First of all Chavez would have no chance against Holland with or without NATO. Second of all he has too many problems in his own country and would not want to deal with a war outside of Venezuela especially with the coming election of his controversial revisions to the constitution. He needs the...
It is possible but there is a lot of evidence supporting the view that the great purges were Yezov's and Molotov's ideas even if Stalin agreed and chose to continue them.
What would have happened if Kirov survived his assassination attempt and escaped the USSR (I know escaping would be very difficult but just assume he did)? Would Stalin have organised some one else to kill in order to start the great terror? Would he have started great terror without killing...
I'm pretty sure the USSR would retaliate considering they were secretly involved in the Korean war themselves and China was good friends with the Soviet Union a this time.
What if General Macarthur ended up using nukes during the Korean War? Let’s say it goes in this order. The USA brings an aircraft carrier with nuclear bombs. They detonate three bombs one in Shanghai, one in Beijing and one in the battle field in North Korea. What would the USSR’s first act of...
They would detinate the bomb in Berlin for 2 reasons. One to secure victory against Hitler two to intimidate allies. I doubt they would attack the allies for Stalin once said:"the most dangerous people in the world are historians because they chose what generations to come will think of you". If...
Agreed Batista had to go. An interesting fact is that Castro wasn't a communist when he first took power it was due to Raul and Che's influence and the bay of pigs invasion that he became a communist. Cuba might actually be a democracy if the bay of pigs never happened.
What would have happened if Batista defeated Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, and Che Guevara? I can say for certain that neither the Bay of Pigs invasion nor the Cuban missile crisis would ever take place. This is because America had good relations with Batista and they imported several Cuban...
I doubt that this scenario would ever take place due to the fact that the USSR did not have nuclear weapons and they would be too affraid to risk a confrentation with the USA. If the USA never developed the bomb then perhaps this idea is more likely to happen. However, if America didnt have...
In a liberal democracy people have more social freedoms and the government is open to change rapidly.
In a conservative democracy the philosophy is that changes must take place very slowly in order to make sure we have learned from our past mistakes.
The reason for the different religious...