democratization

The Cold War of OTL was a dangerous time that saw a lot of proxy wars between the United States, the beacon of Democracy and Capitalism, and the USSR, the Hegemon of Communism. It wouldn't be until the 1980s that the US finally won the Cold War in effect with the USSR and the Warsaw pact...

Title pretty much explains it but I'll try to make it more clear I'm not talking about "pulling a Napoleon" where a already authoritarian figure turns his country into their personal kingdom with themselves as monarch What I mean is, take one of the many figures from the 19 to 21 century that...