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I realise that this might be an old question (sorry if it is :o), but I'm curious to know what comes of removing Johnson? who ends up taking over? how does this change reconstruction? and by extension of these how are the United States likely to change?

I'm speaking of the American Civil War to be absolutely clear. My question is: is it at all possible that there could have been a Civil war recognizably similar to the one that actually happened if slavery had already been done away with, would there still be enough in the way of grievances...

trying to expand my understanding: what were the effects on the international relations of the the interwar period caused by the the construction of the Maginot Line?

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a major shaping influence on the cold war, and in addition to instigating the policy of brinkmanship in american diplomacy, at least as things appear to me, he was a major factor in the lead up to the vietnam war. how might things unfold if Ike had...

How much trouble might this potentially cause?

one of my most longstanding interests when it comes to alternate history is a succsessful hundred days. the problem being of course that you couldn't make up a more untenable position for a returning dictator to be in. so, I've recently hit upon a rather novel idea, What if a different enemy...

Now I know that this is not a terribly large WI, and not likely to cause any major change but it is still one that has been nagging at me for some time. In november of 1870 the revolutionary government in Spain elected the second son of the King of Italy, Amadeo, the Duke of Aosta, as king of...

India has been powerful and important for most of human history, but kingdoms or empires that have controlled all or even most of the subcontinent are distressingly rare. but what happens if Pusyamitra Sunga fails to assassinate the emperor Brihadrata Maurya, and one of his sucsessors goes on to...