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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Its time for the Digest, and I hope all you cool cats are ready for the flood of fantastic stuff we’ve had this week. It’s been a particularly stressful week for many, with important events happening all over. We’ve got megathreads on the subject just for you, and plenty of other things to help take your mind of it if you prefer.
Don’t forget to check out the usual weekly features, upvote all your favorites, thank your favorite authors, and share everything widely!
I’m Chris Kempshall: a historian of First World War allied relations, historical computer games, and Star Wars - AMA! Many thanks to /u/ChrisKemps!
And a nice, casual, Friday Free for All this week.
And that brings me to a close on this fine Sunday. Stay safe out there everyone, keep it classy and I’ll see you all again next week.
Sunday is also the perfect opportunity to post up those fascinating questions that caught your eye, but still remain unanswered. Feel free to post your own, or others you came across, and maybe we’ll get lucky and attract a wandering expert.
/u/itSmellsLikeSnotHere asked Why has the US historically backed democratic movements in Central and Eastern Europe, while backing right-wing dictatorships in South America?
/u/Ersatz_Okapi asked Why did steppe nomads bother coming up with flimsy pretexts for their invasions/excursions in a pre-globalized world? Who were they justifying themselves to?
I wanted to invite you awesome historians to serve on your board of education to review lessons and teaching goals. Here’s the signup for Texas but I’ll bet there are similar opportunities in other states as well.