compromise

In 1848, Zachary Taylor's men offered the Vice-Presidency to legendary Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster. Yet Webster declined, and Fillmore was given the position instead. It would be Fillmore, not Webster, who ascended to the Presidency upon Taylor's death in July 1850. What if Webster had...

So what if the forces of Jellacic suffered a crushing defeat at the Battle of Pákozd and Jellacic himself was captured as well? How could this affect the situation between Austria and Hungary? Could this lead to the preservation of the successes of the revolution or a conflict with Austria is...

Alsace-Lorraine, for most of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was always a region of conflicting interests between two specific states: France and Germany. Neither state wanted the other to have any semblance of control over the area. Thus, the challenge here is to make Alsace-Lorraine a...

In 1410, upon the death of Martin of Aragon, the throne became vacant, resulting in an interregnum resolved by the Compromise of Caspe two years later. Why was there not a succession war instead? Such conflicts were common in this era of European history, and it's not as though the crown was...