Like it says on the tin. What could've been some major effects of the Nationalists winning the Chinese Civil war?
Would the USSR focus most of its efforts in securing its empire in Europe, rather than trying to export communism to the Third World?
Would we still have a Korean War? If so, Kim Il Sung is likely toast since Mao saved his ass after the crushing defeat at the Incheon landing.
Would the US still undergo the Second Red Scare? If not, could its foreign policy be less paranoid, instead of them trying to undermine and then overthrow absolutely everyone who was even remotely pink, especially in Latin America? Would something like PBSuccess still happen, for example?
Could Harry Truman win a third term in 1952? My gut says no because of voter fatigue, but he would be a lot more popular without the loss of China to the reds and the Korean War.
Would the USSR focus most of its efforts in securing its empire in Europe, rather than trying to export communism to the Third World?
Would we still have a Korean War? If so, Kim Il Sung is likely toast since Mao saved his ass after the crushing defeat at the Incheon landing.
Would the US still undergo the Second Red Scare? If not, could its foreign policy be less paranoid, instead of them trying to undermine and then overthrow absolutely everyone who was even remotely pink, especially in Latin America? Would something like PBSuccess still happen, for example?
Could Harry Truman win a third term in 1952? My gut says no because of voter fatigue, but he would be a lot more popular without the loss of China to the reds and the Korean War.