The command:

kubectl apply view-last-applied -f object.yml

displays the latest applied configuration file of an object.

Does a command exist that gives the entire 'applied' history of a given object?

For example, given the created configuration (using kubectl create -f pod.spec --save-config):

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nginx
    image: nginx:1.7.9

and the applied configurations (using kubectl apply -f pod.spec):

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nginx
    image: nginx:1.9

revision 2:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nginx
    image: nginx:1.9.1

the command should give:

$ kubectl appy log -f pod.spec

applied <later date>:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nginx
    image: nginx:1.9.1


applied <earlier date>:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod
  labels:
    app: nginx
spec:
  containers:
  - name: nginx
    image: nginx:1.9