What is the Hague?

This is not something they went over in my European History class. When the news stations say that President Obama is in the Hague, are they saying he's in a town, a building or something else altogether?

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Ernst Frei and Erwin Borchers Were Two Germans who Fought for North Vietnam after Defecting from the French Foreign Legion... Could Anyone Spread More Light on Such Cases? Were there Later American Examples?

I found and read the following article on der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-41972690.html and found that Ernst Frei wrote a book about his experiences, but I'm hoping to get a bigger picture of such cases.

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Best book on the so called Crusader States? Is there any that covers its entirely?

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Can the historians here suggest good "101" or introductory books to each of your specific areas of expertise?

I see the book list at the sidebar, and while there are some books that are introductory (at least according to the description), I would like to know more. So, please experts, lay it on me.

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How did Soviet small arms become ubiqituous guerilla weaponry the world over?

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Why did Serbia start WWI?

I know that it was through the killing of Archduke Ferdinand but I want to know what led up to the assassination attempt. I know about the Austrian-Hungarian acquisition of the Slavic states of Bosnia and Herzegovina also but I need more then those reasons.

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How did the jews come to dominate media and law?

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These days, college fraternities are often associated with excessive partying and drinking. When fraternities were first founded, did they have a different purpose from today, and how did the then community perceive them?

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How accurate is "Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China" by Jung Chang?

I've been reading it and it's quite fascinating, so was wondering if anyone knows about the accuracy of the book.

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Did Germans regret supporting Hitler after learning of what he did?

I'm really interested in WWII history but I've never really heard anything about this.

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Any examples of a foreign, or domestic power succeeding and dismantling an insurgency permanently?

I was thinking about it before, iraq, vietnam, both unsuccessful examples of america trying to dismantle an insurgency, when america pulls out of Afghanistan, the taliban will re-take over. Are there any examples of a government successfully dismantling an insurgency?

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TIL the founder of one of the 4 schools of (Sunni) Islamic thought/law had the physical appearance of a stereotypical Scandinavian Viking. Q: What were the thoughts of Arabs about race/ethnicity? i.e. How did they see themselves and other peoples in terms of race/ethnicity?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_ibn_Anas

Malik ibn Anas, the founder of the Maliki school of Islamic thought/law, is described as being tall, stocky, blond, blue-eyed, thick-bearded, and very fair-skinned.

Clearly, his physical appearance was/is uncommon among Arabs, or else it probably wouldn't have been mentioned in the historical record. But still, nobody doubted his "Arabness" in the slightest as he came from a very prosperous and honorable family with a long history among the Arab tribes, which begs the question:

How did Arabs see themselves in terms of race/ethnicity and where did they draw lines between Arabs and non-Arabs?

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Which language would the United States speak, if it weren't english?

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Difference in infantry tactics between German and Americans during WWII?

What sort of doctrines and basic tactical plans did they have the differed from each other, were there any that were similar?

Say a company and US infantry and German infantry were given the same objective (capture a farm house), how would each handle this situation based on what we know about infantry tactics from that era.

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When did the British-French relationship changed from hated rivals to friendly allies ?

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Why did myscegenation happen so much more in central and south American colonies than it did in north America?

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Korea under Japanese occupation

Was there any serious challenges from koreans in the occupation like some sort of resistance movement?

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What happened to the equipment of the Wehrmacht after WW2?

According to this site the Wehrmacht had 18 million people in service from 1939-1945. When the war was over, who collected their helmets, rifles, boots, uniforms, and what about all the equipment that was in storages/factories?

Did the Americans or Soviets recycle any of the equipment? Did they reuse it, sell it to other nations/groups, or destroy it?

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WWII: What if Japan had declared war on the Soviet Union instead of the US

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why did israel support iran in the iran-iraq war and when did the mutual hate ensue?

wikipedia says Israel was supporting Iran during the Iran-Iraq war in the 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War

why was that? and why do they hate each other so much now? When did that start and what triggered it?

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Why did "White Australia" use a dictation test instead of a criterion openly based on ancestry?

It seems bizarre to me to have a policy called "White Australia" (or was it not officially called that?), and then enforce it in such a coy, euphemistic way.

If they didn't want non-white immigrants, why didn't they just ban non-white immigrants?

Is it because Australia was part of the British Empire at the time, and didn't have full freedom of action?

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Differences between the Roman republic and the Roman empire? also what are the similarities?

I need to make a Vin-diagram of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. So what are the differences and similarities. I need very close detail so like the differences between their law, architecture, languages, science, etc. and a brief explanation of the two.

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Was there an organized exodus of Anglo-Saxons after the Norman Invasion?

I was reading about the Varangian Guard and there was mention of an influx of Anglo-Saxons joining after the Norman Invasion. Specifically, it stated that in 1088 around 5000 Anglo-Saxons emigrated to the Byzantine Empire in 235 ships. Was this just one example of an organized departure from England?

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TIL that Kokura, Japan was the original target for the 2nd Nuclear Bomb in Japan. However, it was too cloudy to drop it on Kokura and Nagasaki was a secondary target. Why did the Allies believe Kokura was a more valuable military target than Nagasaki?

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The Byzantines favored blinding to remove a potential rival from politics. How did the act of blinding take place? What was the favored method for blinding someone? What tools were used?

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