AHC Ressurrect Wilsonianism post WWII.

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In this challenge you must revive the Wilsonian ideals after WWII. To make things a bit easier, the US does not need to stick to it during the whole cold war, but at least one president must be a firm Wilsonian.
 
Have Stalin choke on a chicken bone two weeks before the start of the Battle of Berlin, to be replaced by Beria.
 
Have Stalin choke on a chicken bone two weeks before the start of the Battle of Berlin, to be replaced by Beria.

Beria was hated by every single men in the politiburo, there is no way that he's going to take power this late.

What about a week before Kursk? This way he can claim the credit for the victory and get some support to stay in power.
 
Beria was hated by every single men in the politiburo, there is no way that he's going to take power this late.

What about a week before Kursk? This way he can claim the credit for the victory and get some support to stay in power.

Good point. Maybe Stalin gets arrested like he feared after Barbarossa kicks off to be replaced by a council or troika with Beria and some others?
 
What exactly is Wilsonianism and how did it differ from OTL US foreign policy after World War II? Much of the rhetoric during the Cold War was very much in the "making the world safe for democracy" vein. Moreover, even the policies, though obviously they had to be adjusted to new realities, showed considerable continuity with Wilson's.

Wilson supported an organization of nations--and so did the US after World War II.

True, the US after World War II did not view the UN as a substitute for alliances like NATO. But neither did Wilson think that the League precluded a treaty to guarantee France against future German aggression: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Guarantee_(proposed)

True, the US after World War II devoted much energy to opposing Russian Communism--but of course so did Wilson. In fact, he actually sent troops there, which the Cold War presidents did not.

True, the US after World War II was worried about radicalism in Latin America--but it did not actually intervene there nearly as much as Wilson did.

For an argument that America's Cold War policy was fundamentally "Wilsonian," see http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=4239
 
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