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| modern world history | 5/30/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: who had the laws of babylon collected and carved onto a huge block of stone for all to see?
A: This is not really my area of history, Lorenzo. I have however read a lot of ancient history and the ...
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| Women in Nazi Germany | 5/29/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Do you give credence to the works of authors such as Claudia Koonz and Jill Stephenson who argue ...
A: To take your last point first - I can only go into so much detail in an answer to this kind of ...
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| WWI | 5/29/2007 | Tom |
Q: which was more of a menace to the united states: the german kaiser in 1914 or hitler in 1939? Why? ...
A: This is a homework question, which isn't allowed, but let me give you some pointers to guide YOUR ...
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| Causes, Practices and Effects of War | 5/28/2007 | Tom |
Q: I have an upcoming school essay in a few days. The essay is going to ask me about the causes, ...
A: This is a VERY broad question, at least without being in your class to know what the teacher is ...
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| German women during the Nazi period | 5/19/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: FitzGerald I am doing a coursework on history about the Nazi period. I am centering on to what ...
A: The reality is rather more complex than the myth. In my most recent volume, the prizewinning ...
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| Concentration camps | 5/4/2007 | Paul K Harker |
Q: I am doing an independant project on concentration camps focusing on Auschwitz. 1) What where the ...
A: The events leading to the establishment of the concentration camps were political laws (The ...
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| space race. | 5/2/2007 | Jean Nassar |
Q: how many sputnik's were ever created.
A: I am very sorry for the late answer, which was due to a technical problem. Forty-one Sputniks were ...
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| Miklós Horthy | 4/21/2007 | Tom |
Q: I want to write an article about the possible analogies between the lives of Hungary's Horthy and ...
A: This is an excellent idea! I have never read of a comparison or an article that spoke to the two, ...
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| T.E. Lawrence | 4/9/2007 | Jesse Nofftz |
Q: What did T.E Lawrence do in the course of WW1 that makes him so important? Thanks!
A: T.E. Lawrence is better known as Lawrence of Arabia. He is well known by many Arabs because he ...
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| question about Germany's education system | 4/5/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: What were the principles of education before Hitler came to power. His party NSDAP made lots of ...
A: The answer is actually rather surprising. To begin with, when the Weimar Republic was proclaimed in ...
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| Battle of Jutland | 3/23/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Can you give a quick Synopsis of the Battle of Jutland?
A: This is slightly outside my period of history but I will recommend the following books to you for ...
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| Enola Gay | 3/19/2007 | Tom |
Q: I tried to find out the novel but all I could find on the internet was kiddie books and Waterworld. ...
A: I believe you are mistaken. Enola Gay was Col. Tibbets' mother. It is on display at the National ...
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| Japan and Germany | 3/3/2007 | Tom |
Q: Both Japan and Nazi germany were very powerful during World War 2 but which was more powerful and if ...
A: This actually comes up fairly regularly on history forums, such as the history channel WW2 forum. ...
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| Question regarding Nisei | 2/24/2007 | Tom |
Q: I'm doing a paper on the Nisei and the Japanese interment from WWII. I'm wondering if you know of ...
A: You are quite right - there are tons of articles, opinion pieces, websites and such about the ...
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| Minorites after the war | 2/14/2007 | Tom |
Q: "After World War II, minorities that had been ignored or forgotten began to be noticed. Describe how ...
A: While this is a homework question (Black History month and all), and I've been swamped at work so ...
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| WW2 - military strategies | 2/4/2007 | Tom |
Q: Could you help me to compare the military strategies used in European and pacific theaters? Thank ...
A: This is an enormously broad question - at least it could be, depending on the scope and depth. If ...
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| Kellogg-Briand Pact | 2/2/2007 | Tom |
Q: What was the name of the senator voted against the Kellogg-Briand pact? It was ratified 85-1!
A: John J. Blaine, Senator from Wisconsin. Finding out the name was hard! 85-1 is all that most ...
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| Please help me identify this person | 1/29/2007 | Paul K Harker |
Q: I need to know who this person is. Please Help. ...
A: Your question is outside my area of expertise. However, I might be able to provide insight to ...
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| thank you | 1/18/2007 | Tom |
Q: Apostolos
A: You are welcome. I actually do thank you for helping me when thinking about where I can improve my ...
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| World War II project | 1/11/2007 | Tom |
Q: I have been searching and searching on two specific questions and have had no success, can you ...
A: "The U.S. placed an embargo on goods being traded to Japan, namely oil. Some feel the attack on ...
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| gulags and nazi concentration camps No2 | 1/8/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Although your previous answer was really illuminating I take the liberty to bother you again in a ...
A: In the first place I should like to apologise for not getting back to you sooner but I have been ...
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| gulags and nazi concentration camps | 1/7/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: To what extent is it fair to compare nazi concentration camps with gulags?
A: I am glad that you raised it as the two topics have often been dealt with in isolation from each ...
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| WWII propaganda | 1/7/2007 | Tom |
Q: .. I'm writing a college research paper about how the media affected the outcome of WWII. I've been ...
A: This is an awesome subject, you have chosen well - in the sense of having an interesting subject ...
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| concentration camps | 1/6/2007 | Paul K Harker |
Q: Is it balanced to compare Nazi concentration camps to gulags, or the differences are much more than ...
A: A "concentration camp" by simple definition, is any detainment facility used to house a large number ...
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| World War II | 1/4/2007 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: What country remained neutral at the beginning of world war 2? -Garry
A: The answer is rather complicated depending on which time frame you employ but I will answer it as ...
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| German WWII military | 12/24/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Michael... Thanks for the help anyway. Did you hear about the recent PHD candidate who handed his ...
A: No, I haven't heard that story but I'm sure it's a good book. My experience is that there certainly ...
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| German WWII military | 12/23/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Michael... Has their ever been a translation of that German book "The catastrophe in Romania" about ...
A: As far as I am aware, there has never been an English translation of the book about Army Group South ...
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| WWII question | 12/12/2006 | Tom |
Q: Today in my history class, my professor said that after Russia ceased to fight against Germany in ...
A: That is not quite right. Either you heard him incorrectly, or he provided erroneous info. What you ...
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| WWII / Heinrich Himmler | 12/8/2006 | Paul K Harker |
Q: I Read an article about your book an plan to buy it from Amazon. My question is, are most of the ...
A: I really don't believe the majority of German WWII vets share Mr. Schiller's mindset. I just ...
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| ww2 | 12/8/2006 | Paul K Harker |
Q: Fascism claimed to be something new, neither conservative, nor liberal, nor socialist, but a new way ...
A: Fascism in itself was a philosophy or system of government marked by stringent social and economic ...
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| WW2 | 12/7/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: In what ways was WWII a result of the failures of the Peace of Paris to resolve the problems which ...
A: In many ways the Second World War did arise out of the unjust peace settlement imposed after World ...
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| rationing | 11/25/2006 | Paul K Harker |
Q: when did the second world war rationing end?
A: The official end of war rationing in the United States took place in 1946. Rationing was still in ...
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| Capital punishment | 11/25/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: What are the main arguments for and against capital punishment? Do you feel any of them are valid?
A: I will try and give an honest and comprehensible answer. The principal arguments in favour of the ...
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| Feminism | 11/24/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: What is your opinion of feminism? Has it gone too far or not far enough? Which of the changes it ...
A: I will do my best to answer it for you. In the first place, I suppose it all depends on what you ...
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| WW1 education | 11/23/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: after world war one did German education remain wholly the same or did the results of the war mean ...
A: I am particularly pleased that you asked it as a number of myths about this aspect of German history ...
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| american history | 11/17/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: The inventor of movable type for printing was?
A: I have been away for the last three days so please forgive me if I didn't answer you before. ...
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| Internment camps | 11/13/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: Can you recommend a handful of texts regarding the U.S. internment camps operating during WWII? I am ...
A: I find that in general most Americans appear to have some notion that Japanese were interned during ...
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| history | 11/10/2006 | Tom |
Q: I'm doing my history project in the period between world war one and two. Can you talk about the ...
A: How complicated an answer do you need? There is a great series put out by Time Life years ago that ...
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| Crime and Punishment | 11/7/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: What is your opinion on current punishments available in the West?
A: I am not entirely clear to what extent you wish me to go into the legal issues and have made the ...
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| The Holocaust | 11/7/2006 | Michael FitzGerald |
Q: How many people died during the Nazi Holocaust?
A: It is rather difficult to give a precise answer to this question as it largely depends on what you ...
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