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I always hear how it’s a war that pitted family’s brothers vs brothers. But is that just a figure of speech for your fellow Americans or is there any accounts of brothers being on opposing sides of the war/of a battle?

I am especially curious as to whether the Revolution spearheaded the Soviet intervention, and if it did what was the thinking of the Soviet political elite? Did they plan the intervention beforehand and had to just deal with the fallout from the revolution, or did the Revolution trigger the whole affair that eventually became one of the reasons for the collapse of the soviet union?

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Specifically compared to the other extermination center camps. When you look at Birkenau, it had a missive number of bunks within its portion of the greater Auschwitz complex where Treblinka and Sobibor were much smaller in scale despite serving the same purpose.

Upon Landing in the Americas the native populations did not have access to armor penetrating weapons like the Europeans did. Why didn't armor come back into fashion? I imagine being protected from native arrows weapons would be a pretty large benefit.

I don't recall ever learning about how the Civil Rights era effected Hispanic and Latino Americans. The only ideas I have on the subject are stories from my dad of growing up in Texas in the 1960s. How were they effected by it all? Were they considered white or colored?

The books I'm talking about are:

• Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World

• The Basque History of the World

• Salt: A World History

I’m curious how “Marxist” history differs from other ways of thinking about historical events, and how well it is accepted among historians. I have very little understanding of modern Marxism, but one feature of Marxism that seems at odds with historian’s thinking is the idea of some sort of natural progress in an economy/society that leads to a specific ideology (communism). My understanding is that historians generally don’t like talking about “progress” in history, since every event has a complicated and unique set of circumstances leading up to it.

More generally, Marxism might lead you to pay more attention to the economic and class conditions of the people you are studying, but that that doesn’t seem to be specific to marxism anymore. I would think all historians would try to consider the importance of class and wealth in their work. Since I don’t know a lot about Marxism I’m wondering if these are valid concerns. What else should I think about? How does Marxist thought influence historians?

How did Aboriginal Australians keep warm in the winter without clothes? to think that the winter nights even in the warmer parts of Australia can get quite cold how did aboriginals keep warm during these times without clothing (unless they did use clothing if so what did they use)

Thanks

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The few reviews I’ve found describe it as the best in-depth treat ment of Germany in WW2 and consider it the official german hitory of the topic.

Anyone here read it? Is it really that good?

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