The distance it had to travel surely ruled out fighter escort, and however weak Japanese air defences were, a group of fighters would bring down a B-29? Was it just it's altitude and speed?

Is there a rough century or even decade when the shift was made?

I'm currently reading Carlyle's History of the French Revolution and loving it for its stunningly poetic prose. Can anyone recommend other history books with fiercely individual styles?

I was learning about prepositions in my German class the other day, and it pointed out that you use two different prepositions for "enclosed places" like a bank, and "public places" like a post office. My question is did the communist government of East Germany try to force grammar changes based on political beliefs?

Seeing as how Greek and Southern European missionaries went north to Russia and spread their faith there, and considering the cultural contacts between the (eastern) Norse people and east Europeans and Byzantines, where there ever any attempts by Greek or other people to convert the Vikings to orthodoxy?

Popular theory is that due to the alliance system etc Europe was on a path to a massive war in the early 20th century and even if Archduke Ferdinand hadn't been assassinated something would have lit the touchpaper.

Did people at the time feel that a new war was a foregone conclusion? And did the way the alliances were structured mean that the two sides were always going to be UK/France/Russia/USA v Germany/AustriaHungary/Ottomans?

I just took a American history course and I found that things were pretty biased in favour of the Union. Was it actually one sided or was there a chance of the Confederates winning?

In other words, who has had the longest dynasty?

I can't think of any that haven't been interrupted - however briefly - by civil war, abdication or coups.

I'm looking for books on the vietnam war, especially with analysis

So if for example the author says one of the reasons for the defeat of the US was that they lacked experts on asia/vietnam due to the McCarthy era, then he should mention statistic about how many people were dismissed or at least cite experiences or quotes of relevant people living during the time. Basically my point is that i would like the reasons for his assessment to be comprehensible to the reader.

It doesn't matter whether the book covers the whole war or just some aspect of it or if it is rly a book or some other resource (paper etc.).

I've been reading on Allied strategic bombing campaigns during WWII, but it does beg the question, did Russia ever consider or invest in long range bombing of German targets?

I've seen some movies that have war drums in the background. Is it just a fictional thing or were they really used when an army marched into battle?

It used to be fairly large in the 15th century so how did it lose so much territory despite the military it could have (presumably) raised

I'm researching John Rolfe, Thomas Rolfe and Pocahontas and I'm trying to evaluate Native American accounts and reconcile them with the standard historical accounts. I'm out of my depth re. the issues surrounding Oral Tradition. This is not homework, and I'm a teacher. Just trying to understand the issues better.

I love the movie Troy and am just wondering how accurate it is

Just knowing how polytheistic everyone was back in ancient times, I was wondering if any atheistic group ever formed and wrote down their views.

Background info that lead me to this question: My mother is a fair skinned Mexican from Guadalajara, my father is a darker skinned man from San Julian. Both sides of the family have relatives who are light skinned or have colored eyes. I've been told one of my relatives had orange hair when he was younger. I'm caramel skinned with brown eyes and dark brown hair, yet my facial hair is growing bright orange.

Question: What groups that colonized/settled in the Jalisco area of Mexico could have contributed to my orange facial hair?