Right now we are studying Alfred Mahan and Henry Cabot Lodge's theories and ideas, and a thought popped in my head, what events in-between the 1900's and now led to such a large change in imperialistic views? The idea of claiming another land mass (e.g., Samoa, Hawaii, etc), was widespread and seemed completely normal.

Now, if another country even goes so far to step foot in another nation, you wouldn't find some politicians saying "Survival of the fittest!" and shrugging it off.

Another example would be Grover Cleveland , who was ridiculed (by these people), for not annexing Hawaii, which is the complete opposite of what people would do today.

So what happened? Was the the world wars? Was it, in a sense, that essentially every country in possession of someone?

I'd really love it if someone could enlighten me on this, I feel really incomplete right now.

How many people here follow up stated sources? It occurred to me if one knew enough obscure journal names or books and a smattering of author you could very well fake references and just call them hard to access. Assuming you were into that kind of thing of course.

I've been looking around and it seems that those little mini ovens next to the larger hearths in colonial homes were for baking bread? Were they used for anything else? I've always been curious about these little nooks and would love some more info, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a definitive guide online...

Let me ask some questions:

• How many new subscribers sign up for this sub a day? A month? A year?

• How many new history books, scholarly articles, documentaries etc. produced a day? A month? A year?

I'm willing to bet it's quite a few. Opinions are constantly evolving, new stories are constantly being told and new minds and new information are always coming to the forefront.

Why then, when someone asks an interesting, thought provoking question are we rudely linking them to the sidebar that has years old posts?

If people are interested in a subject, or want a question answered, how about we use new minds, new voices, new resources and new ideas craft new answers for them and for this sub at large?

I come from Broken Bow, Oklahoma in the U.S., I'm curious if anyone here knows any of the history in that part of Oklahoma. Just a personal study of mine, I can go back to the 1880s but I'm curious if anyone knows any history of that time or a little after.

Pakistani here. I meant to ask my grandfather this since he was in his early teens at the time but he passed away before I got the chance.

At least as I was taught in school, India was part of the British empire until after the war. I would think that the empire would have used some of our population as soldiers, but I have never really heard of our role in the war.

To me they seem nearly identical. I'd love to know the differences.

Sometimes when I read about the Aztec Alliance and how come it fell so fast, people often mention the diseases brought by the Spaniards to the new world, and the Aztec fiercest enemies. However, most times the Malinche is left out. Why? As I recall from history lessons back home, the Aztec Alliance fell due to the Spanish diseases, the Aztec enemies AND the Malinche, and her role is not really fully diminished as I have seen in other sites.

Or did they just confess to that in the hope they'd be released? How much, if any, of their confession was true?

I've read that Stalin hated Zhukov, but he quickly recognized that Zhukov was the best general he had and couldn't get rid of him. Also, I read that Zhukov was one of the few clever enough to handle Stalin's rages.

Is this accurate? Did Zhukov stand up to Stalin?

I know Zhukov protected competent generals like Rokossovsky. He must have had some clout to do that.

I'm writing a novel for my creative writing class. Its an alternative history story where the Mongols have colonized the west coast of North America. As America travels west, they find the mongols and war ensues. This story takes place in the 1830s. What technology, militaristic or otherwise, would be available to the average American?