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1. Bahamas - The United States gains the islands at independence, which it almost did OTL. 2. French Caribbean Islands - John Adams declares war on France over piracy and gets the Caribbean islands as part of the victory spoils. (The British navy will be blocking the French navy so France will...

Most islands in the Pacific turned into willing British colonies to protect themselves from either France or the United States, who were considered worse colonial rulers. Italy and France were not friends in the era of colonialism, being in competing alliances, so Italy could get some colonies...

The U.S. abandoned conscription because of the experience in Vietnam. If the U.S. avoids intervening in Vietnam for whatever reason, would conscription end?

Whenever a WWI-AH is created, it is always assumed France and Germany are on opposite sides, and the alliances formulate from that. Is there a way to have France and Germany be on the same side? (obviously, the cause of the war will have to be different in the alt-TL) If so, what would the...

Mussolini used to be a popular person in left-wing movements wordwide. He was a socialist, a republican, and a secularist opposed to the Catholic church. He changed his tune during WWI and disappointed socialists (including Lenin) by moving to the right. What if he never changed his views and...

I never understood that argument. Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, the Soviet Union, and Saddam's Iraq all had "citizen's armies" and yet they were all totalitarian. Today, China, Cuba, and Iran have conscription and I don't see democracy on the horizon for any of them.

The truther movement on OTL was mainly liberals who believed Bush and his neocon allies caused the attack to get us involved in the Middle East for oil and empire. If Gore wins, however, he will have the support of liberals. Neocons will not be part of his administration. Obviously, there...

If the U.S. stays neutral in WWI, there won't be any backlash of foreign affairs which lead to isolationism in OTL. How will America act in a world where it was left completely unaffected by the war?

Considering the Gregorian calender was brought to the colonies only a few decades before the Revolution, perhaps the United States could re-adopt the Julian calender once it gets independence, to be more Roman-like (and not use a calender made by the head papist!). By 2010, the U.S. is the...

It would be foolish for the USSR to go for the Gulf. Right off the bat, a war with the USA will reqire it to fight in Europe, the Caucus, and East Asia, dividing their forces in three from the beginning. An alliance of convenience with Saddam will allow the Gulf to go to a pro-Soviet ally...

Interesting. Can we get Iraq, an ally of the USSR, to invade Kuwait at this time as well to spread the war to the Middle East? :D Saddam can also keep Turkey distracted who will be fighting alongside its NATO allies.

That didn't end segregation in the South. I'm talking about what if the Civil rights act of 1964 isn't needed thanks to the court.

I enjoy reading about the Supreme Court and I love it when they use their mighty hammers of justice to strike down an unconstitutional law. However, when scholars talk about the court, they say they don't ever go too far ahead of the populace, and always use the example of Jim Crow laws being...

Western Europe: Have the Catholic Church stand up to the fascists and Nazis, giving them a lot more political capital post-war to further their aims. The chucrh keeps the lid on contraception and abortion for a while longer than OTL. Eastern Europe: Communist Romania banned abortion and...

McCain hated the Religious Right and publicly attacked them in 2000. With him at the helm of the GOP, I wonder if the crazies would run to the Democrats. McCain might have also started rappraochment with Cuba, because he rightfully thinks the embargo is stupid, exspecially after we normalized...

What would have happened if Bork wasn't borked?