eisenhower

"I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected." - William Tecumseh Sherman Many presidents have been credited with changing history, but Eisenhower stands out as one who provided stability to a nation in turmoil. His legacy still resonates today throughout the country. Yet what...

IN THE ROUGH Eisenhower was a figure like no other. He was so popular not even a heart attack and advanced age could hurt his re-election chances. That being said this timeline will explore if that heart attack did stop his assured re-election and in fact his presidency in its tracks. This...

Exactly what it says on the tin. What if Dwight D Eisenhower, rather than go into politics, opted to remain a general and then somehow ended up in MacArthur's place during the Korean War (maybe Douglas goes into politics early) My guess is that he handles the situation better than MacArthur...

Following a mild heart attack in 1940, FDR decides to stop drinking and smoking, which extends his life by another decade. Thomas Dewey, and not Wendell Willkie, becomes the Republican nominee in 1940 and suffers the same crushing defeat in the election. FDR manages to keep Henry Wallace on the...

Let’s say the Chinese offensive in the Korean War is a complete disaster and the US/UN coalition annihilates them and holds serve in Korea. How does the US domestic political landscape change? Truman would be a sure fire victory in 1952 as I don’t think Eisenhower would run in this scenario...

In OTL the Democratic party experienced a pretty dominant period in the USA following the election of FDR, holding the presidency for 20 straight years starting in 1933 and holding the house for all but 4 years from 1931 to 1995. While it might seem like this was destined to come to an end, I...

So, this has been thrown around in my head and discussed at the family dinner table over ropa vieja and yuca a few times, but amidst simmering Cold War tensions, what if President Eisenhower aided President Batista in the Cuban Revolution from the moment Castro declared revolution instead of...

With the results of the 2016 presidential election in showing the 22nd consecutive Democratic win in a Presidential election, one starts to wonder if this was an inevitable path for American politics. Democrats have continuously held the presidency since 1932, and, with only a few exceptions...

With the caveat that there were plenty doing similar work, what does the removal of the Pew Brothers change in the Republican Party and America? It’s a ton of money and organization applied during key times to shift the Republican Party that’s now gone… you’ve got Goldwater and the religious...

A major reason that Republican leaders supported Dwight Eisenhower for President in 1952 was that they believed the frontrunner, Senator Robert Taft, was unelectable. Taft was widely seen as an isolationist arch-conservative who opposed the New Deal, positions that were very unpopular at the...

Lately I've been reading about military theories and strategists like Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Jomini, Sherman, and so on, and I'd like to hear what the Allies could have done different or better? Whether when WWII started, or after Britain was ejected out of mainland Europe, D-Day, etc...

What if the Allies could pull an April 1944 Anvil ? What would be the implications for a) D-Day, b) The subsequent campaign in NWE c) The Italian Campaign? Lets assume that there is enough amphibious capacity (No Anzio, MacArthur gets fewer landing craft, earlier turning point in the...

Despite great reluctance, General Dwight Eisenhower accepted a draft for the Republican nomination in 1948. He defeated his GOP rivals at the party convention and went on to win the Presidency in a landslide. But what if Eisenhower had declined to run?

"When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men." -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Author’s Note: Hello! This is my first professional and researched timeline that I will be making! I am very excited to share my take on the 1950s with some...different...

The POD is Nixon takes Eisenhower's advice and declines to debate JFK on TV. In November, Nixon barely prevails over Kennedy in both the popular vote and the electoral college. On January 20, 1961 Richard Nixon is sworn in as the 35th President of the United States and assumes leadership of a...

In OTL, the US in the late 40s was rapidly disarming and moving to a nuclear-focused vision for her military. When the Korean war broke out in June of 1950, the US lacked enough ships to blockade the Korean coast and the army had to salvage tanks from WW2 battlefields and museums to equip their...

What if, instead of organizing a rag-tag group of Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Castro, either Eisenhower or Kennedy recognizes the scheme won't work and they shut down the invasion plans? Would Castro still become a Communist and move into the Soviet sphere of influence? How would...

During the 1952 campaign, Nixon was accused of benefitting from a secret slush fund that allowed him to live beyond his means. Many in the press called on him to resign from the ticket, and about half of Eisenhower's aides agreed. Ultimately Eisenhower decided against this as he felt it would...

In 1952, Eisenhower only ran for President because the moderate internationalist wing of the GOP convinced Ike that he was the only man capable of stopping the isolationist Robert Taft from gaining the GOP nomination. In 1948, Ike was subject to a similar draft, but he declined to run. He felt...

The War in the Pacific, the battle for supremacy of the Pacific between the West and Japan, was the greatest naval war fought so far by humanity. Powerful fleets steamed thousands of miles to strike at the very heart of their enemies strongholds, while submarines, mines and aircraft brought...