that Iraq could successfully be turned into a democracy by American invasion?	16	AskHistorians
At what point was it understood that aircraft carriers had made battleships obsolete? How did the realization impact the navy's use of battleships?	16	AskHistorians
In the First World War, why was the Western Front so much more static than the Eastern Front?	16	AskHistorians
In 1917, the French enlisted soldiers mutinied on the Western Front, the Italians collapsed on the Alpine Front, and the Russians were knocked out of the war on the Eastern Front. So how did Germany manage to lose World War One the following year?	16	AskHistorians
Did Chinese and Japanese rulers and scientists have any thoughts about what lay to their east in the Pacific?	15	AskHistorians
Do historians have any theories as to why Western Europe has historically been more stable than Eastern Europe?	14	AskHistorians
Why did American slaveowners enslave Africans as opposed to Europeans or Native Americans?	13	AskHistorians
Why exactly did Apartheid end when it did?	13	AskHistorians
During the medieval era, why did it take so long to build cathedrals? And what motivated those in power to invest so much time and resources into them knowing that completion would occur after one's lifetime?	13	AskHistorians
Was the American Revolution really a revolution?	12	AskHistorians