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I read yesterday that the loss in Korea prompted the US to not seek conventional conflict, but rather nuclear deterrent with the USSR. So I was wondering whether a decisive victory over North and South Korea (that is to say, uniting them) would give the US hope of winning a conflict against the...

In a lot of ways terrorists are scarier. There are no "flashpoints" with terrorists. The attacks just happens, you can't reason with them. It's like the difference between the threat to your life posed by an armed robber and the one posed by a wild animal. Once again I was not alive during the...

I've just spent the past two days reading this whole thing. Wow, this is just tremendous. I would certainly be dead, I had not been born yet but both my parents lived in Chicago at the time. I was not alive during the cold war, but this is definitely a scary idea. I can only imagine how much...

Thank you! Finally got back to writing it, decided it was something more productive to do with my time. Might even have an update by tonight...

Back I was toying with the idea of making it a full year. *** September 24th, 1944 Arnhem, Netherlands Independent Polish Parachute Squadron SAS The Poles had had a hard ten days. Taking Arnhem, let alone holding it, had taken a serious toll. Currently they were waiting for the...

Some people have said that if Athens won the Peloponnesian War the expanded Athenian Hegemony would not survive. So how is it possible for the new, larger Delian league to become more centralized so as to remain firmly in Athens' control.

But even if you had a three-way struggle over Sicily the two surviving powers would still probably fight over the remains. And of course after any of these it's possible that Rome will just sweep in and take the winner and the loser.

There have been a couple threads that have asked what would happen if Athens won the Peloponnesian War. Assuming that Athens does come out on top they would have been the dominant state in the Greek world. This Athenian hegemony might be able to resist the advances of the Macedonians as well...

I suppose one could argue that without the Gallic War Caesar would never have gone anywhere. But any one of the battles being that decisive seems kind of shaky. So how about another Roman one... The Battle of Actium 31 BC Octavian's Supporters vs. Mark Antony's Supporters and Ptolemaic Egypt...

I definitely agree with this. While Robert E Lee was probably one of the best tactical generals of the Civil War he really missed the big picture. Going on an the offensive was a very, very bad idea.

What I basically meant was that if a Democratic Germany formed would the great powers be scared enough to launch a war to prevent it from gaining power?

Let's say that the 1848 revolutions in Germany are successful. Is it possible this event could spark a Pan-European Anti-Democracy crusade just like the French Revolution did?

Just started reading this. Quite good, I've always been disappointed at the lack of Spanish-Centric timelines. And this one looks as if it is shaping up quite nicely. Can't wait to see how the rest of the century turns out.

That's what I think, but his enemies might use the fact that since he was not born even in what became the United States he might not be able to. But Hamilton was one of the first Constitutional Lawyers so he would have shot that down.

Firstly do you think he would have wanted to run. Secondly do you think his running would be contested seeing as he was born in the Caribbean. And thirdly what kind of president would he be, would people like him. What would he do?

You've got to be kidding. Although Truman may not have been the best president he was still a good one for an extraordinarily difficult time in US history. I am not really an expert on Israeli independence but if he didn't care about it then why did he back them up? And many people in the world...

I have just read basically this entire thread today and it is quite good. And I was thinking about doing a feature on warfare in medieval America. Things like knights and pikemen and archers combined with some native things like the Dineh horse-archers or the Floridian Blow Darts. Does that...

Only if you do... glad you like it though.

Sorry 'bout the delay. It might encourage me more if you guys posted more actively (hint hint). But without further delay here is the next update. September 17th, 1944 Over Hamburg, Germany No. 207 Squadron “We’ve started quite the fire down there boys, you can come home now.” Crackled over...

Endsworth Laketon Yeah that's about it.