was recently thinking about Fallout and how they use actual songs from the Cold War. One of the songs, "Atom Bomb Baby" is a cheerful song from 1957 about nuclear weaponry.

Would a song like that be viewed as in poor taste, since many people at the time genuinely thought they were going to die as a result of a nuclear war?

It's often depicted in films soldiers carrying their full pack into battle, but surely you'd have more effective fighters if they only had cartridges, weapon, bayonet and water?

So I have been trying to read a bit on British rule in Southern Africa (not for any particular reason - just my own interest)

And I recently was reading up on the formation and collapse of Rhodesia.

According to Wikipedia when Ian Smith declared the independence of Rhodesia in 1965, it created 'outrage' in Britain. Is this the case and if so why?

My understanding is Rhodesia had been largely self-governing since the mid-20's? Why would the British be particularly shocked or outraged about this happening? Wouldn't it have been seen as inevitability.

This also comes not long after Harold Macmillan's 'Wind of Change' speech in Cape Town.

The British had accepted independence movements were sweeping across the continent - why would they have been specifically outraged at Rhodesia?

What led to Smith declaring independence when he did, was it solely because of McMillan's Cape Town speech? Did they feel the 'motherland' was abandoning Africa post war?

And finally what was the general international response to the declaration? Was there a reaction from the US, other European powers and particularly other African states?

Hi there. I recently watched Mel Gibson's Apocalypto and have since found myself really interested in Mesoamerica civilizations. I know Apocalypto takes a lot of liberties with historical accuracy and I've spent the past few days looking up the fact from fiction.

Can anyone recommend me good books, films, or documentaries to learn more about Mesoamerica civilizations, their first interactions with the Spanish, and their decline. There just seems to be so much I don't know where to start! Thank you.

For example in the us or England or Spain, Poland?

Did they got jailed? How did the "common" people treated them? Was there racism? Fights?

What happened to them? During war and after?

As the title states, I'm looking for Marxist works on this subject specifically. If anyone is able to explain a Marxist view in reference to a work, that would be appreciated, but what I require most is the works themselves to read myself.

Thanks in advance.

I am looking for the work of some Marxist historians on the Holocaust, in the area of the "intentionalist vs functionalist" debate and in the general nature of the Holocaust itself and what in the Nazi regime lead to it.

If any user here happens to know of any Marxist views on the Holocaust and can aptly explain it themselves, that too would be appreciated, but my foremost requirement is to get the names of some historical works.

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I saw a documentary on the kings of England and in it, they said that since the battle of Hastings, where the Anglo Saxon King was defeated, all kings since then where foreign, or not Anglo Saxon. Is this true, or partly true where the foreign leaders where defeated and power was restored to Anglo Saxon descendents, or it was restored by marrying a foreign queen and a Anglo Saxon man became king because he married ?

I know some interpretations may not be as accurate, so is this a heavily debated topic because Suni and Shia who disagree on Islamic legacy? I want to know more about the history of Islam and wonder if there are two different "versions" of it depending on association bias.

I can think of 2 stories of american pilots flying back home in German planes, was looking for more.

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