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Alternate history.
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No Iran-Iraq War
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Let's say that Saddam Hussein decides against invading Iran in 1982, and so there's no Iran-Iraq War through most of the 1980s. Why would he do this? Well, maybe Hussein decides that there's too great a risk of Shia insurgency inside Iraq if he goes to war with a Shi'ite revolutionary state. (In OTL, Hussein decided that the best way to... more »
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South Louisiana, Socialist Model
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The South's largest city, New Orleans, was also the first Confederate city taken by the Union by force of arms. On May 26, 1861, the presence of the US warship _Brooklyn_ was enough to frighten away ocean traffic from docking at the cresent city. Just short of a year later, Admiral David Farragut dropped anchor in New Orleans and the fifteen thousand... more »
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Soliciting Technical Feedback for an Atari What if
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I'm In the process of writing a timeline in which Nolan Bushnell somehow finds venture capital through some way other than selling Atari Japan free to become Namco and the rest of the company to Warner Brothers. As a result, Atari's game designers aren't treated like poop, so they don't bolt to form Activision, we don't get E.T. as a context sensitive button game,... more »
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The Guns of John Brown
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The raid on Harper's Ferry was deficient from its inception. The purpose of the endeavor was to obtain and distribute firearms from the US arsenal at Harper's Ferry VA for the use of slaves in revolt, but somehow, there was no preliminary plans to open doors, load every available wagon, or even have collaborators poised to receive and hide... more »
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AH Challenge, Industrialize Alabama 1850
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Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to make Alabama a Textile manufacturing powerhouse in 1850 equal to New England in its productivity of finished cloth. If it gets enough industry to consume all of the raw cotton formerly shipped to New England and Europe that would be even better.... more »
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The Other Armada II: Island in the Rain
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The Other Armada Pt. II: Island in the Rain This is Part 2 of a TL where the Franco-Spanish Armada of 1779 overcomes the Channel Fleet. - The Isle of Wight is a tough nut to crack. In 2010 it's a lovely tourist attraction, in 1779 it was one of the most important strategic locations in the British Empire. But with dominance of the Channel and... more »
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Complete Confederate rout in Gettysburg Campaign?
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For all of the discussion of the possibility of Lee winning at Gettysburg, how far to the other end of the scale is reasonable? Given a starting point on the Morning of Day 1, are there reasonable scenarios that see greater than 75% of the non-calvary members of Lee's army *unable* to make their way back to Virginia by the end of... more »
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The Other Armada I: The French Wind
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The French Wind 27 July 1778 The weather turns against the British at the First Battle of Ushant, breaking up Augustus Keppel's fleet and allowing the French to form up into a column. Instead of an indecisive draw, the battle is a respectable French victory. The British van and rear both take heavy losses, Admiral Keppel is rescued after the sinking of his flagship,... more »
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WI: Illinois & Chicago are more socialist...?
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What if Illinios and Chicago were more socialist, green, progessive, and richer that they are today? [link] How would we all react to an even more successful left-center situation? Let's say Illinois pays higher gas-taxes, has more public, private,... more »
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