Did the Wehrmacht consider these commando raids a threat? An annoyance?
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Please excuse me if this question has been answered before. I searched but didn't find an answer.
After Pickett's charge it seems as if the Army of Virginia was worn out. The battles of the round tops the day before had decimated Longstreet's corps and Pickett's charge chewed up another 3 Confederate divisions.
Federal forces at this time appear to have had many well-rested divisions in reserve.
Why didn't Meade counter-attack? It seems to me that he could have rolled up Lee's army before they had a chance to rest, reorganize and withdraw. Did Meade ever give a reason? Were there other factors at play?
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I'd like to find a good place I can learn about the history of Ukraine, I do not know much about the country or it's history outside of the Chernobyl disaster and having a friend who lives in Ukraine I think it'd be something worth learning but I don't really know what sources I should be looking in to to learn.
If anyone here knows anything about the history of Ukraine or anywhere I can find information on the topic I would like to know.
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Co. Aytch, obviously, which I have. Another I have is "Footprints of a Regiment" by a sergeant in the 1st Georgia regulars. I'm looking into getting the memoirs of Alexander Porter and Moxley Sorrel as well. Since there are no Union men on the list, if you have any feel free to share them. I'm wanting to build a collection of memoirs written by soldiers, and plan to eventually expand it to other wars.
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The patronage system obviously allowed some of our most celebrated artists to produce their work, but was that money ever a corrupting influence that essentially reduced the artist to a sponsored messenger?
"Artistic integrity" is a vague concept, but this is a question I've been wondering about for some time. Any insight would be welcome.
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I was reading some questions from the FAQ like this one pertaining to why Africa is weaker economically than most of the rest of the world, and the general consensus seemed to be that it is the legacy of colonialism. But Ethiopia is unique in that it fended off attempts at colonization and remained independent throughout the scramble for Africa. In spite of that, it is still comparable economically to other countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Why is this? Was its economy/resources dominated by colonial powers without "official" colonization? Even though it was not colonized directly, did the colonization of its neighbors prevent it from expanding economically somehow? If so, how?
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I've just wondered this for a while. Was metal forged first in large civilizations (I know bronze started showing up in places like Mesopotamia in 3000 or so BC) where there was more research into those things, or was it even before that (Cavemen sitting around a fire throwing rocks into it or something)?
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I'm confused as to why the Carthaginians wouldn't have eventually been worn out by the Romans, simply because the Romans had so many more fighting men that could jump in fresh and face the already tired Carthaginians when their comrades in front were killed. What made the encirclement such a huge factor?
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This need not be specific to a certain time period. Prior to sewage and septic systems, how were bathtubs emptied?
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When anyone thinks of concentration camps or the Holocaust, Auschwitz is the first example that seems to come to mind in many conversations. Why is this?
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Backstory: After much thought, I have decided to return to school to pursue a career as a Historian/Professor in History. I have had serious interest in history for my entire life but I did not major or minor in it during my undergrad although the thought remained in the back of my mind for a long time. I actually studied business and the few history classes I took, I considered as my fun classes but nothing I could make a career out of. After being out of school for a few years I realized that there are many things about being a professor of history I would love as it would combine many of my passions and interests. So now that I am looking at going back to school, it seems as though I have the option of trying to find a university that will allow me to return and get a second bachelor's degree (which would require more courses and more money) or I can return as a non-degree seeking student (which will require less courses and less money). Will my study of history in either capacity have a major impact on my eventual application to PHD programs?
Another option would be to go to a local community college to complete the undergraduate portion of a history major and then apply for a master's program. What would be the viability of this idea?
Sparknotes: To be competitive when applying to PHD programs for history, will it make a significant difference whether I have a second bachelors degree or have taken all the same courses of a history major but as a non-degree seeking student?
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Heyo, I'm baking spice cake for a production of the Diary of Anne Frank and I need to know what the typical shape/pan would be for that era. Bundt? Loaf? Round? HALLLLLP!
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My fiancé is looking to get into more history, but her preferred medium is a more narrative style as opposed to reading a textbook. For example something like the book Shogun which explores 17th century Japanese culture and history while telling the story of a character, fictional though he was. Or along the lines of Shelby Foote's Civil War narrative, or an biography that focuses on the life of a single figure while using it to branch out to explore the surrounding society and world, like Robert Massey's excellent book on Peter the Great. Is there any good reading along these lines about the Italian Renaissance?
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An example..
Egypt was "under the British" in the later part of the 1800s until the mid 1900s.
What does that mean or imply? Does it affect culture? politics? currency?
I don't get the concept itself or how it works. For instance, what changed in Egypt when it was "under" the British? What did that mean for Egypt?
What are the implications of being "under" an Empire or country?
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Thanks for all your great questions! I'll be checking in occasionally to answer any more that may arise. Author Ann Larabee will be answering questions about her book on Saturday, February 27, from 3-7pm. Below is a description of the book. Here is a link to an [excerpt from the book on Salon.] (http://www.salon.com/2015/08/02/how_to_build_a_nuclear_bomb_weve_demonized_books_but_are_we_any_safer/) And here is a panel of scholars (including Ann Larabee) talking about the history of terrorism.
Gun ownership rights are treated as sacred in America, but what happens when dissenters moved beyond firearm possession into the realm of high explosives? How should the state react? Ann Larabee's The Wrong Hands, a remarkable history of do-it-yourself weapons manuals from the late nineteenth century to the recent Boston Marathon bombing, traces how efforts to ferret out radicals willing to employ ever-more violent methods fueled the growth of the American security state. But over time, the government's increasingly forceful targeting of violent books and ideas-not the weapons themselves-threatened to undermine another core American right: free expression.
In the 1886 Haymarket Square bombing, a new form of revolutionary violence that had already made its mark in Europe arrived in the United States. At the subsequent trial, the judge allowed into evidence Johann Most's infamous The Science of Revolutionary Warfare, which allegedly served as a cookbook for the accused. Most's work was the first of a long line of explosive manuals relied on by radicals. By the 1960s, small publishers were drawing from publicly available US military sources to produce works that catered to a growing popular interest in DIY weapons making. The most famous was The Anarchist Cookbook (1971), which soon achieved legendary status-and a lasting presence in the courts. Even novels, such as William Pierce's The Turner Diaries, have served as evidence in prosecutions of right-wing radicals. More recently, websites explaining how to make all manner of weapons, including suicide vests, have proliferated.
The state's right to police such information has always hinged on whether the disseminators have legitimate First Amendment rights. Larabee ends with an analysis of the 1979 publication of instructions for making a nuclear weapon, which raises the ultimate question: should a society committed to free speech allow a manual for constructing such a weapon to disseminate freely? Both authoritative and eye-opening, The Wrong Hands will reshape our understanding of the history of radical violence and state repression in America.
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Hi there. I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if my question isn't terribly original. (I did check the popular questions section and the closest I could find was this, which wasn't as specific as I would have liked.)
My question: How did the USSR emerge from World War II as one of only two super powers given that it experienced more destruction than any other nation during the war?
According to Robert McMahon, for example, the Soviets lost 25 million people, had 6 million buildings destroyed, and saw "much of the country's industrial plant and productive farmland laid to waste" (McMahon, 2003). Oftentimes, the explanation I read for why the US emerged from the war as a major super power is that it was already an industrial power and that its losses were minimal compared to those suffered by England, France, Germany, Japan, and so on. But the USSR suffered far more than any of the preceding countries and had much of its industry destroyed during the course of the war. Given this distribution of destruction, I might have foreseen the rise of a unipolar world with the US being the world's sole super power.
I would be interested if anyone could clarify this issue for me.
Thanks!
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How do you call a defensive structure, like a castle, fort, wall or tower? Is there a group name?
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The Turks are a rather old and were once a dominant ethnic group globally via the Ottoman Empire. Why is Turkish not a more widespread and populous ethnicity considering the territory they held over their period of Rule over the Middle East and Balkans.
I do know that there was some Turkish settlement in Greece, but thats about all i know when it comes to further settlement of Turks.
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