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Who was the worst emperor and why?
Puyi, he basically betrayed his nation to go rule over a puppet state established by their greatest rival
King George V, lost the largest empire ever.
>>575379
>King
>Emperor
Is there something about autism that predisposes individuals towards leadership?
>>574972
Not really, no.
Most leaders are charismatics, who either have a good track record for success, or the opposition has a track record of failure.
>>574972
Is there something about autism that predisposes OPs towards faggotry?
>>574972
>Rational
>Naturally do not care about conventional behaviour
>Do not need validation from other people
>Naturally callous
Autismos are more or less natural born leaders. Provided seizing power doesn't require being charming or nice.
Recommendation thread?
Post what you want to read about, try to help each other out.
I'm looking for a book that traces thought from Hegel, via Marx, to the post-Marxists. Ideally not written by a post-Marxist. Also for anything that gives a brief account of the historical and theological differences between the main Christian denominations. Any ideas?
>>574613
Leszek KoĊakowski, Main Currents of Marxism takes you to 1968.
Steppe peoples
>>574613
annotated bibliography on marx no doubt has books on exactly what you want
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Let's talk about guerrilla warfare.
When did it start?
When and where did it consolidate into a coherent doctrine?
How is it related to other military developments like conscription, and to political developments like nationalism and democracy?
What doctrine has proven to be effective in quelling it? Has there even been one?
>>574095
>The Fabian strategy is a military strategy where pitched battles and frontal assaults are avoided in favor of wearing down an opponent through a war of attrition and indirection. While avoiding decisive battles, the side employing this strategy harasses its enemy through skirmishes to cause attrition, disrupt supply and affect morale. Employment of this strategy implies that the side adopting this strategy believes time is on its side, but it may also be adopted when no feasible alternative...
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>>574106
This. While raiding and shit has doubtless existed since forever, Fabius was the first arguably to devise and implement the specific gears and goals of the tactic into a strategy.
>>574095
>When did it start?
Probably in prehistory.
>When and where did it consolidate into a coherent doctrine?
I would argue it still hasn't. You have a variance of different doctrines, which share some commonalities, but I can't think of a single fact, belief, or doctrine that is both necessary and sufficient to define a "guerilla war"?
>How is it related to other military developments like...
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Why was there a "Bleeding Kansas" but not a "Bleeding Nebraska"? Weren't both territories supposed to determine whether they would be free or slave based on a "popular sovereignty" referendum of voters under the terms of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? So why did only Kansas have violence between abolitionists and pro-slavery forces?
Please respond.
>>574058
Nebraska had no abolitionists or pro-slavery forces.
Just cows. Some corn, maybe. Lotta grass.
>>574655
Current Nebraskan here
Lots of corn and cows, definitely some grass. No slaves tho
In all actuality, Omaha had a pretty interesting history. Was a pretty violent town in its day.
Greetings /his/. What is it that you really do? Professionaly speaking. How does reading history makes synergy with your job or daily life? Are they completely unrelated?
I just graduated from school. I've been looking for jobs for 2 weeks now. Im a financial administrator. Sometimes when I'm reading history I think to myself that if it would be a better idea to read things related to my line of studies. But I really enjoy reading history, philosophy and religions among other things that are completely unrelated to finance. I don't want to be a person...
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>>574025
Study the Italian merchant republics, plus the effect trade and economics had on history and religion, plus vice versa.
>>574025
I don't consider things valuable solely in terms of whether they relate to my profession (or even me being interesting as a person). So no, I don't really have any dilemma in that regard.
>>574041
Me neither thats why I do it. Sometimes I think I might be wasting time but then I realize Its an eye opener in every way. But when Im in a job interview and make a little emphasis on my joy of reading, I know they think to themselves, "and why is this valuable to me?". So it brings a little down.
Ok /his/ I think we answer this,did the french actually change the course of the American revolution from and unwinable war to something possible? Pic not related
>>573615
No. What the French did was turn the American Revolution into something that could face the British army and win in classical, set-piece military engagements.
That is not strictly necessary for a revolution to win, and there is the distinct possibility that the Revolution could have continued in a real guerilla fashion even without French aid.
It would, however, almost certainly result in a very, very different American "character" for lack of a better word, post-revolution, and of course,...
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>>573644
>the Revolution could have continued in a real guerilla fashion
It never was a real guerilla fashion in the first place. American histories like to teach it like it was a war totally won through guerilla warfare , when in reality no war in history has been won like that. Those kinds of tactics are only to weaken the enemy for major engagements or strategic maneuvers, in which the more disciplined British force would still have the upper hand. Wars aren't fought in trees.
>>573644
This, it made it a lot cleaner.
We automatically mounted the machine gun for action. Then like animals we burrowed into the earth as if trying to find protection deep in its bosom. Something struck my back where I carried my gas mask, but I did not pay attention to it. A steel splinter broke the handle of my spade and another knocked the remains out of my hand. I kept digging with my bare hands, ducking my head every time a shell exploded nearby. A boy to my side was hit in the arm and cried out for help. I crawled over to him, ripped the sleeves of his coat and shirt open and started to bind the bleeding...
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>>573501
>saging a firsthand source
>announcing sages
Bump.
>>573501
Bump because of this faggot.
We automatically mounted the machine gun for action. Then like animals we burrowed into the earth as if trying to find protection deep in its bosom. Something struck my back where I carried my gas mask, but I did not pay attention to it. A steel splinter broke the handle of my spade and another knocked the remains out of my hand. I kept digging with my bare hands, ducking my head every time a shell exploded nearby. A boy to my side was hit in the arm and cried out for help. I crawled over to him, ripped the sleeves of his coat and shirt open and started to bind the bleeding...
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If nuclear bombs didn't exist, would Soviet Union try to do world domination and form Socialist World Republic?
>>573486
>Accusing anyone but the Americans, who actually did try world domination through nuclear threats, of world domination
>>573486
Probably not, or at least not going much further than wishful thinking about it.
The "West", i.e. U.S., UK, France, and other aligned countries had way more population and industrial weight behind them than the Soviets did. If nukes never existed, what you'd see is a much larger western military presence in Europe and other areas that they thought the USSR might try to muscle in on.
>>573486
The existence of nuclear bomb has nothing to do with the stalinist theory of "socialism in only one country", which has been formulated by Stalin in 1924. The orders of the Komintern to its sections outside of USSR always aimed since Stalin took power to deter revolutionnary impulses around the world.
Is it coincidence that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were cities with the most Christian population?
Yeah.
That's why the Freemasons targeted those cities specifically.
Satan hates Christianity.
>>573325
Yes. Delete this shitty thread.
>>573328
You can say they holocausted them.
What do you do with your memorabilia? I have a lot of gifts / awards / things like pic related and it's not like I'm ever going to use any of them. Not just contemporary things, but also cavalry sabres, muskets, etc. that I didn't buy -- they just fell into my hands. That kind of thing.
>>573273
if I had a cool looking gift like that I'd just put it on a shelf where it can be seen tbqh.
>>573273
have an Ottoman bayonet from WW1 supposedly used in the Siege of Kut. keep in in its original condition in display shelf.
>>573273
"whatever it takes" is kind of a corny motto
What if Lee had won Gettysburg and taken Washington DC?
Would that have made the Union surrender?
How feasible was it?
>>573202
The Union would have had a crippling loss of morale. There would have been rallies for a peace deal with the South, they probably would give up Maryland, West Virginia and Kentucky as well as some Western states in return for a peace deal.
>>573202
>What if Lee had won Gettysburg and taken Washington DC?
Are you retarded? A victory in Pennsylvania wouldn't destroy the garrison in D.C. or give the Confederates the logistical ability to settle in for a siege.
>How feasible was it?
A victory in Gettysburg? Certainly feasible. Leading to a total Union collapse and the fall of D.C.? Not feasible at all.
>>573304
It would've done a great deal of damage to Union morale though, which was already low enough. In all honesty though, I think it would've been better if the South stuck to a defensive strategy rather than risk the invasion.
I'll be using Florida as the topic for a much general problem we have been facing.
"We will make the Florida Cracker the most racist and ignorant person in America."--A politician.
Since its inception La Florida has been a state very close to the Latino community not in the U.S but abroad as well. It is said that the majority of Floridians have latino ancestry. Even amongst the crackers, a vast majority have latino ancestry. They lived like latino swamp people and cow handlers for hundreds of years. Family last names like Castro were changed to...
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These files went closely tied to operation Paperclip. Operation paperclip wasn't all about Germany. They were about the importation of trained work force.
So cattle ranching families from Texas. As they call themselves 20+ generational Texans. Were helping the 5+ generational Floridians settle u.s land disputes. Theres a reason homestead is called homestead. A man by the the name of Bush using intelligence used his sons and put them in position of power in these states. Because they are the states of land dispute with the spanish homesteaders.
>>573023
A from there they all blamed Bush of knocking down the towers and slamming the planes right into the library that housed Americana.
Is it possible to have an unbiased historical narrative or is that just a dream?
>>572841
The day you find an ubiased narrative let me know
>>572841
Anything you include or don't include is automatically bias.
>>573186
This
Tell me about the Umayyads, /his/. How were they able to control such a large swath of territory? What differentiated them from the other caliphates?
U mad?
They didn't really hold them long and i don't know how honest that map is.
I know Ottoman empire maps usually include tributary and vassal states as being a part of the empire.
>>572643
>How were they able to control such a large swath of territory?
They didn't, they only lasted 90 years before being overthrown by the Abbasids.
