While its possible that Clinton would still be elected in 1992, it probably wouldn't be after running against either Reagan or Bush: Butterflies would cause some of the presidential elections from 1952-1988 to have different winners than in OTL. For example, Eisenhower might decide to run for a...
So, suppose Moore was more concerned with the internal realism of the Watchmen-verse. He still could have depicted a dystopic Nixon-run USA, very similar to that of the OTL novel, except that it is the world's sole hyperpower, with the USSR no longer in existence.
And the basic plotline could...
Assuming Manhattan's clairvoyance allows him to locate particular individuals, he could also just teleport or disintegrate everybody in the Soviet chain of command with the ability to order a second strike.
Actually, an occupation of Iraq by Bush I would have been very different from that of Bush II in OTL.
Bush I had 500,000 troops in Desert Storm, vs. 140,000 that Bush II had for OIF. Also, in the early 90s you would not have had al-Queda suicide bombers stoking sectarian violence by killing...
That was a pretty silly scenario, borderline ASB. Probably the result of politically correct Hollywood once again stretching to come up with terrorrist villains who aren't Muslims (altho not quite as bad as "Sum of All fears", where the Arabs from the Clancy novel were turned into European...
Right, so a "Watchmen" novel that didn't revolve around the Cold War, would either have not included the fake giant squid alien attack, or would have justified it in some other way. My question was, what might have replaced it?
A problem with the movie "Watchmen" (based on the 1986 graphic novel about an ATL where superheroes exist, and Nixon is in his 5th term) is that a plot involving an imminent nuclear holocaust, doesn't resonate with the current zeitgeist.
So, WI the plot of the original graphic novel hadn't...
That wouldn't mean we "lost" the war. When Country A invades Country B, and the invasion fails, that's not a victory for Country A. Although maybe you could indeed call it a "stalemate", if a counter-invasion of Country A by Country B also fails.
Well, the most plausible way for the North to...
More plausible that he could have been elected in 1992.
If Bush I dropped out in 1992, Buchanan would have been best positioned to win the GOP nomination, whereas if Dole dropped out in 1996, most of his support would probably have gone to Alexander. And Clinton was much more beatable in...
Success of 100 days reforms in modernizing China is plausible, survival of the Qing much longer than OTL isn't. The rise of Chinese nationalism meant that Manchu minority rule over the Han Chinese majority was inevitably doomed. A faster modernization might even accelerate the overthrow of the...
Assuming the above, below might be a plausible lineup for a Great War involving the USA and CSA, which wouldn't violate the "democratic peace" rule (if French Empire is still an authoritarian monarchy, and CSA still practices slavery):
Central Powers:
NGG/Germany
A-H Empire
USA
Allies...
I doubt that new SSRs would be admitted, if doing so would make Russians a minority of the USSR population. So Finland and Mongolia are plausible SSRs, but probably not Poland.
This I strongly disagree with. As VP, I don't think Romney would have made much difference, he'd have been either a slight negative or slight positive relative to OTL. But Romney would almost certainly have been a much stronger candidate than McCain at the top of the ticket (even if he would...