History buffs?

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I'd like to think I'm not alone in being a big fan of specific bits of history. So I'd be curious in what other members were fans of. The Egyptians? The Romans? Architectural history? Anything I suppose.

As an example, I'm a huge fan of The Cold War. Very specifically The United States and the CCCP. How spying and intelligence played a role in everything. What the KGB, CIA and Stasi did, how they did it, etc. How all three tried to look their best while simultaneously making the other side look like dog shit.

Anyone remotely interested enough in history to say what they're into? Or am I just a massive twat haha.
 
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I am highly intrigued by anything American Revolution. So much so it annoys me how little the common person knows just how much France saved our ass in that war. There's no doubt the colonists had a huge set of balls to tell England to go fuck itself at the height of its power, let alone continued to resist them...but at the end of the day, without France's intervention that war would have ended far differently.

I'm going to be visiting the Smithsonian pretty soon, and greatly looking forward to it. I'm more excited for this than I was for Vegas, trust me you aren't the only nerd here.
 
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Medical history, it's been around as long as people but wasn't always straight forward advances. There were some crazy ideas, but then again some ancient procedures are still in use today (trepanning anyone?)
 
Take a guess. Swedish Empire and the vikings are the obvious favorite periods of mine, or anything historical related to Sweden at all. However, I'm definitely intrigued by West African and Greenlandic history as well.
 
I've been to the Smithsonian, and it took up 3 of the 10 days I spent in D.C. I will say that it's a fabulous place, and anyone who has the opportunity to go should. I'm in agreement with you about the French helping us in the American Revolutionary War. We dare call them surrender monkeys for what happened during WWII, yet they're a huge part of why we Americans get to be Americans.

It's good to know that I'm not the only nerd here when it comes to history haha. You never really know until you ask.
 
I wouldn't call myself a history buff, but I really dig WWI, Cold War, and occasionally Rome.

Might actually read a few books about those throughout the year. This semester I've got a couple hours between classes where I just study or whatever in the library since it's kinda pointless going home.
 
I love history, mainly US history. I was such a big US history nerd I got a 98 on the regents for it.
 
Also, greek mythology highly interests me too. Such a fascinating thing to read about.
 
Greek warfare, and general Rome history. Bringing about what is qualified as civilization nowadays to people of an ancient era and revolutionizing warfare.
 
CallMeBubblesDahling said:
I've been to the Smithsonian, and it took up 3 of the 10 days I spent in D.C. I will say that it's a fabulous place, and anyone who has the opportunity to go should. I'm in agreement with you about the French helping us in the American Revolutionary War. We dare call them surrender monkeys for what happened during WWII, yet they're a huge part of why we Americans get to be Americans.

It's good to know that I'm not the only nerd here when it comes to history haha. You never really know until you ask.
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The Smithsonian is fantastic if you have the time to explore it. I spent 3 days there myself some years ago.
 
I am fascinated by the late neolithic through to the iron age (England), Humans at this time were going through a huge spiritual transformation, the beginning of the journey to self enlightenment.
I'm also into the Industrial revolution and the effects that it had on the lives of the working class.
 
Not much of a buff but any war, more specifically the World Wars. It's neat to see all the technological advances made during times of war aswell.
 
DaivdBaekr said:
I wouldn't call myself a history buff, but I really dig WWI, Cold War, and occasionally Rome.

Might actually read a few books about those throughout the year. This semester I've got a couple hours between classes where I just study or whatever in the library since it's kinda pointless going home.
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If you need a suggestion or two for shortish books to read..."One Hell of a Gamble" by Aleksandr Fursenko & Timothy Naftali. It's about the secret history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and honestly very good. Also, I'd suggest "Deception. The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA" by Edward Jay Epstein. It's very interesting and isn't so long that you couldn't finish it within a reasonable amount of time.
 
im into musical history as i studied it for quite some years. Im a little fuzzy on pre 1865 (colonial) but everything post 1865 to modern day im well on. Im mostly stronger in government/economics than history but still are both great.
Im also gonna throw it out there that Kennedy, Eisenhower, and the Rooselvelts are my top 3 presidents
 
Commander Derpy said:
Not much of a buff but any war, more specifically the World Wars. It's neat to see all the technological advances made during times of war aswell.
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I'm also into the World Wars. More specifically WW2. Also a big fan of the Chinese technological advances early in human history.
 
World War II: Day by day. 96 episodes, each represents 1 month of World War II. Only confirmed facts, only documentaries (some of them are revealed for the first time), KGB and SMERSH archives, Kremlin archives. The most amazing and unbiased (no influence of communist propaganda whatsoever) TV series I have ever watched. The only problem though it's in Russian.
 
On top of the World Wars, I find the Soviet Union's history very interesting. Everything from the periods of confused fighting surrounding the Bolshevik Revolution, to Stalin's great purges and the hellish gulag system, to just how shitty the USSR's army was in the face of the Blitzkrieg, and the eventual decline and collapse of the whole thing. All of it is a great example of how totalitarianism actually works in practice, rather than in theory.
 
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