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Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast is ending. Any reviews?

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Why is the fall of the Mississippi River considered a great blow to the Confederacy?

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Why didn't the non-Hmong in French Guiana grow fruits and vegetables?

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In the era of "gunboat diplomacy", the US Marine Corps was sometimes called "the State Department's Army". Did State help in occupations?

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Were canals from the 18th C on generally a waste of money?

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Was there a general European opinion about Nicholas II, Alexandra, and the Russian Empire in 1905-1917?

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How were communists and any Communist Party treated in the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)?

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What was the political structure of the 20th C Kingdom of Afghanistan?

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Anything important and newer than 40 years ago in the historiography of the "Princes in the Tower"?

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Soviet or Warsaw Pact "internal blowback from 1968"?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast is ending. Any reviews?	381
Why is the fall of the Mississippi River considered a great blow to the Confederacy?	68
Why didn't the non-Hmong in French Guiana grow fruits and vegetables?	39
In the era of "gunboat diplomacy", the US Marine Corps was sometimes called "the State Department's Army". Did State help in occupations?	27
Were canals from the 18th C on generally a waste of money?	7
Was there a general European opinion about Nicholas II, Alexandra, and the Russian Empire in 1905-1917?	5
How were communists and any Communist Party treated in the Second Polish Republic (1918–1939)?	5
What was the political structure of the 20th C Kingdom of Afghanistan?	5
Anything important and newer than 40 years ago in the historiography of the "Princes in the Tower"?	4
Soviet or Warsaw Pact "internal blowback from 1968"?	3