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  1. If the Confederacy won the American Civil War, would there really be a round two, and if so, who would be the winner?

    Ah. My bad.

  2. If the Confederacy won the American Civil War, would there really be a round two, and if so, who would be the winner?

    Not at all. American politics in the 19th century was explosive and extreme. For that reason, as Brits noted in dismay during the Trent crisis, every man suddenly walked around acting like an expert in maritime law. This was simply the same energy as Bleeding Kansas, or the Wide-Awakes, only...

  3. Hawaii in a Confederate Victory Scenario

    I typically answer these questions with the assumption that the UK is involved with the outcome of the civil war, not only because that's 9/10 of the realistic ways the south could have prevailed, but because it's more interesting as a timeline. It depends on whether you subscribe to the view...

  4. If the Confederacy won the American Civil War, would there really be a round two, and if so, who would be the winner?

    And how impossible it will be to create borders that satisfy anyone. The US is not going to part with Kentucky, Missouri, or Maryland at the negotiating table, likely not most of former Virginia either, and pro-Confederate groups in those regions are going to try to keep the secession struggle...

  5. If the Confederacy won the American Civil War, would there really be a round two, and if so, who would be the winner?

    It boggles the mind that people can watch events such as Ukraine's drama with the Donbas and Russia and conclude that all will be peace and roses after a forced dismemberment of the United States, because of nebulous "ties". That for example, a political party won't simply run on the platform...

  6. No Foreign Intervention in ARW

    I find it more of a 50/50 situation. What overwhelming force are they going to keep sending to North America, and how much of the empire do we want to denude to maintain this? They'll be in a much stronger position without the allied intervention, but they had better find that decisive victory...

  7. If the Confederacy won the American Civil War, would there really be a round two, and if so, who would be the winner?

    Almost certainly. And if the round two, for whatever reasons, does not lead to a reunion, then there will be a round 3. American nationalism all but assures this, as do disputes over issues of trade, territory, geopolitical interests, and the actions of non-state actors over the huge, porous...

  8. CSA-Spanish Empire post war relations?

    Presumably the CSA will still be attempting to drum up every ounce of support from any European power it can, though this depends on how exactly secession is successful. The relationship with the UK will be complex. Spain is a prime candidate because of its possessions in the Caribbean...

  9. AHC: Second US Constitution

    Not necessarily. It could be in the aftermath of the first, or some other huge crisis.

  10. AHC: Second US Constitution

    A polarized politics in which one party seizes control of enough of them to force through its desired changes.

  11. AHC: Second US Constitution

    The sovereign citizen movement often cites the Articles, but in a way which suggests, under their pseudo-legal theories, that it was never superseded by the constitution. I'm surprised a bizarre veneration of the Articles of Confederation hasn't been a conservative staple. I suppose the claim to...

  12. AHC: Second US Constitution

    Alright, I suppose the current constitution is technically the second constitution. We can get that out of the way. The question pertains to the third, if you like.

  13. AHC: Second US Constitution

    Preferably with a POD after a civil war in which the south won its independence, though any is fine. Is this even a practical possibility? What kind of issues could be foremost in the minds of those drafting or attempting to draft a new constitution at various points?

  14. 1938 Coup succeeds

    Hitler's motivations were a little more complex than that. He wouldn't have backed down from a war with the western powers, but his focus was on Czechoslovakia. That was to be his splendid little war than would consolidate his power and provide the political capital for further aggression. He...

  15. Why was 18th century India filled with legally 'false empires'

    This reminds me of the situation at various points in feudal Japan wherein there was an emperor with nominal power, but little actual influence, even being confused by western missionaries with a pope-type role.

  16. AHC: Maximize Russian emigration to the US pre-1900

    Include Jews, Ukrainians, Balts, and others if you wish. How can Russian-American (and other Slav, etc) culture be a major shaping force in the same way those of the Irish, Germans, and Italians have been in the US? How can large regions of the country have ancestry from the Russian Empire as...

  17. British policy following failed ARW?

    The answer is no. It would be kid gloves in comparison. But it would definitely be an unfree environment. The best way to think about this is the US experience with Reconstruction. There was a political project in place, always being contested, of creating a new south from the ashes of the CSA...

  18. Confederate Victory’s Effect on European History

    The situation in Cuba was more complex than you make it sound. Besides, Spain would not only have been too strong for the Confederates to take on in the near future, it was too strong for the US IOTL. Seriously. The US only started to build its navy up into a large modern force in response to...

  19. Confederate Victory’s Effect on European History

    It depends on how it is achieved - a hands off internal collapse of the Union, whether TL-191 style, through an 1864 Lincoln loss, or some other way, is a completely different scenario from one where the UK gets drawn into a North American conflict and the world is forced to digest what such a...

  20. WI: Spain Won The Spanish-Cambodian War?

    If the Dutch and English try to weaken Spain in Asia, and Spain wins this fight, could that lead to a Spanish Indonesia as well as a Spanish Indochina?
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