I just met a dude who's doing an MA in military history; it might not be all that useful to you, but his topic has to do with the devşirme (though precisely what it is, I wasn't able to find out, because I only had a couple of minutes to talk to him before he left).Anyone have any ideas for a Master's thesis? Because everything I've come up with is more a PhD topic.
Incidentally, I'm still trying to figure out how I ended up required to come up with a prospectus when I still haven't finished undergrad.
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All quiet on west front - How would Spartans fare in trench war?
LightSpectra
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Probably poorly, given that their armor encumbers them, which makes them more susceptible (but not any less vulnerable) to gun fire in comparison to other soldiers.
i can has phd nao?
i can has phd nao?
Quackers
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Could the British ever of defeated George Washington and kept "America" British?
madviking
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I could be wrong, but if Burgoyne weren't so incompetent and Arnold weren't so good, the British could've easily curb-stomped G Dub and his boys.
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Well, I think I have a topic: The Lytton Commision.
General Ridgeway told me to read up on it.
General Ridgeway told me to read up on it.
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The question was whether they could hold territory. The Southern campaign really showed that defeating the Continental Army was the least of their problems. Their failure to do that showed how far they were from victory.
I already want to read your MA so badWell, I think I have a topic: The Lytton Commision.
General Ridgeway told me to read up on it.
Eh, maybe. At the same time you could point to a bazillion different little things that supposedly would have Turned the Tide and wiped out an already dispirited Glorious Cause. Woohoo for the argument between teleology and contingency!
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Tell me that after you read my "This Week in Army History" Article, due out in December.
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..and what do you think?
civver_764
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EMERGENCY HELP NEEDED
I have to find primary source documents for a DBQ we have to write in AP US History class. My question is basically asking them to identify the causes of the post-war economic boom.
I need two picture primary sources and two text(under 200 words) ones. I'm thinking one about the petroleum from the Middle East, and the employment act of 1946 for the text ones. And then for the pictures I dunno just any political cartoons about America having been the only country not really phased by the war or something.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, google is not being my friend today.
I need them within the next three hours.
I have to find primary source documents for a DBQ we have to write in AP US History class. My question is basically asking them to identify the causes of the post-war economic boom.
I need two picture primary sources and two text(under 200 words) ones. I'm thinking one about the petroleum from the Middle East, and the employment act of 1946 for the text ones. And then for the pictures I dunno just any political cartoons about America having been the only country not really phased by the war or something.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, google is not being my friend today.
I need them within the next three hours.
I don't really have a concrete opinion, because I've never really read much about the American rebellion.
I wish I could help you in the way that you need help. In general, I suck at US history if it's not the ACW. All I've really got for the postwar American economic stuff is secondary sources and compilations thereof.
madviking
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This may not help but this is a start.
What I see are the major reasons for post-War boom:
- War bonds during the war allow people to save tons of cash during the war.
- GI Bill gives lots of veterans access to a college education.
- Tons of cheap land -> suburbia
- Destruction of European industry gives American industry almost free reign.
Note - taxes were high during this era; top level tax rates >90%. But the %age of wealth held by the top 1% was between 25-30% (as compared to 2008's 34%) so more people had more money -> burgeoning middle class.
civver_764
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I appreciate the actual causes but without primary sources the info is useless.
I've gotten some progress though. I did the whole military industrial complex speech from Eisenhower. I have a graph for petrol imports and for women in the workplace. And then I have text from the Employment Act of 1946(which also acts as a representative of Keynesian economics being applied in general). So I just need one more.
I'll see if I can find something on that GI Bill.
I've gotten some progress though. I did the whole military industrial complex speech from Eisenhower. I have a graph for petrol imports and for women in the workplace. And then I have text from the Employment Act of 1946(which also acts as a representative of Keynesian economics being applied in general). So I just need one more.
I'll see if I can find something on that GI Bill.
madviking
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How's this?
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/census/historic/values.html
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/census/historic/values.html
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Median Home Values
2000 1990 1980 1970 1960 1950 1940
Adjusted to 2000 dollars
United States [U][B]$119,600[/B][/U] $101,100 $93,400 $65,300 $58,600 [U][B]$44,600[/B][/U] $30,600civver_764
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Eh, doesn't really say much. House prices were lower in 1940 yet there wasn't a rush to the suburbs then.
civver_764
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Cheezy the Wiz
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It wasn't so much that Arnold was "good" as that he was "insanely balls-daring" and ran the British for an iffy gambit that the colonists were lucky enough to fully capitalize on the success of.
LightSpectra
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I would actually argue in favor of Burgoyne's incompetence being the main reason for the outcome of the Saratoga battles. A list of blunders made by Burgoyne: on 19 September, leaving an incomprehensibly huge reserve at McBride Farm; on 7 October, engaging in the wheatfield when gravely outnumbered as opposed to keeping Freeman's Farm fortified (which itself is problematic, given that he decided to make his fortifications so far apart that they were not mutually defensible), and not withdrawing fast enough (i.e. before 2pm) when it was extremely clear that his offensive was being badly mauled during the Battle of Bemis Heights.
Horatio Gates might've thought that Arnold exploiting the poor British position was too risky, but Gates is also the worst tactician in American history.
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