POD: Napoleon shows a little more restraint. He doesn't overthrow the Bourbons in Spain, nor invade Russia. As it becomes increasingly obvious that the Napoleonic order is a fait accompli, the British seek a peace treaty- neither side concedes much, but the Continental system trade embargo is lifted.
Given all this, would you expect "the West"(for the purposes of this discussion defined as the states of Europe and their colonial offshoots, excluding the Ottomans) during the 19th and 20th centuries to be more or less hegemonic then in OTL?
I've chosen to omit nuanced options from the poll because I want to force people to make a choice here, ie. what they find more likely. And to avoid getting too bogged down in pedantry over how we define dominance and how we weight various different forms of dominance.
Personally I think it's more likely to be bolstered. If only because, so long as France remains unseated from it's dominant position, Europe is likely to avoid traumas as serious as WW1, WW2 and the capture of half the continent by communist governments.
Given all this, would you expect "the West"(for the purposes of this discussion defined as the states of Europe and their colonial offshoots, excluding the Ottomans) during the 19th and 20th centuries to be more or less hegemonic then in OTL?
I've chosen to omit nuanced options from the poll because I want to force people to make a choice here, ie. what they find more likely. And to avoid getting too bogged down in pedantry over how we define dominance and how we weight various different forms of dominance.
Personally I think it's more likely to be bolstered. If only because, so long as France remains unseated from it's dominant position, Europe is likely to avoid traumas as serious as WW1, WW2 and the capture of half the continent by communist governments.
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