Hey everyone :) I'm a French student and I have to write a research paper for my class on education policy in America from 1960 to 1980 for my US civilisation class. I was wondering if anyone could give me their intake on that subject and maybe share some scholarly sources/printed elements that I could use for my work. I was planning on going to the library but since we're back in lockdown I can't really do that anymore ^^ I'm not asking for someone to write my paper but I thought it would be cool to get some of you guys' opinions. The sources are really important too as I don't have any way to go to the library to do my research. Thank you all for your time :)

I am fairly well versed in the history of global espionage, but African intelligence and security services are a bit of a blind spot. Any recommendations?

I’m reading about the English longbowmen of the Hundred Years War and the wealth that they earned through chevauchees in France. If he is first a farmer by trade, what could he spend this extra money on if social classes are rigid? I doubt a common soldier would gain enough wealth to become a landlord, so how exactly would extra wealth help him, aside from making his life more comfortable.

Surely there were contagious diseases in the New World for which the Europeans and other Afro-Eurasians had no immunity to?

Perhaps this is a bit too cynical, but I find it interesting how he has a dream, and all of a sudden converts a persecuted cult into the state religion (if I'm wrong about anything, please say so). Doesn't make much sense to me. Do we have reason to believe he did this for another reason, such as solidifying worship of the Emperor (sorta like the Ra cult in the 5th dynasty of Egypt)?

I’ve been interested in mythology for a while and only recently stumbled upon the fact that though many people know it for its grandiose tales of epics and odysseys, it isn’t considered a religion. We seem to call it mythology instead? Why is that? From what I know of it, Gods were worshipped and revered. Tales were spoken of and life lessons learned. It seems to check all the boxes for what a religion should be. Why then is it not considered one? We don’t for example have anyone left(afaik) that believes in mythology as anything other than myths, but back then, it was clear that it had as much power as any civilization’s major religion. Would the Ancient Greeks instead be counted as having no “religion” if Greek Gods didn’t fall under the category of religion?

(This may just be a question of semantics but hey, isn’t everything?)

Any good sources for accurate norse mythology? I know that there aren't too many totally accurate sources as most things were written hundreds of years after and are more dramatizations but I'm looking for something (book, movie, website, etc.) That is (at least somewhat) fairly accurate in the beliefs. Currently reading translation of poetic Edda by Jackson Crawford, and am planing on reading the prose Edda afterwards, but from what I've heard these are more preservations of literature rather than preservations of beliefs. Or am I wrong about most being dramatizations? Thanks for the help!

It sounds like another right-wing allegation accusing academia of a left-bias and that the left has all along been trying to hide "the truth" about their side.

While reading Brian Lavery's "A Short History Of Seafaring" it mentions that gally ships were still being built in Venice and other parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Why weren't the galleys phased out for more modern ships?

I've been very intrigued by the people surrounding Napoleon especially on the battlefield and would love to get an idea of what Napoleon thought of them. I've come across a few comments Napoleon has made about his Marshals but was looking for a source that would cover all of them (or at least most), providing as much detail as possible. Where would be a good place to start? Any books?

Clearly presidents that were assassinated/died in office didn’t go to the inauguration of the next president. But has a one-term president ever not gone to the inauguration of the guy that beat them?

I don’t know if this would be the right sub to ask on, so if it isn’t, I apologize! I’m currently working on getting my GED. I want to do online course for college in the history category, but I don’t know if I will/could keep up! I know I wanna try to get a bachelors, and after that, maybe further education into it. The main point of my question is though, could one be able to handle with just a GED diploma?

Every cultural reference to Johnson seems to be "LBJ" or "Lyndon B. Johnson". You never hear "Lyndon Johnson" like you do "Jimmy Carter" or "John Kennedy". Why? Was there some other Lyndon F. Johnson that people kept confusing him with?

France... oops.