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  1. WI: Labour Party instead of Progressive

    My thoughts it has to do with the split of the labor movement between conservatives who endorsed capitalism and radicals who aligned with socialism. With the decline of the Knights of Labor, labor split with conservative labor aligning with the Democrats by the 1900s and radical labor...

  2. When firearms were first itroduced, why was the noise so terrifying on morale? Even after repeated engagements?

    If you want an idea of what levies would look like, Assize of Arms of 1181 is a good example of the time period Though feudalism was hardly a universal thing. In many English wars of the period, the lords were unreliable and mercenaries were used instead

  3. Possible Intereuropean organizations after WW1?

    I was thinking of Lwow, Pinsk, and Kielce. Though the really nasty massacres do happen later during World War 2 though the context is different for those

  4. Possible Intereuropean organizations after WW1?

    They also were very much wrapped up in Polish dreams of restoring the Commonwealth. And sadly those dreams led to quite a few killings and massacres

  5. Former SSRs going monarchist?

    I'd argue that even if monarchism were more popular, you would be more likely to have people crown themselves monarchs rather than come from an overthrown dynasty. Think of the Roman Emperors or Napoleon. I'd expect that will eventually be the endpoint of the Kim dynasty if it remains in...

  6. AHQ: What if the Jews went East?

    If they end up in China, they would likely be caught up in the purge of foreign religions under Emperor Wuzong. This in OTL led to the collapse of Zoroastrianism and Manicheism in China

  7. What reforms could russian rulers enact to prevent the Russian Revolution?

    Reforms he was never comfortable with and often forced to go along with them like the Duma. He would, after all, dissolve the Duma twice in order to undermine any threats to curb his power and bring meaningful changes The Russian Revolution of 1905 and 1917 had as much to do with Nicholas II...

  8. What reforms could russian rulers enact to prevent the Russian Revolution?

    You need to remove Nicholas II as ruler. Russia will always be at the edge of revolution with Nicholas II and his wife in change. Both fundamentally believed in absolutism and worked to undermine attempts for reform.

  9. AHC:Prevent the cold war from starting

    One can argue that the United States inherited English notions of property that are antithetical to communism. I’d say it comes down to those who wanted to keep their wealth and property and the power it came with it. This also meant using violence to maintain that power. And, a darker reason...

  10. WI: Written constitutions considered the exception, rather than the rule?

    The idea of a written democracy was important in the development of democracy. A written constitution was almost always a demand of liberal revolutionaries as it is an important check on the power of the monarch. Symbolically, it is a demonstration that power comes from the people, not from...

  11. AHC:Prevent the cold war from starting

    They are still releasing Soviet records. I wonder if they shed light on any of these questions

  12. How best to "preserve" the Chinese monarchy?

    After doing a bit more reading, it seems the foreignness of the Qing is a rather heated debate in histography. They are largely grouped into the New Qing History and Eurasian History. Here is a good intro text to the debate: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2011.00454.x

  13. Language of the Strategikon of Maurice

    The fun here is ChatGPT can't agree if it was written in Latin, Medieval Greek, or Koine Greek. It suggested these sources: Maurice, Emperor of the East. The Strategikon: A Treatise on Byzantine Tactics. Translated by George T. Dennis. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984. Haldon, John F...

  14. How best to "preserve" the Chinese monarchy?

    The Taiping Rebellion was also dominated by the Hakka, which were also seen as outsiders to the broader Han culture. That being said Han Chinese did join both sides of the conflict. The Qing would have to change their strict 8-banner system in order to assimilate into the broader Han culture...

  15. How best to "preserve" the Chinese monarchy?

    I don't think this would save the Qing Dynasty in the longer term. The Qing Dynasty was considered a foreign regime, not a native dynasty. Had it been native then maybe it would have a chance to survive as a constitutional monarchy

  16. AHC:Prevent the cold war from starting

    I think this is the case of having to change the worldview of both the United States and the Soviet Union. Stalin was Stalin and thought war between the capitalists and the Soviet Union was inevitable. The United States, especially those in power, were fervently anti communist. They saw...

  17. Make North Vietnam win the war by 1972

    The situation in Korea was nowhere as bad as in Vietnam. First off, Korea was far shorter. Korea lasted 3 years while Vietnam went from 1963-1972. Korea was a conventional war where territory was won and lost. Vietnam had no real exchange of territory. By 1970-1972 I believe most Americans...

  18. Ideologies without the French Revolution

    I’d argue most of they ideological development occurred before Napoleon took power. Napoleon was able to spread the genesis of most of these ideas to wider Europe. I don’t see the Napoleonic code as having a lasting ideological impact

  19. What if George Washington died in Yorktown?

    I’d expect any attempt to crown a foreign king would not go over well in many parts of the fledging United States

  20. AHC: Better 1970s?

    In order to get a better 70's I think three things need to be altered: 1. Vietnam - The United States army was close to disintegrating by 1971 and either avoiding the war entirely or stopping Nixon from sabotaging the 1968 peace talks could work. Not to mention this would take the wind out of...
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