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  1. UN Role in Cold War Escalation

    Were NATO and the Warsaw Pact going to go to war what do we think the role of the United Nations would be? The UN Charter specifically says that before turning issues over to the Security Council the nations must try to resolve them themselves, and pre-Cuban Missile Crisis when there wasn't...

  2. Earliest Possible Humanitarian Interventions?

    The UN is often ridiculed as a "toothless" organization, and there is some truth to this. The UN Charter precludes action on issues which are "essentially domestic in nature." Thus, many events (genocides, mass repression, war crimes during a civil war etc.) that people think the UN should act...

  3. Goeben doesn't make it to Turkey?

    SMS Goeben's epic escape from the British Mediterranean fleet to Constantinople is pretty widely accepted to have been the decisive action in bringing the Ottoman's into the 1st World War. If the Goeben were sunk before it could reach Turkey what effect would this have on the war?

  4. Anglo-German War sans Allies?

    Is it at all possible, pre-WW1, to construct an incident wherein the German Empire and Great Britain fight a limited naval war against one another without any allies?

  5. AHC: Non-Socialist British Revolution

    Just from a cultural standpoint it seems that the British are quite fond of their Monarchy. Is there any chance for a republican revolution (think February Revolution in Russia) to take place in Britain during the 20th century. If no solid POD springs to mind, and I'd be surprised if one did to...

  6. AHC: Warpact with Nukes

    The United States helped develop the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons capability after WW2, and while France developed their program independently the US and UK did nothing to interfere (to my knowledge) and began providing technical assistance in the 1970s. Is there any scenario in which the...

  7. US Politics after an early "Hot War"

    Assuming a (mostly) conventional confrontation between Soviet and NATO forces in the late 1950s, how would US politics be effected in the post war world? It's possible that, depending how late into Eisenhower's term the war starts, it may still be going on come election time. What do you guys...

  8. Election of 1876 -> New Civil War?

    I was listening to a radio program about two weeks ago about Presidential Inaugurations. The historians interviewed claimed that, during the election of 1876, people were pushing Tilden to have New York secede, and none other than George McClellan was offering to march on Washington... Now...

  9. Plague of Athens hits besieging Spartans?

    During the Peloponnesian War Athens was ravaged by a plague that eventually killed almost half of the citizens in Athens and the surrounding areas. The Plague started at the Piraeus, the port of Athens, so it would seem that the plague was brought to Athens from somewhere else. If that is the...

  10. 1958 Crisis without De Gaulle

    The main and only condition of Massu's occupation of Algiers was that de Gualle come back as president of France. If de Gualle was out of the picture, dead or what have you, who would Massu have wanted in charge if anyone? Would he take another, even more insane course of action and actually...

  11. Operation Vulture goes Ahead

    For those of you who don't know So this is assuming that the decision is made to give air support to French troops (maybe we should hold off on the nukes, seems a little heavy-handed). What would some of the longer-term effects be, I could see decolonization taking longer definitely, but...

  12. Someone other than Alexander invades Persia

    The Persian Empire was always a huge threat to Greek independence. So what if someone took it upon themselves, much as Alexander did, to take out that threat once and for all? My personal favorite for the roll would be Alcibiades either with Athenian support (perhaps if they win the...

  13. How long can the Greek Cities last without getting Conquered?

    The one failing of the Ancient Greeks was always their disunity. And even after Alexander's Empire fell apart they went back to their bickering, only to be re-conquered by Rome. So, how long can Greece last while still being a group of bickering city-states? The most unified they are allowed to...

  14. How to make the League of Nations Work?

    After a cursory search of the forums it seems to me that we have had many threads about changes being made to the League of Nations, and whether or not they would have helped. But it seems to me, that no one change could have made the League function, it would, instead, require a variety of...

  15. Plausibility Check: Saudi Arabia the MidEast Nuclear Threat?

    I was reading an article about the recent IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program today and wondered something. What if the roles were reversed between Iran and Saudi Arabia? What if Saudi Arabia, starting in the early 2000s, clandestinely started developing nuclear weapons to counter Iran/Syria...

  16. Does Hoplite Warfare stay dominant in Athenian Hegemony?

    If Athens had won the Peloponnesian War would the hoplite would have remained the backbone of Greek infantry or would the supposedly open Athenians have embraced a more flexible form of warfare?

  17. Would Greek Civilization survive a defeat at Salamis?

    So, I think we can all agree that the battle of Salamis was pretty damn important. But did the fate of Greek civilization, and by extension most of western civilization, really hang on this one battle? Is it possible, that, even if the Greeks lost at Salamis they could evacuate and "restart"...

  18. Central Europe in a Spanish-Armada Succeeds TL?

    In a world where the Spanish Armada succeeds in landing in England, defeating the British, and placing a catholic on the throne, what would happen to Austria, Germany, and Italy The Duke of Parma's troops come back and crush the Dutch revolt, but Spanish rule in the Netherlands remains...

  19. WI: Francis Drake's raid on Cadiz not carried out?

    in 1587 Sir Francis Drake led a small English squadron in a preemptive strike on the Spanish Fleet at Cadiz. The raid was hugely successful and delayed the Spanish Armada for over a year, as well as destroying most of the supplies that were going to be used and causing the Armada to be...

  20. How would a Russian Constantinople Work?

    Let's assume for purpose of argument that Russia advances to, and takes, Constantinople in the 1877-78 war. Leaving aside the other consequences of this massive victory let's assume that Russia takes the city in the peace. The one thing that I have always wondered about how such a thing would be...
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