WI: 1950-1980 Every coup d'etat different result

Let's go through most of them.

Thailand: Tweedledum or Tweedledee. Whether the Army or Navy does it, it is still the brass running the show with the King's consent.

Leftie-military Pakistan: That might not actually be a bad idea.

Egypt: No Suez Crisis, perhaps no '67 or '73 Mideast wars.

Iran: keep trying till it works. Allowing a perceived Soviet tool to control the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz was not an option.

Guatemala: see Iran.

Brazil: military rule continues unabated despite the short interregnum between Vargas and his military successors.

Cuba '56: perhaps no Fidel. US tries to buy Barquin off.

Colombia: no idea, ask Mav.

Venezuela '58: a rightie, boyish Chavez stays in power. No major effects.

Pakistan '58: a military with a state since 1951, so little difference.

Iraq: no Saddam, no Gulf wars, Iraq as a Western ally.

France '58: de Gaulle probably assumes the presidency quickly to prevent that. Ask Hendryk to double-check, but the junta would pursue victory in Algeria at all costs, perhaps including the use of air-dropped biological and chemical weapons in their COIN effort.

Ethiopia '60: a more progressive monarchy. Heads off the Derg, so this isn't a bad idea either.

ROK '61: Rhee stays till he kicks the can.

France '61: same as '58. Dunno what they do to de Gaulle.

Argentina: ask Mav.

Burma: remains a relatively poor, Third World country albeit a democratic one.

Vietnam '63: the chances of winning 'Nam just skyrocketed.

Iraq '63: Iraq goes into the Soviet orbit quicker than OTL.

Indonesia '65: Speeds things up by 2-3 years.

Greece '67: Continued political gridlock.

Libya '69: peaceful development.

Chile June '73: Mav can correct me, but I think the service chiefs would shoulder a mere regimental commander aside relatively quickly.

September '73: Civil war in Chile, the military wins relatively easily but has to deal with serious insurgencies with no holds barred.

Greece '73: a People Power analogue down the road.

Portugal '74: de-Salarization as happened in Spain?

Argentina '76: they try again. As Mav will tell you, the generals don't mind a competent civilian dictator who keeps civil order on an even keel. Since IMP was definitely not competent, they'll try again soon.

Pakistan '77: military tries again. They were hugely pissed over Bhutto's class-warfare demagogy and trying to drag them into the Soviet sphere. I can see Bhutto pulling an Indira: electoral ouster, triumphant return, then assassinated.

Afghanistan '78: No Afghan war.

Korea '79: continued civilian governance.
 
I'll try argentina after 1950:

1955: If this coup weren't succesful, Peron might have stayed in power and consolidated his regime. Maverick did a great TL based on a similar premise.

1956: This was a Peronist coup that failed IOTL who wanted to bring Perón back to power. If somehow it had been succesful (I don't see how) Perón might be called back home and reassumed power. This would likely produce a civil war, as Antiperonists wouldn't easily resign the power they had fought so long to get. Not a good scenario...

1962: If this coup had failed, there would definetely by another try. After all, there were many coup attemps before this one. But if, somehow, these attemps failed, and Frondizi finishes his term, this would be good for Argentina. Frondizi was a modernizer who wanted an open and capitalist Argentina, but one with a strong industry . He invested in oil, energy, ironworks and set up the base for our nuclear development program. If he had stayed he might have made an agreement with unions, legalize Peronism as a party (in some form), and set up the bases for a modern, industrialized and democratic Argentina

1966: If this coup had failed, this would have been good for the country. Of course, the UCR president Illia was attacked constantly both by Peronists unions and by the right-wing military, so it's likely he might have fallen anyways.

1976: If it had failed (I really don't see how), Isabel Probably would still resign. Yet, a scenario in which she resigns, a civilian transitional government assumes and new elections are called is allways better than what happened IOTL. No "dissapeared" (certainly not in the scale it happened IOTL), no Malvinas war in 1982; probably the guerilla movements would have survived beyond 1978/9, and might have lasted till the mid-eighties in some form or another...
 
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