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ATLF: Succession - Have You Read Plato? "St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Schumacher. I'll borrow from anyone. And you know, if Franco or H or Travis Bickle had a good pitch, fuck it, I'm a man for all seasons." 2017-2021: Hillary Clinton (Democratic) 2016: (with Tim Kaine) defeated Donald Trump...

I really don't think france would be taking anything more than Alsace Lorraine.

It seems more likely that if Germany is "losing" they will hunker down and drag the war out if necessary so they can win. Maybe we see early trench warfare. Regardless, I don't think you can take that much territory in a short war like that.

Aguinaldo had just finished killing off one of his rivals. There's a pretty good chance as noted by others that the republic wouldn't control all the islands. While the US may say they won't use military force to help Aguinaldo control all the islands, I can see them extending the Monroe...

I do wonder if it's mostly just past its expiration date. How much of the issue with the Ming was more structural and how much do you think was the military being underfunded. I do recall Samuel Hawley saying the actual amount of troops the Ming could bring to fight were surprisingly limited...

Wait, really? How does that work? Well, I guess I see how it works (work as united front to push out the British, figure it from there) but did the Germans reciprocate at all? Middle East in a Nazi scenario is something I've been thinking of a good bit recently since it's the place where a lot...

Do you think a Nazi victory scenario probably has them backing the Pan Arabs against the British? The British are going to have to make a decision on Israel at some point although the nations that attacked in 48 were largely Britain friendly Arab monarchies.

Is it possible for a PM to be so popular he or she just calls elections almost every year to keep increasing majorities and bankrupt the opposition party? Going to have to think on that.

Now imagining a scenario where Boris pulls a Kevin Rudd and comes back as PM before the next election even occurs.

So is this the 1992 version of Bob Taft '52 and his cancer?

Based on a book I'm reading, it seems America did want good relations with China and were suspicious of Japan so maybe if the Qing give them sort of the go ahead we won't hate you if you annex. They might just be too suspicious of the Germans and see them like the French. Russia it's hard to see...

This would have a huge butterfly into the golden age of piracy. Henry Morgan was a soldier in the invasion force. And part of the letters of marques being distributed like candy was because of Jamaica's vulnerable position in a sea of Spanish which wanted to see it captured and lack of direct...

I'm kind of curious if some of the other candidate countries tried going for Taiwan as their protectorate. Or are the French and British probably the only ones realistically? I suppose another thing is the Republic trying to play off all sides, maybe being something like a trial run of the Open...

Volpe was still pretty conservative, right? Would be interesting if he wins 1976. It's usually treated as a poisoned chalice but I wonder if that's necessarily the case. It seems like Carter just particularly handled that term poorly. Even with inflation and his general inability to manage a...

So basically as long as Napoleon still intends to make Britain his mortal enemy, he's pretty much doomed to defeat at some point? Or maybe if he was willing to throw out the Habsburgs and end Prussia and go full Liberal Emperor and Breaker of Chains, he could make it work? But that also requires...

You know, I didn't even think about what Napoleon's goal in Russia was. Was he wanting to put a new person on the throne and keep the structure? Did he want to fracture it with things like independent cossack state, independent Ukraine, and a super Duchy of Warsaw etc etc? I'm assuming the...

I guess part of the problem is you need someone frustrated enough to actually go for it but also not too Confucian in that he's just naturally going to be deferential to the government. Which is I guess why these new dynasties tend to come from some pretty darn humble backgrounds. I'm guessing...

This is a big bump but I didn't want to create a new topic and wasn't sure if we have a rule against it on this much smaller forum. One issue with this idea is Zeng just doesn't seem like the type to go for it. As noted, his Confucian views and lack of desire for power even as he ruthlessly...

Lovely! Although I must ask why he is Socialist. He seems to me more like exactly the kind of person who'd embrace the New Deal's expansion of the middle class but still someone who believes in the traditional American way of life so to speak.

Or heck, wasn't there also talk about a Red Brown Alliance in the election against Yeltsin's reelection? Maybe if say Lebed made to the second round? Wouldn't be a formal alliance of course but maybe snag some cabinet seats, I dunno.