Questions tagged [history]
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Are there any wars other than the 2023 Israel-Hamas War that are named after a country and a political party?
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The 2023 Israel–Hamas war is referred to in the Western media as "the Israel-Hamas war". All Western commentators I've seen, including military experts, journalists, and political ...
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What is Antisemitism?
The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism - From the Whitehouse, Joe Biden:
Antisemitism threatens not only the Jewish community, but all Americans. …
"Through this U.S. National ...
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Are there prior examples when a US president was strongly at odds with the grassroots of his party over a foreign policy issue?
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Nov 15:
More than two-thirds of Americans support a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Gaza, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll whose results were released on ...
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When was the last/prior time a former PM served in another (non-PM) position in the UK government?
CNN:
Sunak then announced he was bringing Cameron back to frontline politics as foreign secretary, in a stunning move that has few parallels in recent British political history.
Cameron served as ...
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What does this 2009 Ukraine map actually depict?
Here is the section of the map from this answer, (that appeared in Pravda back in 2009):
In this map, the normally expected territory of Ukraine is roughly divided into 2 parts, the right side (with ...
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Do American elections affect the level of US foreign support?
This question is motivated by the slowly approaching US elections and the current state of world affairs. There are various countries that now critically depend on US support (e.g. Ukraine, Israel). ...
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Is there any historical evidence of conventional (non-guerilla) warfare techniques defeating hybrid guerilla warfare cost-efficiently?
Pardon my lack of warfare jargon.
Modernization of warfare in the last 3-4 centuries including the use of mobile artillery, tanks, mortars, etc., and relative/approximating implementation of the ...
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Has the downing of a spy airplane ever been a justifying ground for waging war or causing an escalation that might lead to war?
Both the cause of the collision and the assignment of blame were
disputed. The U.S. government stated that the Chinese jet bumped the
wing of the larger, slower, and less maneuverable EP-3. After
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To what was "victor's justice" used to refer to between 1971-1983 and 1991-2008?
In a comment on this answer the google ngram for "victor's justice" was shown, as a demonstration that the phrase was first used in reference to the Nuremberg trials. This appears true, as ...
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Why doesn't India claim this portion of Kashmir?
India claims the entirety of the territory of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of the princely state's Instrument of Accession, signed by Maharaja Hari Singh in 1947.
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Oriana Fallaci and Sheikh Mujib's interview [duplicate]
There is an interview between Oriana Fallaci and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and I am trying to find it. I'm doing research on it. If anyone has any information please help me.
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Why is radical pacifism so rare in Croatia? Why does almost nobody believe Franjo Tuđman did a good thing by not sending weapons to Vukovar?
Regarding Vukovar Massacre, as far as I can see, beliefs in Croatia range from the one expressed by BBC News at the time:
Croat defenders of Vukovar later claimed that the town could have been saved ...
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Why and where is Mohamed Bazoum sitting down in a small, round, cold room next to a portrait of (a young) John F. Kennedy? Is the event identifiable?
DW News' July 31, 2023 video Niger warns against foreign interference as pro-coup protests turn violent after 02:22 shows what I think is file footage of Niger president Mohamed Bazoum, and I find the ...
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Total tax burden on the average American and how has it changed over the years
It is easy to find information on the average amount Americans pay in Federal taxes. It is little more difficult to find out state and local taxes. But we also have a plethora of other taxes, property ...
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Who gained more successes in Iran-Iraq war? [closed]
From the infobox of the Wikipedia article for the Iran-Iraq war:
Result:
Stalemate; both sides claim victory.
Iraqi failure to capture Iranian territories and bolster Arab separatism in Iran's ...
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Did the USSR and other communist countries fund the hippie movement?
In comments of another SE Politics post, we can read that Russia funded leftist movements in the 70's.
I believe if external influence there was, it would have started from political movements such as ...
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Has a bill ever failed a house of Congress unanimously?
Has a bill ever failed to pass in a house of Congress with zero votes in favor?
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What did Chief Justice Chase mean by "consent of the States" in Texas v. White (1869)?
In the 1869 case of Texas v. White, the US Supreme Court ruled that states did not have the constitutional right to unilaterally secede from the Union. Writing for the majority opinion, Chief Justice ...
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Was socialism popular on US college campuses around 1920?
I'm reading Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil! It is well-known that he was a socialist, and of course, the notion of socialism is a strong theme in his writing. In Oil!, a young man is enrolled in a ...
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Has any US president tried to reclaim office after he lost it?
Donald Trump has confidently declared himself the “45th and 47th” US president. While it´s not sure that he´ll become the next president or even a candidate, he defenetly want to run for office again. ...
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How did the adoption of compulsory voting in Australia impact the partisan balance there?
Compulsory voting was introduced in Australia:
for state elections in Queensland in 1915, excluding Indigenous
Australians. Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926, New South
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Has Poland also ever tried to demand reparations from Slovakia?
Poland is demanding reparations from Germany and it even would like to demand reparations from Russia. Both countries have invaded Poland in 1939, but Germany and Russia (USSR) were not the only ...
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Has a majority of one political party in one house of Congress ever voted in opposition to the same party in the other house in the same Congress?
Has there ever been a case where a majority of a political party votes one way on some bill in the Senate but a different way on the same bill in the House of Representatives?
For example, has a ...
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Why do the right claim that Hitler was left-wing? [closed]
This is taken from a speech by Adolf Hitler, April 12, 1921:
There are only two possibilities in Germany; do not imagine that the people will forever go with the middle party, the party of ...
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Has the ICC ever ordered to arrest any Western or pro-Western politician?
Referring to this question, it appears as if the ICC is biased in favor of the West, since all the people it has punished were enemies of the West. But since crimes which can be prosecuted by the ICC ...
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How common is it for a country's main political parties to completely swap platforms (as occurred in the 20th-century United States)?
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Since the late 1850s, the United States has had two major political parties, the Democratic and Republican parties. For most of the first half of this time - from the mid-19th century to ...
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What is the reason behind the positive Israel-Azerbaijan relations?
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations on on April 7, 1992, Azerbaijan and Israel have maintained positive relations despite their religious differences. Israel has been a major arms and ...
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Clear and concrete definition of "Third World" [duplicate]
Commonly, when I discuss with a pro-western American, or perhaps sometimes Europeans about an African Country I always hear this, "But it's third world" on investopedia.com "Third World&...
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What are the causes for partisan politics to have grown more severe then in the past, and how much is down to echo chambers? [duplicate]
From my, admittedly limited, knowledge of US history it seems that congress tended to be a bit less patrician in the past. Congressman were more likely to support bipartisan initiatives, more likely ...
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Did Soviet Union ever apologize for its alliance with Germany before 1941?
Inspired by the similar question about Poland.
We all know what Soviet Union and Nazi Germany became deadly enemies, but this is after A. Hitler broke all agreements and invaded.
Looks like before ...
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What do modern British people think about the decolonization of India in 1947? [closed]
Do British people think that PM Clement Attlee's decision to give independence to India was correct?
If so, why? If not, why not?
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Why did members who wanted to raise a point of order during a division have to wear a top hat while talking in the House of Commons in the UK?
I read on https://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/05/hats-and-the-house-of-commons/:
Anyone who wanted to raise a point of order during a division (which in the normal world would be called a vote) had to ...
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What is the current internationally accepted way of resisting an external power that invades a country?
As is common in modern history, the last few decades have seen superpowers and great powers invading sovereign countries in the Middle East, Africa, South America and Central Asia under various ...
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Did Boris Yeltsin regret his decision of choosing Putin as his successor?
In a PBS documentary, Putin's revenge, the following is said at around 10m15s by Strobe Talbott.
Before Boris Yeltsin died, he told intimates that it was a great mistake to have selected Putin as a ...
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Why did the 72nd Congress' U.S. House session not meet until December 1931?
After the 1930 U.S. House of Representatives elections, newly elected members officially took office the following March but there was no active session of Congress until December 1931. Considering ...
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Is there any state-by-state data on approval for LBJ or the Vietnam War?
I cannot find any data on approval ratings for LBJ on a state by state level.
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Why are there only the Democratic party and the Republican party currently in the US?
I was looking at the history of the political parties, and I found out that John Adams was a member of the Federalist party, while his son John Quincy Adams was a member of Thomas Jefferson's ...
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Are there any examples of modern, stable "command economies"?
Politico's October 24, 2022 China’s strongman is here to stay. And weaker than he looks. includes the following quote:
“Xi Jinping has made it clear that his preference is a command economy ... very ...
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Is there any example where a country completely dropped its historical or traditional ally?
Is there any example where a country completely changed its historical or traditional ally peacefully?
As an analogy, we know Turkey and Pakistan are traditional allies. Let's say India awards Turkey ...
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Has a Prime Minister ever been appointed while in Scotland before?
Liz Truss recently met the Queen in her Scottish residence Balmoral to be invited to form a government as Prime Minister. Usually this meeting would be performed in Buckingham Palace in London, but on ...
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What's the relation of FDR and Wilson to War on Terror/terrorism in House of Cards? [closed]
In House of Cards, Frank Underwood brings up FDR and Wilson when saying that he wants to declare war on ICO (fictional terrorist group possibly related to ISIS). What's the relation please? I mean, ...
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Correlation between political power and completion of a politician's "grand headquarters"?
Introduction:
In "Parkinson's Law, and Other Studies in Administration", in the "Plans and Plants, or The Administration Block" chapter, Cyril Northcote Parkinson elaborates that ...
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Has any government ever implemented a break-even tax policy?
I was reading Strong Towns by Charles L. Marohn Jr. In it, he describes how cities must have revenues that exceed expenses in order to survive. However, in his experience, most people react to the ...
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Has the US Department of Justice ever been so quick to disagree with SCOTUS?
Within a very short time after the US SCOTUS struck down the New York gun laws, the US Department of justice has come out against the decision.
Has the Department of Justice ever been this quick to ...
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What does Jared Diamond's theory say? [closed]
I am asking about Jared Diamond's (smallpox) theory. What does the theory really say? Does it mention whether specific genes were involved or if it is a theory of racial superiority?
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Who in US Congress with close ties to militias & white power groups suggested the US government had "real culpability" in Oklahoma City Bombing/1995?
In the Hari Sreenivasan interview of "Nicole Hemmer... an author and historian specializing in the history of conservative media in the U.S" in the June 10, 2022 How Laundering a Conspiracy ...
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What was the reason for extending NATO in the 1990s?
I know there are questions that might sound similar, but this is a completely different one. Firstly, I am using the word extending and not expanding. Secondly, the question is limited to a time ...
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When was the last time a Vice President chose to let a tied Senate vote fail, without using their negative casting vote?
I was reading a recent question on why a Vice President might choose to use a negative casting vote on a tied vote in the Senate rather than just letting the motion fail by withholding their vote, ...
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Has any US state passed a law in a language other than English?
There is an interesting question on the Law stack exchange: "If Congress [of the United States of America] passed a bill written in Spanish, would it be valid?" (the answer appears to be '...
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Whose photos are carried by Vladimir Putin and those by his side in the May 9, 2022 Moscow Victory Day Parade and what are their significance?
After 04:13, CNN's May 10, 2022 video What exactly is Putin's 'doomsday plane'? shows footage of the Russian president and those by his side carrying small placards with black and white photographic ...
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