Hi, Just finished 'The Third Reich' Trilogy by Richard J Evans and found it really informative and easy to understand. Listening to some of Evans brief contextual commentary on the USSR made me hope there is a similar style of book for the USSR out there. The coming of, in power, at war, cold war, collapse of Any help would be great!

To be clear, specifically, I'm wondering if the persons present for the reading of the verdict in "Bridge of Spies" were applauding because they personally were pleased with the result or if they were applauding because there would be repercussions from the government (of any level) if they did not.

I've read the wikipedia page, but just want some more clarification. What happened to Federal troops and resources on Confederate soil when each state seceded? Did any state try to take possession of the bases or arrest federal troops? Did any federal troops fight back?

Someone I know has apparently done some research on this. She says that while there have been societies that have accepted gay people and where it has been very public, the concept of gay marriage is new (at least in societies that had the concept of marriage as we know it).

Is she right about that?

If so, which fetishes are documented? What was people's attitude towards them? Did they understand them at all? Was there any move towards a recognition or characterisation as we see today, or were they just seen as individual perversions/preferences?

I was always taught the north was fighting against slavery. So why would people riot over the Emancipation Proclamation? I saw this in a documentary, but when I searched some data bases to get more info I came up blank.

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I'm curious as to when humans first set sail at sea.

If we don't know when the first one ever was, what's the earliest recorded one we know of? Where was it to?

I have heard many opinions from the Church supporting the Nazis, tolerating the Nazi to actively working against the Nazis.

While I am sure to some degree all the above are true for individual priests and bishops, is there any compelling evidence of the Vatican's official position or even official behind the scenes efforts to work against the Nazis?

Thanks in advance for any and all insight.

We've probably all heard of the Rosetta Stone or Beowulf, and their contributions to the understanding of ancient languages. What are some other examples of documents such as these? What were the other keys to cracking various linguistic codes of the past?

I know one major point has to do with the revolution putting France deeper into debt. Can someone please elaborate or give me more examples of implications?

Not sure if this is the appropriate subreddit for this request. I apologize in advance. As the title says. I was assigned a two page essay on a critical article about Thomas Paine's "Common sense". I have been googling for most of the morning but cannot seem to find a decent critical article that is credible, or the author talking about the text. Any help would be appreciated.

I've read it somewhere.