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What if, instead of St. Paul going to Rome to preach and die, and St. Thomas going to India to preach....what if St. Thomas had gone to Rome & St. Paul had gone to India? thoughts?

In the late 1800s, at a time in America when the Irish were being depicted as slightly subhuman and prone to violence, the Syrians were being depicted as hard workers and good citizens of their adopted country. In the 1890s and first decade (or so) of the 1900s, the Syrians were declared...

One of the things I learned from How the States got their Shapes is that California was permitted to pretty much draw their own borders (claiming the entire gold rush region within the state, for one), because the lawmakers recognized that they needed California (with all its resources) more...

By the time of the Spanish-American War, Spain was stretched thin and weak. In OTL, the US won the Philippines from her. Let's assume that in this ATL, Japan wins the Philippines. (and this at a point in time when the Red Cross praised the Japanese treatment of captives - witness Russia)...

From what I've seen of it, it's a good book. haven't read enough of it to tell if its AH. what are your thoughts on The Kingdom Of Ohio?

What if Clovis (King of the Franks) adopted Christianity, as he did in OTL...but he does not adopt the Catholic faith. Would this change much?

What if, instead of going to the Amazon, Teddy Roosevelt decides that he's the best man to drag Alaska into statehood - the man did love challenges, after all. or would a better time be in place of his trip to Africa?

In OTL 1828, Britain failed to support Persia in their war. As a result, the Shah reached out to Russia. What if Britain had supported Persia in the 1828 war....would that greatly change the course of the ensuing Afghan Wars?

What is the earliest that the USA could have had a President of Asian descent? (or at least a canidate who was a serious contender*) * = of equal or greater likelyhood to be elected than V.Woodhull, who had the blessing of President Grant.

The most famous example of what the Axis brought us are how the V2 rockets paved the way to spaceflight. (and without spaceflight, there's a whole host of conveniences we'd lack) And, under Operation Paperclip, many German and Japanese scientists were brought to the US for their knowledge of...

What if President Johnson had taken a page from Churchill's and FDR's playbooks, and gave a 10-minute-long talk over the radios or on tvs, to tell how things were going, and what we were doing (in fighting, in reconstruction, in the Great Society, etc) ? Would that have helped? (at...

Been reading A day which will live in infamy, the AH anthology of Pearl Harbors that might have taken place, and, I have a question, based on some of the divergences and the comment that part of what unified the USA against Japan was how Japan launched a pre-emptive strike...instead of declaring...

Who were some of the more Isolation-inclined canidates for the US Presidency after the end of World War Two? I need these to make a little story for a relative of mine who thinks that the US had no business interfering in the affairs of the other side of the world (when the cost is the lives...

excerpt from the book _How to lose a war_ edited by Bill Fawcett: But there are a few points to the Emancipation Proclamation that are forgotten. First, that the Proclamation itself was ony part of a broader package. It was the stick, and the carrot is forgotten. While issuing the...

Inspired by the "WI Pilate spares Jesus?" thread here https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=134300 Pilate, governor of Judea, was not a nice guy - more than once, when there was an uprising or the threat of an uprising in his governance, he had the members of the...

I remember hearing that one of the main reasons why Kennedy won the 1960 election was because he was more photogenic than Nixon was. (first televised presidential debate, yes?) Did Nixon's Party have any canidates who the public might have considered more photogenic than Kennedy? (did any...

In OTL, the Pharoah Sneferu built three pyramids...only the last one - the Red Pyramid - was what we would call a true pyramid. But what if Sneferu had died upon the completion of the Bent Pyramid - the second he had built - and before the Red Pyramid could be begun? would this change anything?

(or should this go in Pre-1900 for the mid- or late-1800s?) Britain has the Gurkhas....could the US have decided that the Native Hawaiians would be a good choice for their own martial race? {when its performed by guys, you can definately see how the hula is related to the Maori haka}

(I ask because being neutral was almost more trouble than it was worth) at the very least, it should keep the nation from being bombed to hell and back. thoughts?

Walter Cronkite, in the Discovery Channel marathon this past week, noted that, had Nixon gone on camera and apologized for what happened at the Watergate Hotel, the whole thing would've blown over after a day or two -- that it was the denial which led to him having to leave office. What if...