I’ve been pondering this question. Originally, I was thinking someone like Howard Hughes, an early Elon Musk, was the solution. However, the sheer breadth of what would need to be done makes that scenario unlikely. Then it hit me.
Robert Heinlein.
Allow me to explain. Robert Heinlein was a...
Algeria and what became of Pied Noirs was discussed in the original thread. This is a link to the original question on the issue and there are several responses that follow it. I know the thumbnail is of another issue, but it should think you to the discussion if interested...
Kentucky is a weird situation.
A lot of what happened there arose from the regional differences in Kentucky of the time. Central Kentucky (Lexington and the surrounding area) and Western Kentucky were pro-Southern in outlook while East Kentucky, North Kentucky (across the river from Cincinnati)...
On the subject of Southern Women. I read an article a while back on the United Daughters of Confederacy and its political influence in the late 19th century. A lot of it went back to a fair number of them had become teachers as they needed work with the collapse of the Southern Economic system...
Excellent chapter.
One thing I would mention, since Lincoln won all the votes, he will need to make sure that one of his electors vote for someone else as it has been a long tradition in American politics that only Washington will win with an unanimous electoral vote.
IIRC, North Africa fell about to the Allies relatively early in the war. I can't recall the correct date, but I suspect it was in 1941.
Operation Torch went off about the same time. IIRC Calbear refers to the Western Allied invasion of North Africa in post #39 of the original thread saying "As...
I was wondering and I thought I would ask the forum as I'm sure there are much smarter people than me here. What is the earliest point in history for a viable space program, a program able to get men and equipment into orbit? In OTL, it was the late 1950s, could it have been earlier?
I...
Welcome to Kentucky.
Google Broad Form Deed and Kentucky. There were attempts to overturn a Constitutional Amendment passed by the voters of Kentucky in 1988, (With a 82% vote in favor) which interfered with strip mining. Then, as back in the 1860s there were arguments made about taking of...
No doubt, pretty off the wall. It was pretty strange in OTL, many historians made the statement that Kentucky waited until after the war to join the Confederacy. I've seen some court cases from the Kentucky Courts of the time that came pretty close to arguing that the 13th Amendment was...
The Confederate Junta is so crazy that even the Kentuckians so 'No Thank You, We're out'
Also, love Kearny's ride. I always felt he got cheated in OTL by fate.
I wonder if Lee's family will become some kind of icons to the Junta or the Junta's opponents. Lee is becoming such a idol for the various parties and I can see their influence gaining outsized size.