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How would you ensure French victory in the Franco Prussian War? You may not do anything before the war starts-so no equipping the French artillery with Krupp guns, for example.

"Before man reaches the moon your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India or to Australia by guided missiles.... We stand on the threshold of rocket mail." - Arthur Summerfield, US Postmaster General 1953 - 1961 ---- Historians. Make it so. And...

You, servant of the His Imperial Majesty's Government, have been instructed to advise the tutor of Tsarevich Nicholas (Konstantin Pobedenostsev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Pobedonostsev), soon to become Tsar Nicholas II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_ii, on what to teach him...

Because the US equivalent is so gloomy and long, I felt that we could have a good old British equivalent. But, because I want a happier next decade, I felt that we could have a more upbeat thread: Who, in your opinion, were the 5 best British Prime Ministers (or First Lords of the Treasury, so...

I'm going to be doing some coursework on Military History, and I need your help, fellow historians! Can anyone reccomend some good, accessible books on early 20th century cavalry/tank warfare?

What if, in 1848 (a great year of revolutions), the weather in London had remained clear (rather than raining, thus keeping many people off the streets), the people signing the Petition did not amusingly fake names on the Third National Petition, and the Chartists had thereby genuinely been able...

With the Cult of the Supreme Being, Festivals of Reason, Revolutionary Calendar, and so on. Basically, Robespierre's De Christianised vision of a Republic of Virtue. How could there be a Point of Diversion which could make this work for any length of time, and have a reasonably large following...

I mean, on a scale similar to that of the Roman Empire? One ran from Athens itself, that is, rather than an Empire that just happens to include Athens.

I'm redoing Chartism in history (well, re doing it for exam retakes), so I felt that this could be a good revision exercise if nothing else. After all, to alter the past requires a good knowledge of it. So, here goes: how could the Chartists have possibly implemented their Six Points by 1850...