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What was the average soviet infantryman's experience in Afghanistan? How comparable is it to a American GIs experience in Vietnam?

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How did academia in Communist blocs interface with academia in the West? How much academic cross-fertilisation between the two worlds occurred during the cold war?

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How did we identify the busts of Roman emperors?

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Have we found fault lines on the surfaces of other planets?

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What is the history of conscription and its abolishment in Western militaries post world war 2?

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In Victorian Britain, beer was drunk to avoid water-borne diseases such as cholera. Were there similar practices of substituting water for alcohol outside Europe? How did Islamic societies make their water potable?

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What do historians think of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities?

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What are the given life expectancy of radio telephony operators in WW2 and Vietnam? Proportional to other combat vocations, how high/low were the casualty rates.

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How different were American and Soviet military doctrines?

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Have there ever been a situation where 2 superpowers coexisted without major conflict?

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What was the average soviet infantryman's experience in Afghanistan? How comparable is it to a American GIs experience in Vietnam?	1004	AskHistorians
How did academia in Communist blocs interface with academia in the West? How much academic cross-fertilisation between the two worlds occurred during the cold war?	65	AskHistorians
How did we identify the busts of Roman emperors?	28	AskHistorians
Have we found fault lines on the surfaces of other planets?	14	askscience
What is the history of conscription and its abolishment in Western militaries post world war 2?	14	AskHistorians
In Victorian Britain, beer was drunk to avoid water-borne diseases such as cholera. Were there similar practices of substituting water for alcohol outside Europe? How did Islamic societies make their water potable?	13	AskHistorians
What do historians think of Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities?	10	AskHistorians
What are the given life expectancy of radio telephony operators in WW2 and Vietnam? Proportional to other combat vocations, how high/low were the casualty rates.	9	AskHistorians
How different were American and Soviet military doctrines?	9	AskHistorians
Have there ever been a situation where 2 superpowers coexisted without major conflict?	5	AskHistorians