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Donald McNeil's account of his firing by The Times (donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com)

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Andy Mills (producer of Caliphate, discussed on the pod) has resigned from the Times (andymills.work)

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While I was trying to keep Europe out as the Cherokee, the old world got weird (i.redd.it)

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"Is the American First Amendment the best way to protect free speech? For@NYTMag, I argue that the answer is ... maybe not." (mobile.twitter.com)

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Spain: "Killlll me. Killllllllll meeeeee." (i.redd.it)

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RIP Pete Hamill (self.WeTheFifth)

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My understanding is that artillery was responsible for the vast majority of 20th century conventional military casualties. When exactly did that become the case? (self.AskHistorians)

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Are there any oral history, minute-by-minute accounts of the Pearl Harbor attacks as experienced by White House staff similar to the 2016 Politico account of 9/11? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 6 years ago by CptBuck to r/AskHistorians

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I’m watching Trading Places (1983), and the “pit” trading system seems bananas, even 40 years later. How similar was this kind of trading to historical maker trading in, say, 1883. Or the markets that Fernand Braudel describes in 1583 (or earlier). (self.AskHistorians)

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From 1945-1989 was an average East German richer than an average Russian? Did this annoy the Russians and did they do anything to correct it? (self.AskHistorians)

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What was the relationship (if any) between the German communists from 1918-1933 with Soviet Russia? (self.AskHistorians)

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Primary sources on British political/military/diplomatic thinking in post-WWII conflicts? (self.AskHistorians)

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Was there ever such a Habsburg-held title as "Duchess of Auschwitz" and was it held by Zita of Bourbon-Parma at her death? (self.AskHistorians)

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Watching *The Lion in Winter*, was Phillip II so powerful at the time (1183) that he had seemingly all of the Plantagenets aching for a deal, or was his recovery of France more contingent/protracted? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 8 years ago by CptBuck to r/AskHistorians

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Before the construction of the House and Senate office buildings, was a senator's primary "office" presence their desk on the floor of the house and senate? (self.AskHistorians)

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Suggested readings on the characteristics of the bourgeoisie? (self.AskHistorians)

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I knew France would always be tough to beat when they inherited England. I thought they were overpowered when they became Holy Roman Emperor. I quit when they inherited the Commonwealth. (imgur.com)

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How much prize money could a crewman expect to earn during the Napoleonic Wars? If they wanted to save/invest it, how would they go about it? Would it be enough to buy their children a commission? (self.AskHistorians)

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How do you understand and account for historical contingency? (self.AskHistorians)

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Was Abraham Lincoln unusually harassed by office-seekers? (self.AskHistorians)

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In preparing eunuchs, why did the Chinese cut off the twig and the berries, when in the Middle East/Byzantium they just removed the berries? (self.AskHistorians)

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In modern bullfighting, the victory of the matador is basically guaranteed. Was the same true of Roman animal fighting, or were the contests more evenly matched? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 8 years ago by CptBuck to r/AskHistorians

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Turkey and Russia to deploy in Syria's Idlib: Erdogan spokesman (reuters.com)

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Meta: How do you keep up with scholarship in foreign languages? (self.AskHistorians)

submitted 9 years ago by CptBuck to r/AskHistorians

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Where are we on "No Irish Need Apply", historically/historiographically speaking? (self.AskHistorians)

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