It also depends on how bellicose Malankov is and if the WP even really exists. Maybe the Iron Curtain is made of foil in TTL.Returning to NATO, well i think that's her end will come soon, honestly Mac obsession for Asia/Pacific, extremely low interest for Europe and the reunification of Germany just a decade after WWII...a move that will have caused a series of hearth attack all over the continent and now this diplomatic 'faux pass' (in addition to propose Spain as a member of NATO) will cause everyone in western europe to start thinking alternative and have serious doubts about american commitment or even if they are really their ally.
It also depends on how bellicose Malankov is and if the WP even really exists. Maybe the Iron Curtain is made of foil in TTL.
Oh, yes please. The Armenians are treated almost as badly as the Jews.What will the Armenians do? They may get their independence 35 years earlier.
They'd better have a reliable outlet to the outside world...Oh, yes please. The Armenians are treated almost as badly as the Jews.
Honestly, nothing. How would they even get their independence? Neither Turkey nor the Soviets are going to willingly grant them land, and I doubt Mac could even force them to.What will the Armenians do? They may get their independence 35 years earlier.
Nothing wrong with him letting his cabinet handle domestic affairs and then him just keeping the PM title and taking an active role for a few months at the end when the excitement startsChurchill can still be there in 1956 if we butterfly away the stroke, but is a very difficult thing to do as the man hardly took care of his health and already in 51 it was suggested that he retired. Basically if it by some miracle, after the defeat in the 45 election someone convince Winston to try a more healthier style of life, it can be done, otherwise it's difficult to see how he can still capable of be prime minister unless he is basically kept only nominally in power as it's the cabinet that hold real control due to his health.
The Warsaw Pact doesn't formally exist. 'Fraternal socialist brothers' and other Pravda-speak definitely do.It also depends on how bellicose Malankov is and if the WP even really exists. Maybe the Iron Curtain is made of foil in TTL.
Appreciate they will not recover their homelands but pressure on Soviets and Turkey (also from UN, NATO and CENTO) might alleviate a little of the persecution and ethnic cleansing.Re: The Armenians: Honestly, nothing. How would they even get their independence? Neither Turkey nor the Soviets are going to willingly grant them land, and I doubt Mac could even force them to.
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It was my hope that the world be made more aware. Because of their being a part of the Soviet Russia Turkey has bren able to spin the narrative iotl.Appreciate they will not recover their homelands but pressure on Soviets and Turkey (also from UN, NATO and CENTO) might alleviate a little of the persecution and ethnic cleansing.
Too low IMO, South Korea is richer than both right now and the Korea in TTL went through a far shorter war. I would expect a PCI at least as high as OTL.Italy or Spain
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eh?Macarthur would have seen that Vietnam would be a larger version of the Philippines of his youth, an insurgency that he could not quell.
The "Philippines of his youth" was exactly the sort of insurgency that he thought he could quell - his father had quelled it (sure, there was more nuance to the matter, but that's how he saw it). Vietnam was much more a case of "don't get in a land war with Asia" (which is the exact argument he used when advising JFK against intervening there).Vietnam - Macarthur would have seen that Vietnam would be a larger version of the Philippines of his youth, an insurgency that he could not quell. He would also know that traditionally, the Vietnamese did not want to have nothing to do with the Chinese. Macarthur could talk and convince the press on this. And with Vietnam question solved early, USA can concentrate on other things such as perhaps the Great Society of Johnson in the 60's if LBJ is there.
I've been thinking about this one for months now, TBH I'm not sure. All the arguments in favour of it still apply (and would still exist even if Ike isn't there pushing it along). The main problem is that Mac was anti-taxes to the point of obsession (he goes on a seriously impressive rant about them towards the end of his book), and while he wasn't anti-public works as such, my guess is he'd take one look at the cost and say "the states can figure that one out". Though if Congress pushed through a proposal I imagine he'd sign it.Interstate system - is this still a go? Both Democrats and Republicans should be able to see this as a good thing
Could be? Really depends on if Mac's successors continue his detente policies, and the Soviet leadership is willing to do the same. Not really something I can predict (I mean, Carter was followed by Reagan after all....). If Malenkov sticks around long enough, wouldn't rule it out completely.Space Race - Is their room for joint USSR-USA cooperation in space exploration ???? Probably not in the 1950's and 1960's, but perhaps in the 1970's
This might be a question better saved for after the next update is postedMiddle East - How does the Iranian people see the USA? Operation Ajax was a bust. Do the Iranian people see the USA as meddlers in their country?
I really don't think it is too low. There's no guarantee that united Korea would experience the same "miracle" growth it had OTL... for one, there's a lot more people it has to raise the living standards of TTL, and one of the biggest drivers of that growth (war in Vietnam) has been almost definitely butterflied.Too low IMO, South Korea is richer than both right now and the Korea in TTL went through a far shorter war. I would expect a PCI at least as high as OTL.
If it was really something that Congress was interested in then it seems like something Knowland would push for both in the name of bipartisanship, economic stimulus, and to get his name on a big piece of legislation.I've been thinking about this one for months now, TBH I'm not sure. All the arguments in favour of it still apply (and would still exist even if Ike isn't there pushing it along). The main problem is that Mac was anti-taxes to the point of obsession (he goes on a seriously impressive rant about them towards the end of his book), and while he wasn't anti-public works as such, my guess is he'd take one look at the cost and say "the states can figure that one out". Though if Congress pushed through a proposal I imagine he'd sign it.
The Tactics that succeeded with the British in Malaya were in part from not being supplied by one Superpower,(USSR) and one rising power(Red China) on untouchable supply routes by rail and by Ports.What would be ironic if ITTL, the USA avoids the quagmire of Vietnam, just to be sucked into another one somewhere else in the world in the '60's and '70's. But I do not see that happening. Perhaps the USA will become more involved in Cuba for counter insurgency activity. Even if the USA is more active in Cuba, I do not see the level of involvement that Vietnam became in our time.
The difference with Cuba is that the US can entirely cut off the rest of the world from supplying Cuba relatively easily if they wanted to. Its a much different situation, and one the US could probably win far easier imo.What I was trying to get at, was that with Macarthur's experience, knowledge of Asian culture, and his popularity and prestige, he would have been ideal to stop US involvement in Vietnam and not take as much damaging flak for SE Asia falling to communism.
That and what opportunities does the USA have to spend the money that was spent on Vietnam, elsewhere? Greater space exploration? War on poverty ?????
What would be ironic if ITTL, the USA avoids the quagmire of Vietnam, just to be sucked into another one somewhere else in the world in the '60's and '70's. But I do not see that happening. Perhaps the USA will become more involved in Cuba for counter insurgency activity. Even if the USA is more active in Cuba, I do not see the level of involvement that Vietnam became in our time.