What would have happened had the Hartford Convention led to the secession of New England from the United States?
What would have happened had the Hartford Convention led to the secession of New England from the United States?
Decades of Darkness is actually really plausible for most of it with regards to America.
Basically the US becomes even more of an expansionist, slave-holding power, and remains so.
Read Decades of Darkness. It's a challenging read because of its length and depth , but it's well worth it.What would have happened had the Hartford Convention led to the secession of New England from the United States?
Read Decades of Darkness. It's a challenging read because of its length and depth , but it's well worth it.
It's also not very plausible. It can give one a rough idea of the consequences on the Americas (the world at large can go really any way due to butterflies) but the US could never go on an annexing spree like it does in DoD.
You mean like it did in OTL?It's also not very plausible. It can give one a rough idea of the consequences on the Americas (the world at large can go really any way due to butterflies) but the US could never go on an annexing spree like it does in DoD.
I basically agree with this as far as America is concerned. But the European part of DoD was a German-wank and I guess while not impossible, is implausible.You mean like it did in OTL?
It's comforting to think that DoD is implausible. But that's not true.
The POD is far back enough that most of DoD is frighteningly plausible. The only major quibble I have is Aragon's rebirth.
Wasn't it written as an "American Draka" thought exercise?
You mean like it did in OTL?
It's comforting to think that DoD is implausible. But that's not true.
The POD is far back enough that most of DoD is frighteningly plausible. The only major quibble I have is Aragon's rebirth.
I basically agree with this as far as America is concerned. But the European part of DoD was a German-wank and I guess while not impossible, is implausible.
You don't remember how the USA is facing guerilla wars that are going to probably cause Bad Things in the long run? Or how the American system of slavery became increasingly Latinized through peons and such?I don't really know. I read it waaaaaaaay back.
The USA annexed all of Mexico, all of Colombia, all of the Andes, and this is apparently possible? Especially since this USA is, as Savoy points out, similar to Draka and therefore racially motivated in its expansion, how would taking on a bunch of Mestizos and Hispanics work?
You don't remember how the USA is facing guerilla wars that are going to probably cause Bad Things in the long run? Or how the American system of slavery became increasingly Latinized through peons and such?
The US bit off more than it can chew, yes, but that's hardly implausible.
Germany is going to be in trouble too. It controls a smaller land area than the US, but has, IIRC, more than double the people to oppress.
Honestly I read it waay back when I first joined and even then I don't think I finished the whole thing. I still think the US would collapse under the pressure of such a huge hostile population before it was able to extend itself that far...
The USA annexed all of Mexico, all of Colombia, all of the Andes, and this is apparently possible?
Especially since this USA is, as Savoy points out, similar to Draka and therefore racially motivated in its expansion, how would taking on a bunch of Mestizos and Hispanics work?