Backwards Alternate History?

Isn't this the entire point/premise of DBWIs? Which are, after all, not everyone's cup of tea.

Sort of, but in a far more stricter and methodical sense: It's not "How do we get to X in the year 1945? Well... If we begin with Y in 1895, then that leads to Z in 1896, followed by-..." to eventually arrive at the desired scenario in 1945.

It is far more stricter than that: "A happened in 1945... This was, of course, caused by B in 1944, triggered by C in 1943-..." and you then work your way backwards to 1895 (or whatever year you eventually end up with).
 
Ah, but that can be the beauty of this approach - you don't start at the end then go straight back to the beginning, you can find your way back to where your beginning makes logical sense by jumping back through the decades, significant event at a time.

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Grey Wolf

You know, thank you. I'm going to try now sometime...

In the meantime, I've actually done this with a Soviet Survival TL, and it seemed to work pretty well, as I could take suggestions other gave better, for one.
 

I'm gonna have to disappoint you and admit that I won't read it tonight: I'm too tired for serious reading. You'll have to wait until tomorrow for my review. You're initial post, if I've understood it correctly seems... quite novel actually. I don't think I've ever come across a timeline with the Soviet Union adopting a Deng Xiaoping-approach to communism. ;)
 
I'm gonna have to disappoint you and admit that I won't read it tonight: I'm too tired for serious reading. You'll have to wait until tomorrow for my review. You're initial post, if I've understood it correctly seems... quite novel actually. I don't think I've ever come across a timeline with the Soviet Union adopting a Deng Xiaoping-approach to communism. ;)

Hey, that's fine, glad you like it so far.:)
 
Sort of, but in a far more stricter and methodical sense: It's not "How do we get to X in the year 1945? Well... If we begin with Y in 1895, then that leads to Z in 1896, followed by-..." to eventually arrive at the desired scenario in 1945.

So it would be something like a DBWI combined with a challenge, no?

BTW, fun fact: when I first came across DBWI threads on this forum, I thought the acronym stands for "done backwards WI".
 
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