On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Philip Hacker wrote:

This fic's alternate history is interesting, but implausable. If there 
were no United States of America, who would have forced Japan out of its 
isolation in the 19th century if not Commodore Perry? If not for aid 

The British, for example.  They did the same thing to China.

from the U.S.A., Germany would not have suffered a crushing defeat at 
the hands of France and Britain, thus 1920s Germany would be too stable 

Maybe.  If the Communists hadn't taken over Russia, which was hardly
inevitable, the Russians would have kept fighting and possibly eventually
bled Germany dry, especially since Germany's allies were all on the verge
of collapse almost from the start of the war.


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