How would Trotsky be treated amidst the McCarthy era?
Assumes there'd even be a McCarthy era. Considering the POD likely has serious knock on effects on what happens in the revolution, the assumption is unwarrented.How would Trotsky be treated amidst the McCarthy era?
Oh, thought he went to the US to flee Stalin. Nvm thenA revolution without Trotsky is going to have major butterflies. It may very well fail, and at the very least will result in a very different Red Army.
Assumes there'd even be a McCarthy era. Considering the POD likely has serious knock on effects on what happens in the revolution, the assumption is unwarrented.
Oh, thought he went to the US to flee Stalin. Nvm then
Very good question! Assuming he lived until
1950, my guess would be he'd have been deported(to where I don't know. Maybe the
labour government in England would have
been willing to take him in- Trotsky was after
all anti-Stalin).But I very much doubt the US
would, in the first place, have allowed him to
remain in it that long. Remember, during WWII Stalin(& Russia)were our allies. Stalin
would have let FDR know, in no uncertain
terms, that he didn't like the US harboring
LT. FDR would of course have been eager to
placate Uncle Joe & so LT would have been
expelled. What would then have happened
I'm not going to even try & guess.
He was in New York sampling delis... Maybe he finds a really good one? Or ends up tripping and breaking his leg or something else that requires an extended hospital stay perhapsSince the OP didn't point this out, Trotsky arrived in the US in December 1916, on Christmas, and left on March 27, 1917.
Big question for me is why he stays.
Oh, thought he went to the US to flee Stalin. Nvm then
Same here which is why I mentioned Mexico.
He was in New York sampling delis... Maybe he finds a really good one? Or ends up tripping and breaking his leg or something else that requires an extended hospital stay perhaps
What if he was arrested in the US for trying to build a revolution here? Not sure if he would or not, just spitballing.Why would he stay? He lived his life for the coming revolution--now it arrives (at least its first stage) and he is supposed to sit it out far away? A Trotsky who would give up trying to influence the course of the Russian Revolution would be so different from the Trotsky of OTL that it is almost meaningless to speculate on his future.
What if he was arrested in the US for trying to build a revolution here? Not sure if he would or not, just spitballing.
After leaving the Soviet Union Trotsky did not later return to Russia. So i am assuming that instead of traveling to Russia to be part of the Russian revolution he is supposed tostay in USA. What happens then? What happens if Trotsky never was part of the Russian revolution?He would have a better chance of survival than in Mexico. There would be more diplomatic repercussions assassinating him in the US than Mexico.
After leaving the Soviet Union Trotsky did not later return to Russia. So i am assuming that instead of traveling to Russia to be part of the Russian revolution he is supposed tostay in USA. What happens then? What happens if Trotsky never was part of the Russian revolution?
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stalin-banishes-trotsky