Where can I find the recent government report that claims that Iraq has achieved 15 of 18 benchmarks set for its political development? [more inside]
posted on Jul 17, 2008 - 11 answers

What are some of the best/most relevant songs about the Vietnam War or capture the sentiments of that era? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2008 - 38 answers

What are the best poems about glory in battle and valor in warfare? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2008 - 31 answers

How do I start a good natured inter-office war? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2008 - 21 answers

I'm looking for an online video that I've seen within the last couple of years of a one man show by a British comedian that covered the reasons why America invaded Iraq and the history leading up to it. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm constructing an argument in favor of giving the U.S. Civil War a greater emphasis in secondary (High School) education. I'm interested in those events and conditions during and following the Civil War that had profound impacts on U.S. and world history. Obviously, abolition of slavery, the 13-15th Amendments, and restoration of the Union are important. However, I'm sure there are other important and far-reaching effects that many people don't know about...please, enlighten me!
posted on Apr 29, 2008 - 25 answers

When did our leaders stop going to war? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 23 answers

Why was a confederate flag used for the ceremony welcoming the pope to the white house?
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 4 answers

Can I get codeine without a prescription in the northern Chicago suburbs? [more inside]
posted on Apr 21, 2008 - 10 answers

I saw the question in the blue a few days ago about Pearl Cornioley. Wikipedia mentions a book she wrote. Can you help me find it? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 4 answers

The great writer W.C. Heinz died recently. In his NY Times obituary, it talks about an article he wrote in 1949 for True Magazine called “The Morning They Shot the Spies”, describing the firing-squad execution of three Germans who had infiltrated American lines in World War II. Is this article available online? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 5 answers

Can you provide information on acts of animal abuse/cruelty taking place in other countries during war time? More inside... [more inside]
posted on Mar 3, 2008 - 8 answers

We're working on a project and are looking for two sets of data: pro-war Democrat politicians and grassroots resistance to war. Where can we find a lists of the former and examples of the latter? [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 4 answers

What long-term effects did the Second World War have on Europe's wildlife and environment? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 5 answers

What are some objective criteria/metrics by which to measure progress towards success or failure in a war or other extended conflict? [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 18 answers

A bomber movie - I remember it from childhood. WWIII, drama, I'm pretty sure it was in color. [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 4 answers

Official terminology to describe battle movement maps? (more inside) [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for an instance of a large-scale man made disaster (such as a war) that collided with a large-scale natural disaster (such as a hurricane) in the same territory. Any nation, any era ... as long as it's fact. Thank you for any help you can offer. :-) [more inside]
posted on Dec 31, 2007 - 31 answers

Do I watch Flags of our Fathers or Letters from Iwo Jima first? Also, Should I watch one after the other, or allow time to ponder?
posted on Dec 6, 2007 - 23 answers

What are we bombing them with, exactly? A question for weapons geeks. [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - 13 answers

My grandfather recently showed us an old handwritten flight logbook from when he served in Guam in WW2 with the Navy. Would scanning this serve any interest to someone? Might it be considered classified info? [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2007 - 8 answers

What sort of things should I write about to my soldier pen pal? [more inside]
posted on Nov 19, 2007 - 18 answers

I am trying to find resources for first hand accounts of war veterans returning from war and their integration into society. I would really like to find deep stories and reflections by or about people returning from war. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder case studies, battle of Dieppe, WW1/2, remembrance day, and other socio/psychological influences of war would be a plus. Any information about any of these subjects or related would help me a lot.
posted on Nov 17, 2007 - 16 answers

My wife and I want to move to Canada; Montreal, specifically. What do we need to know? (Currently living in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. of A.) [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 17 answers

I need anecdotes/ideas/something for a speech I will be giving at an antiwar protest this Saturday. Please help! [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2007 - 6 answers

How was the Civil War .58 Springfield rifle reloaded? I understand that it was a percussion-cap rifle rather than a flintlock, and that it fired a muzzle-loaded minie ball. But what was the reloading process? What did the ammunition look like? There was no metal cartridge involved? How long did it take to reload and fire one of those things? Thanks, from a firearms n00b!
posted on Oct 22, 2007 - 8 answers

Should we leave Afghanistan? [more inside]
posted on Oct 21, 2007 - 23 answers

Where can I find a picture that I saw a long time ago? It was a picture of an atomic bomb test with soldiers standing and watching the explosion silhouetted by the explosion.
posted on Sep 16, 2007 - 8 answers

Help me identify a movie I barely remember. Coins, pools, abandoned houses, and maybe a war? [more inside]
posted on Sep 14, 2007 - 9 answers

Please, tell me who is winning the format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray. Both data and (well-founded and -referenced) opinion welcome.
posted on Sep 8, 2007 - 19 answers

Where do I find data about 1940s newspaper circulation? I want to see what was going on with newspaper readership in the 1940s, before, during and after WWII. I think that newspaper readership went up during the war and am trying to find data to prove it! I'm looking for 1940s circulation statistics for some of the big newspapers (NY times, LA Times, Chicago Tribune & Christian Science Monitor). I am finding very little reliable information. Is there a reference librarian in the house who could point me towards a reference book or source?
posted on Sep 6, 2007 - 4 answers

how many americans have died under individual U.S. presidents? (as a result of their actions, aka war - not natural causes) [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2007 - 10 answers

I have a (self-described) Republican, Bush-loving friend whom I've known for about 13 years now, who's willingly signed up for the Marines and wants to be stationed in Iraq. He leaves for basic training next weekend. [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2007 - 45 answers

BookFilter: I read an odd science fiction book when I was younger, but then it got lost in a move long ago and ever since I've been wondering what it was. [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 12 answers

Help me find a series of illustrated children's hardcover books from the 70s/80s about the upcoming technologies of "The Future" [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - 11 answers

Bookfilter / Moviefilter - Need book and movie recommendations about resistance fighters in wars. Particularly interested in the European theatre of World War II but open to other times, settings, and points of view whether fictional or non-fictional. [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2007 - 33 answers

What's the origin of the phrase: "What if we threw a war and no one came?" [more inside]
posted on Jun 13, 2007 - 17 answers

I woke up this Memorial Day sad, angry depressed over the unending loss of life in the Iraq war. What is an appropriate way for a non-believer in and non-supporter of the war to honor the dead (military, contractors, and Iraqi civilians)?
posted on May 28, 2007 - 14 answers

I was recently terminated due to the state denying licensure based on a felony conviction that no longer exists. it's a little complicated, the old felony is sealed (i was 19 at the time). is the state essentially reopening a sealed case? [more inside]
posted on May 25, 2007 - 10 answers

Are there any extant photographs taken from balloons during the American Civil War? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2007 - 7 answers

I am looking for the definitive book on the United States involvement in Central and South America. Can anyone recommend one -- or several, I suppose? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2007 - 14 answers

How American is the phenomenon of historical re-enacting? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2007 - 22 answers

How many American soldiers who served in this Iraq war have died since leaving Iraq (German hospitals, American hospitals, at home etc.) ? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2007 - 7 answers

What is some classic or essential war literature? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2007 - 74 answers

I'm interested in reading about the Cold War, specifically, about Stalin and the Soviet side of things during the early phases of the war. Other topics are fine though. Any book recommendations you have will be greatly appreciated! [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2007 - 11 answers

Was there anyone who publicly predicted, before the start of the Iraq war, the absence of WMDs and/or the extended occupation we would face, and justified those predictions in thoughtful detail?
posted on Mar 21, 2007 - 35 answers

What are good sources for seeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the eyes of the soldiers fighting? [more inside]
posted on Mar 16, 2007 - 8 answers

Japan/ese-ophiles: Help me find out more about this WWII-era phenomenon in propaganda in Japan. [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2007 - 3 answers

How can you determine if a CD is a casualty of the loudness wars - lots of clipping, mushy sound, and so on - before buying it? Or after buying it, if it comes to that? [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2007 - 19 answers

What films (preferably in Netflix's catalog) do a good job of depicting the misery and scale of the trenches of World War One? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2007 - 31 answers