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  1. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4: Part 4

    Tuesday, April 25th, 1961 It was now the thirteenth day into the flight of Vostok 1, and for Gagarin, it was going to be his last. For the first several days into this fatal odyssey, the command at Baikonur attempted to provide him with a long list of systems he could turn off and on...
  2. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    I will say that I love the conversation I'm seeing after this update, it's always so encouraging to see people enjoying the timeline. Let it be known that the next update is coming soon, definitely by the end of the week i would like, but that it will contain some grim subject matter.
  3. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4: Part 3

    Wednesday, April 13th, 1961 The White House, Washington D.C. 11:13 A.M. In the Oval Office, Nixon’s fury burned as hot as when he was first woken by the Secretary of State’s call; a call he'd received almost seven hours ago. The buttons on Nixon’s shirt collar and cuffs remained...
  4. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    It also surprised me to know that this was the way radio Moscow reported it OTL as well. If anything, I depicted it taking slightly longer for them to do so ITTL.
  5. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    I plan on going back and potentially adding notes at the bottom of the posts to distinguish changes and the like from OTL. But I will lay this one out here. In OTL, Gagarin's flight also overperformed and went much higher than anticipated. A good section of his OTL flight was spent discovering...
  6. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    Operation Northwoods in OTL was drafted by the Joint Chiefs and signed off by the Joint Chiefs in communication and involvement with the DOD. Northwoods had intentions of and required utilizing heavy CIA involvement. From what I have pieced together, and I may be mistaken, Northwoods and...
  7. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4: Part 2

    Chapter 4: Part II …………………….. Moscow, Russia, USSR Just shy of an hour after launch, Soviet radio announcer Yuri Levitan sat behind his microphone in Moscow. In the broadcast booth, he pre-read the announcement with a broad smile on his face. His hands trembled ever so slightly as the words...
  8. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 4: Part 1

    Chapter IV: Part 1 “To Go In Peace” -Tuesday, April 12th, 1961- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, USSR Gagarin's face was far paler than usual after being retrieved from his bunk by the team of scientists, their veneer of professionalism unable to fully cover the excitement that was clearly...
  9. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    I'm very happy to see people happy about the new update dropping, here's hoping it's not as long until the next one! (Working on it now)
  10. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 3: Part 2

    Chapter III / Part II -Thursday, February 16th, 1961- The Roosevelt Room, The White House Across the corridor from the Oval Office, Secretary of State Meade Alcorn, National Security Advisor George Kennan, and Secretary of Defense Paul Nitze sat silently in the conference room. As the attendees...
  11. SargentHawk

    What are some irl butterfuy effects(not althist) that can genuinely be described as such?

    I believe the election of Barack Obama has been credibly tied to the show Star Trek Voyager and actress Jeri Ryan's failing marriage.
  12. SargentHawk

    Peace, Experience, Prosperity. A 1960 Nixon TL.

    Excited to see where you take this!, subscribing now,
  13. SargentHawk

    What Happens to JFK If He Loses in 1960?

    I think the tapes of the older disgruntled and frustrated Nixon dealing with Vietnam, the Drug War, and the violent curve that civil rights took throughout the 70's often overshadows the actually pro-civil rights Nixon that existed in 1960. Ive heard multiple references say that Nixon's...
  14. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    Still very much working on it, actually had the docs open today. World's just been incredibly busy lately
  15. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    Update: just letting everyone know I'm still alive and intend on updating again soon! Just trying to work out a restructuring to the next segment. Didn't feel like what I had originally fit in well.
  16. SargentHawk

    Voices of Doomsday Through the Ages

    In terms of newsmen, Walter Cronkite certainly comes to mind for the 60's through the 80's. Hunter and Brinkley are also decent candidates. I could imagine a few mega-celebrities of the time also being approached for something like this. Johnny Carson was honestly my first idea.
  17. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 3: Part 1

    *Chapter III* ‘Inauguration’ -Thursday, January 20th, 1961- The flags on the hood of the limousine ripped through the brisk freezing air of Washington as it left the White House. Outside, the blanketing snow smoothed over all within eyesight, save for the streets, which were only traversable...
  18. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon

    Love the checkers fans, gotta remember to include him again at some point
  19. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 2: The Intermission

    Thursday, December 29th, 1960 Forest Lane, Washington D.C. Only twenty-one days were left before the Presidency and seven weeks had passed since the election. Since that victorious morning, Nixon had spent nearly every waking moment sitting with advisors, meeting with potential appointees...
  20. SargentHawk

    A Man Is Finished When He Quits - The Early Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
    Threadmarks: Chapter 1: Part 4 - Concession

    Wednesday, November 9th, 1960 The Driskill Hotel, Austin, Texas “For those of you just now joining us…,” John Chancellor's voice came from the television speakers. “We again take you to the popular vote board, where for the first time we are placing the ‘V’ as we say in front of Vice President...
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