There are several factors I have considered for this but no conclusions I draw are really that satisfying, got any answers?
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I am currently reading Training for Policy Makers (Dror, 2006), in which the author accentuates the importance of history for future leaders:
[...] one or two books providing a vista of long-term history, a text or two on the dynamics of history, and another book or two in philosophy of history and historiography. More realistic when maximum reading requirements are limited is demonstrating thinking-in-history and exercising it by application to select grand-policy spaces.
The trouble is that I am not very familiar with these historical disciplines and the author is pretty vague when it comes to actual recommendations. I was wondering what were some good history books for "long-term history", "dynamics of history", "philosophy of history", and "historiography".
Also, I am interested in reading Orientalism by Said, and I was wondering in which category did this book fall.
I apologise if this is not the right subreddit in which I should post this, so feel free to redirect me somewhere else if needed be.
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The picture.
This is my best bet, because I would figure somewhere out there theres someone who knows a bit about the Iraqi military burning the oilfields of Kuwait and those who fought to stop the fires. This still is from the film "Fires of Kuwait" for context. Please let me know if this not allowed and I'll remove. Thank you for your time and knowledge.
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Why did the Revolutionists feel the need to continue their War, when the terms of the Carlisle Commission would have granted them everything they had been fighting for -- nearly virtual independence and all grievances with the British empire addressed?
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In another thread I came across a post indicating the role of the police in the United States switched from peace keeping to "law enforcement" during the Nixon administration. The poster stated that this change affected the relationship between police and civilians as now the main job of police was to find law breakers/criminals versus protection/peace keeping. Is this assertion accurate?
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E: Oh sorry this is a bit of a title gore, hope it's still legible.
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Today:
Saturday Reading and Research will focus on exactly that: the history you have been reading this week and the research you've been working on. It's also the prime thread for requesting books on a particular subject. As with all our weekly features, this thread will be lightly moderated.
So, encountered a recent biography of Stalin that revealed all about his addiction to ragtime piano? Delved into a horrendous piece of presentist and sexist psycho-evolutionary mumbo-jumbo and want to tell us about how bad it was? Need help finding the right book to give the historian in your family? Then this is the thread for you!
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Metal bits like Sutton-Hoo? Cloth, animal hide? Paint? Depictions of animals, symbols, runes, deities?
What colours did they use? Apparently Vikings thought pale blue and pale yellow were homosexual and garish colours, did Anglo-Saxons think that as well?
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His farm is supposedly in Merida, Spain and here is a pic of his wife. She does not look like I what would imagine typical a Celtiberian would. Is this historically accurate or a misrepresentation of Spain coming from a modern post-North African invasion perspective?
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After reading several explanations, I wondered what the actual truth is ?
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Sterling Castle was besieged in 1304. Apparently, it was one of the most exemplary sieges. Edward I's army used 12 siege engine and even tested a trebuchet prototype. The siege lasted 4 months. The garrison consisted only out of 30 men. How is this possible? I know castles are supposed to be easy to defend. But I seriously can't imagine how 30 men could hold on to a castle longer than a week before the besieging Royal Army decides to ladder the damn walls.
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Couldn't someone with a ship just go on their own trip without the mandate of a King and just go exploring? That's what people did back then didn't they? They'd explore?
Maybe some odd objects found in America with distinctly Roman Anglo styles and features which predate known trips to the Americas were from people who visited without telling anyone.
People who just crossed the Atlantic on their own.
???
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I was recently in Atlanta and curious why they picked that spot to settle and what factors made people want to settle there?
There's no coast, I don't think there's any river for shipping routes, I'm always surprised the city is so big. What factors contributed to its growth when it isn't like a typical American city.
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I always read in Chinese history about how the Manchus forced the subjugated Han people to adopt their hairstyle as a means of snuffing out their culture and thus their resistance to Manchu rule, though what's never explained is why the Manchus themselves have such a haircut in the first place. And its been bugging me for years.
The same question arises when I see Japanese period dramas that feature Samurai warriors with a near bald top, again I find no explanation for it.
I notice this phenomenon in many of the nomadic or warrior-like cultures in history (including the Mongols), but never could I find the proper reason for why they went for such a haircut.
(A physics teacher once jokingly told our class that since these guys always rode on horses, having a bald head probably makes them more aerodynamic and thus travel much faster, allowing them to conquer more. )
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There are wars constantly being fought within the Middle East on theological grounds, but did Muslims from the Middle East ever fight with Muslims from (what is today) India because of disagreements over their religion?
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