I've heard bits and pieces about how much of Central America was mired in civil war in the 80s, with the U.S. supporting certain right-wing groups during this time.

For example, Óscar Romero's murder and recent elevation to sainthood, the murder of American nuns in El Savador, El Mozote and the attempts by Elliott Abrams to obfuscate it, the This American Life episode on Dos Erres, John Negroponte and Battalion 3-16 in Honduras, The School of the Americas, American Made, Iran-Contra... Only I don't have a good overall picture of the conflict and events.

Are there any good introductions - either books, documentaries or podcasts - on this chapter of Central America's history and the U.S.' involvement in it?

Germany was made to pay reparations to the allies due to the Treaty of Versailles which meant that they needed to print money and really fast which ended up causing hyper inflation. There are photos on the internet of kids playing with stacks of money because it just wasn't worth anything. How did they end up stabilizing their economy? what happened to all of the money that they had just lying around?

There is the long running trope of white people claiming ancestry from a 'Cherokee Princess', which of course is in the news again due to Sen. Warren's longstanding claims and recent DNA test results (whole 'nother issue there, though). At its face, it comes off as a pretty absurd claim for so many people to have, yet I've met multiple people in the past who make it, and at its most basic, my reaction is "surely there can't have been that many Cherokee Princesses, right?" but of course looking at the claim more analytically, it raises several questions which I'm quite interested in.

First, of course, is whether the Cherokee, or other indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, had a concept of nobility and royalty that included a station actually comparable to that of 'princess' or other European ranks?

Furthermore, if so was this something that predated European contact, something that was influenced by the arriving colonial powers, or entirely a European attempt to understand system of class that was alien to them so they simply applied pre-existing titles which didn't fit all that well?

Finally, I'm also somewhat interested in the trope itself. My guess is that it originates heavily from the mythos surrounding Pocahontas, descent from whom is proudly trumpeted by the 'First Families of Virginia', but of course she was not Cherokee, so what is it about the Cherokee that attached their name to this trope so prominently?

Or better yet were they notified by mail? Was it in person at the draft office once they were deemed fit to serve? I'm writing a story set in the 1940s and have virtually no concept of how the draft worked.

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Another question I have is was it possible for more than one immediate family member to be involuntarily drafted?

I'm interested in Japanese history up until around 1600.

Sorry for the broad question, just wanted to know if there are any big differences/discrepancies between the hit movie & the historic event.

I’m aware of the intentionalism vs functionalism debate but I don’t know if structuralism is just a synonym for functionalism.

The Chinese of course rather famously built a wall to keep northern invaders out. However, I am interested in how far the Chinese themselves dared to venture. What was the northernmost point to come into the Chinese sphere, at any point in history? Are there any accounts of Chinese explorers going north, deep into Siberia, in the way that Xuanzong went west or Zheng He travelled the oceans?

While listening to the Hamilton soundtrack, the musical mentions that Hamilton tried the country's first murder trial. In the musical Hamilton boastfully states, "I practice the law, I practically perfected it..."

I don't take the musical to be an authoritative source, of course, but was curious - do we have objective evidence of Hamilton's success (or failure) as a private practice attorney?

I tried google and I tried my local library, but none gave me a satisfying answer, so I'm trusting in Reddit. Don't let me down Reddit. You haven't before.

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As in Topless 8 pack warriors running around with spears and shields ?