I was reading The Climate of the Country by Marnie Mueller and I was wondering how accurate is the book compared to the actual life of Tule Lake.

It seems like this part of the world has been frequently fought over and fought about, and that South Pacific islands have often been controlled by major world powers - but you hardly ever hear about how the people who lived there responded to these events. Have there been any cases of the people who lived in the South Pacific trying to fight off or resist outsiders?

So I've heard that learning to golf is kind of a requirement for certain executive schmoozing/marketing jobs, so I was wondering if you guys could fill me in on why and when it became normal for executives, politicians, and other powerful people to play golf while chatting about deals and other such things.

What did they do before golf was popular? I'm guessing riding horses or somesuch, but if someone actually informed could step in, I'd appreciate it.

(I'm not sure if there is a better Ask[x] subreddit for this)

edit: recreated to exact period/wartime specifications.

I've read a book about Russia during the Russo-Japanese War, and it mentioned that the Japanese were incredibly respectful and kind to their POW's, giving them good food, freedom to go for walks in the park, e.t.c, so much so that many Russian sailors claimed that they were treated worse than POW's. In battle the Japanese also showed a great deal of respect, doing things like saluting sinking Russian ships.

In WWII, however, they were very cruel to POW's and cared very little for their enemy, doing things like desecrating corpses and such.

How did a military with so much honor and respect become so cruel and disrespectful?

Was there a connection made to particular foods? What were the believed causes of obesity?

Did one side obliterate the other mostly on the fact of advanced weaponry?

How did the styles and techniques change change during the Renaissance? What methods of artwork were created purely in the Renaissance?

For example, the US, the UK, France, Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Russia and Paraguay to name a few all use the same colours. Is there a significance to this?

I'm in a Middle Ages class, and I missed a lot of information when we were going over this topic.

What were its main objectives, how did it approach those aspirations ideologically and practically?

All I have in my notes is that the high point was with Pope Innocent III and the papal bureaucracy was corrupt in 1198 when he came into power. I can recall that Innocent wanted to protect the Jews and I'm pretty sure he had a set of laws protecting them from violence, but I'm not sure if that's relevant.

Please excuse any mistakes I've made and please help me correct them. I'm not a history major, this class is just an elective as I am trying to understand history a little more. I'm not very good at it.

Thanks!

Title saids it all! I want to be able to get the most out of my time.

In 1948 the iron curtain ran right through austria, why did they leave austria instead of setting up comunist state?

This is a homework assignment, but I'm having trouble finding information on the topic. The question goes as follows:

a) Explain three direct ways in which the interests of slave owners were protected by the original Constitution. b) Explain how the functions of government overlap among the branches of the US government.

I'm actually really interested to learn more about it despite the fact that it's homework, so any input would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

This event is cited over and over again by anarchists as the 'proof' that anarchism works. However, it seems hard to actually find material on the subject.

I mean, he did kill his half brother when he was a child, but did he fight mounted on is horse when he was in his 40s? How about his 50s?

What did the Khans do in the battlefield?

I'm working on a research paper about the Mormon wars in Missouri and Illinois, and focusing on political and religious contempt (not just the "muggings" "kidnappings" and "pillaging reasons") and i'm noticing a pattern. Many of the big time anti-Mormons were Methodists e.g. Thomas Sharpe (editor of Warsaw Signal), Son of renowned Methodist preacher. Capt Bogart, violating orders and aggressive creating vigilante groups; Methodist preacher. I've looked up religious maps and Methodist is the majority group in both Missouri and Illinois. But my big reason is why METHODIST? Why not Lutheran or Presbyterian? I can't think of any religious doctrine that differs from any other denomination that would create automatic contempt. Any information would be highly appreciated in figuring out this odd motif. I want to see if there's something, if anything, behind this? Thanks!

Coffee drinking arrived in Europe about a century before the Industrial Revolution permanently kicked civilization into a higher gear. Could coffee be one of the reasons?

I think pretty much any high performing individual today uses caffeine daily. It seems to me that pre caffeinated man got a lot less done.

Not sure if this is a historian question, or if it's even answerable, but I'm interested in any thoughts!

I've seen a number of movies like Gladiator, or 300 (I know they aren't Roman). How were they trained to fight like they did?