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What about Lincoln? I'd heard (don't remember where) that he was a depressive.

Night bombing would have to be city-busting During much of the war, many of the raids had to be at night because fighter cover wasn't available for longer-range raids. The dubious accuracy of night attacks means that those raids had to be area raids.

What about armored cars Weren't they available earlier in the war? What if the British first experimented with them, and then had a slightly more developed mobile warfare doctrine in place when tanks became available? I still think they wouldn't have had that big an impact. There were too...

Interesting hypothetical...some questions So, I assume you are having the law state that not only can a line of succession go through a female, but that one can rule. Fair enough but would the French accept a female ruler? (this scenario reminds me of the civil war between Stephen and Matilda...

Spain and Portugal are once again united Are you positing a dynastic marriage? If so, what is the British reaction. Also, does a Bavarian-Iberian link make Bavaria a more powerful player in Germany?

A war unlikely Given Israel's preponderant military strength, it seems unlikely that this Arab coalition would arise. Egypt is too dependant on U.S. military aid and the other countries don't have anything like the strength to do it. What you'd probably have to see happen is that the...

Good TL, just some questions "A British army coming out of Quebec came down into New Hampshire with the intent of reaching Boston..... " Lake Champlain is the only practical route from Canada (Arnold's force in the march north from Ft. Western was quite small and a great many of them didn't...

German consolidation? Germany was fragmented into an incredible plethora of states, under the ostensible unity of the Holy Roman Empire. Much of this was due to the practice of partitioning inhertances and much was feudal particularism. Might a Mongol overlordship have forced a consolidation...

Different Mary Philip was married to Mary Tudor, not Mary, Queen of Scots. I've recently been thinking about a POD that could put Mary Tudor securely on the throne. OTL, Henry VIII was almost killed in a jousting accident in 1524. If you kill him off, Mary (then 8 yrs. old), would have no...

If I were making the argument for a long-term Mongol conquest, I'd agree. I don't believe the Mongols intended that. The original casus belli was King Bela of Hungary's allowing the Cumans who fled from Mongol domination sanctuary. The campaigns of 1241 were aimed at taking Hungary. Any...

Well, Teutoberger Wald had more to do with Arminius' plotting and Varus' incompetence than anything else. As I recall, Drusus Germanicus and his father Drusus Nero didn't do badly. Also, can you explain to me how a feudal army relying on heavy armored cavalry is "optimized for fighting in...

A big incursion, followed by levying tribute The original Mongol invasion of Europe was halted because of the death of Ogadai Khan, not a consideration of its viability. The Mongols did plan to go into Western Europe the following campaign season. The non-appearance had more to do with...

What's the link to the assumption of debt issue The capital being moved to the Potomac was the trade-off for Virginia signing-off on federal assumption of various state debts. I think a capital that was in a dominant city would suggest stronger trends towards centralization (think of London or...

Mohammed the Adoptionist? There appears to have been a heterodox offshot of Christianity called adoptionism which held that Jesus was the son of God only by adoption and divine grace and didn't posses an intrinsically divine nature. This arose in Spain in the 8th century after the Islamic...

CSA: Confederate States of America, a movie about life in an America where the South won, plays at the Sundance Film Festival January 17-20. According to IMDB.com, the film is still looking for a distributor. For more info, go to http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/alpha.aspx and scroll...

Razing Rome may be unrealistic. Any information on what siege equipment Pyrrhus had with him? Also bear in mind that he had lost a large chunk of his army in the victories at Heraclea and Asculum and Rome's allies had shown no sign of deserting to him. If he had stayed in Italy, he could...