vietnam war

In 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy was pressured to run for President by many anti-war liberals. Yet Kennedy chose not to enter the campaign, and instead endorsed Eugene McCarthy following the New Hampshire primary. What might've happened had RFK decided to run for President in 1968?

Let’s say that Robert Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in 1968, and he is able to create a “Peace with Honor” by the end of 1969, with all American troops out of Vietnam by 1970. What would be the economic impact of this? Would the evaporation of war spending lead to a better economy in the 1970s...

As the title says, how would America’s economy fare in the 1970’s following an earlier exit from the Vietnam War somewhere in between 1969 and 1970? Say that either Kennedy or Humphrey defeats Nixon in 1968. Would stagflation be just as bad or would it be lessened without the burdens of the war...

In 1968, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey scored a surprise upset victory over former Vice-President and 1960 Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Most scholarship has attributed the election result to Humphrey's decision to reveal that Nixon had sabotaged the Vietnam Peace Talks for his own...

I read about the Tet offensive during the Vietnam War and apparently there were two factions in North Vietnam. The moderates wanted to revert back to guerilla warfare and use negotiations to end the war and eventually maybe unite the two countries. They were supported by the Soviets and the...

The POD is the United States doesn't divide Indochina at Geneva in 1954, and free elections see a united Vietnam twenty-one years early. Back at home, US Presidential elections from 1956 to 1964 follow the same course and in 1968 LBJ is still President. Without the Vietnam War dividing the...

I just had this idea floating around in my head If I decide to develop this further, any and all updates will be here. -------------- Dirty Dozen: Vietnam Edition Date: Sometime in 1971 Premise: A group of elite soldiers with disciplinary issues is recruited by a CIA operations officer to...

At the 1968 Republican Convention, Nelson Rockefeller and Ronald Reagan tried to build an alliance that would've stopped Nixon and created either a Rockefeller/Reagan or Reagan/Rockefeller ticket. However, neither man's campaign could agree to supporting the other in the top spot. Ultimately...

What if the US army had put realistic requirements of the Stoner 63 rifle and it preformed beyond expectations at the trials and had been adopted into service? How would the Stoner 63 have faired as service rifle? What kind of reception would the modular rifle receive? How would the rifle...

After he lost to Governor Pat Brown in 1962, Nixon gave a paranoid, spiteful, self-pitying speech to the press proclaiming they wouldn't have Nixon to "kick around anymore" and he retired from politics. That is, until JFK's assassination got the political wheels turning once again in Nixon's...

What if Senator Robert Kennedy stuck with his initial decision not to run in 1968? Would Sirhan Sirhan still try to assassinate him? If not, would he be a contender for the Presidency in 1972 or 1976? What do you think an RFK Presidency would look like in the mid to late 1970s? And how would...

Supposing that RFK had lived but gone on to lose the Democratic nomination to Hubert Humphrey in 1968, he would have been a major contender for 1972 provided that Nixon still wins in '68. (Some might argue that if RFK had lived to endorse and possibly campaign for HHH then the Dems would have...

How can we get the Vietnam War is basically spill over to the rest of Southeast Asia? Much of the area was technically involved in one way or the other. However, how can the communist insurgencies and civil wars pop up simultaneously with the Vietnam War? What does the US and its allies do? And...

IIRC, American research into ERWs began in the 1950s, and the first successful test was in 1963. I know that during his presidential campaign the following year, Barry Goldwater openly mulled over the concept of using low-yield, tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam (though many argue that this...

Today most Australians commemorate the Battle of Nui Dat. I for one disagree with the Prime Minister. I believe that those mercenary scum working for Uncle Sam deserved the treatment they got after they returned. But enough of that. Let us imagine a what-if. First I should remind our American...

There is a veritable avalanche of alternate history timelines surrounding the Election of 1968. It is, perhaps, the most written about, analysed, and discussed election in alternate history history. Normally, these stories involve a last-minute Hail Mary pulled off by that year's Democratic...

From 1968-1973, the United Kingdom participated in the Vietnam War. However, what if that did not happen?

.......Hey, Vsauce Michael here.. Where are your fingers? But seriously, I was watching Vsauce, and I saw his video Is all fair in love and war? It talked about the Environmental Modification Convention, banning modifying weather as a weapon. During Operation Popeye, U.S planes ceded planes...

Tet Offensive (1968) is a turn-over event during the Vietnam War. This is the turning point of the war, forcing the USA to "recognise" the failure there and bringing them to negotiation table. Sure, it took a few more years with a lot more deaths, military and civilian alike, but it achieved...

I came across a very interesting thread recently about possible Vietnam War analogs if Vietnam itself didn't pan out: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/without-the-vietnam-war-what-country-country-conflict-can-affect-the-us-similarly.409056/ I was particularly intrigued by the...