The obvious alternate history for Hillary Clinton is her deciding in 2000 not to run for Moynihan’s New York Senate seat, but for the Clintons to move to Illinois (her home state) to prepare for a run in 2004 against Republican Senator Ryan. With the Chicago establishment behind her she takes...
Ronald Reagan. Not only due to his awful policies, but he would be facing large liberal Democratic majorities in both houses. He would not have any coattails even if he managed the eke out a win over Carter.
I found myself wondering if the decision not to pursue the atomic bomb was actually a bit of disinformation, either by the Government to the efficiency expert or by him to his wife.
I'm willing to predict that the Czech sharpshooter ends up killing Sanjurjo.
Also that the British vets end up in some sort of coup attempt in England (Valkyrie like?).
Spoiler Alert
Finished this last night.
Echoing what's been said previously about the POV characters. I found a bit implausible the whole Big Switch. I can accept the Brits/French agreeing to a ceasefire (or even a formal peace) with the Nazis, but actually fighting with them on the Russian...
Not sure why everyone is assuming that Eisenhower would have been a shoo-in for reelection in 1960. The 1958 mid-term elections were a pretty devastating rebuke to him and the GOP (they lost 15 senate seats and 49 house seats, adding to existing Dem majorities in both houses), and the economy...