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  1. Cleburne's Confederacy

    Yes it is, compared to what other's post to virtually bury a TL.

  2. Cleburne's Confederacy

    A generation is a good rule of thumb, tho there are situations where changes will come about much faster. War has a high learning curve for a society. I think there is a problem in trying to establish 'plausible' since that would up to the author of the TL. Obviously flying horses and...

  3. Cleburne's Confederacy

    After the POD I think the author pretty much has free reign over the TL that he/she creates. We shouldn't ask people to write dissertations or to have read a particular book. The TLs that run on 'handwavium' can usually be the more entertaining. We aren't seeking to educate, we are all...

  4. Cleburne's Confederacy

    You can be diplomatic about it. Tho in most cases just ignore them.

  5. Cleburne's Confederacy

    My advice would be to tell those who say "not likely" to "up theirs".

  6. Why do you like a Confederate victory?

    I think the discussion is getting a little too far away from the OP.

  7. Cleburne's Confederacy

    Frankly, you would be far better off posting an ATL of your own creation rather than positing a question that will have this thread quickly devolve into arguments. You will find in alternative history that there are frequently no such things as alternative history on certain topics. Much like...

  8. Why do you like a Confederate victory?

    I agree with you. Honestly we are all more frustrated authors than historians. I don't necessarily believe that a Confederate victory would make a dystopian, no more so than a Union victory has created a utopian world. I do like to consider some ATLs as exercises in examining the differences...

  9. Why do you like a Confederate victory?

    Slaves didn't have any part in decisions before the secession, neither did women or Indians. Self-determination was done by those that could and did make the decisions at the time.

  10. Air Torpedos at Jutland?

    I'm considering the poor communications just between Beatty and Jellicoe.

  11. Rise of the Kingdom Of Hawaii

    I had not thought about the Alabama since its demise made it more famous. I definitely had the CSS Shenandoah in mind.

  12. AHC/WI: Alternate Dreadnought Cruiser Development

    Does Springtime list 'Coles/Ericsson' turrets as a choice? Since both are obsolete and technological deadends by the 1880s and it would be incorrect to equate modern turrets with those of Coles and of Ericsson.

  13. WI : The turret A of the HMS Collingwood was blasted in the Battle of Jutland?

    Turrets do not explode due to malfunctions. There could be a problem with the munitions and cordite within them.

  14. Air Torpedos at Jutland?

    No effect. Aside from the technical issues, the next major problem would be communications. Rutland sighted the Germans, but I'm not aware how far up the chain of command his observation was passed, except that it never got to the most important person, Jellicoe. There was an early war...

  15. WI: Union of the British and German Crowns in 1901?

    Where does Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), fit in the line of succession by 1901?

  16. AHC: US makes all-big-gun BB first.

    Which would not have been the same South Carolina as we know. There was an article about the design of the South Carolina class in the magazine Naval History that points out that superimposed turrets were adopted in order to save tonnage. If Congress had freed up restrictions on tonnage it is...

  17. Rise of the Kingdom Of Hawaii

    It would also be possible to get a few 'free' ships if those Confederate raiders, upon hearing of the end of the war, surrender in neutral ports - like Honolulu or Lahaina. One could possible get a warship and experienced crews, if they didn't want to return home, to add to a nucleus of a navy.

  18. AHC: "McCarthyism" becomes anti-Fascist

    The only way probably would have been the victory of Nazi Germany, tho everybody knows about the depth of it's actions against the Jews. Fascism would have to remain popular, to a degree, in order for someone to be practicing it. It would be harder for a POD in the 1920s since Fascism was the...

  19. WI: Ford takes a "poker pause" before pardoning Nixon?

    If Nixon felt he had done nothing wrong than he could have refused the pardon. Acceptance of the pardon, to a degree, is admission of guilt.

  20. RN has fewer BBs

    So the Italians and the French have to purchase their ammunition from the British for these 'new' warships, not to mention that parts will have to be purchased from the British rather than acquired in one's own nation? Not a great idea if you already have your own industrial base.
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