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History Books

Posted in History, Misc. on March 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’ve got a couple questions that I’ll hopefully have an answer for by this weekend.  Stay tuned for those.  In the meantime I thought I’d share a little secret for all you avid readers of history.  Its called the History Book Club.  Now, I know what you’re all thinking, “Great, he’s trying to rope me [...]

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Who Was The Greatest Roman?

Posted in American History, Cincinnatus, George Washington, History, Rome on March 20, 2007 | 8 Comments »

This was question asked by my professor, not a reader.  A reader has proposed a question and I do intend to answer it soon, so stay tuned for that.  In the meantime here is the answer to the above question, which was one of my assignments.
To me the greatest Roman was Cincinnatus. Not only for [...]

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Questions, Comments, Concerns?

Posted in Questions on March 16, 2007 | 3 Comments »

My first college (junior college) history professor would always end a discussion with today’s title.  And now I pose it to you, the reader.  Any questions?  I promise it won’t take me months to answer like Josh’s did.  Well, I don’t promise, but I’ll try real hard.  So…….?

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Observations

Posted in Misc. on March 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’ve noticed something semi-interesting while checking out the stats for this blog.  WordPress tracks how many visits I get and how many times a particular post is viewed.  For a while my post on Hamilton vs. Jefferson was getting a lot of hits, and recently my Essentially What Ended the Cold War post has been a [...]

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Ancient Rome: An Exam

Posted in AMU, History, Rome on March 6, 2007 | 9 Comments »

As you may have noticed, my current class on Ancient Rome has not been a goldmine of postable material.  I don’t have a lot of writing assignments, just a multiple choice weekly quiz.  That wouldn’t make for very compelling blogging.  However, I did have my mid-term last week, which consisted of four essay questions.  I present [...]

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What Started WWI? Part III: How and when did the U.S. get involved

Posted in American History, History, Politics, Presidents, WWI, Woodrow Wilson on March 1, 2007 | 27 Comments »

OK, this answer has been way too long in coming.  My utmost apologies.  Without further adieu, the third and final part of Josh’s question, originally posed way back it November (yikes!).
Ever since George Washington’s Farewell Address, the US had maintained a policy of mostly keeping out of European affairs, so long as they remained in Europe.  [...]

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