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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (Tears) The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 15:58:36 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <pan$334c2$4ff4fba0$47bd6506$4d55eda4@cpacker.org>,
Charles Packer  <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 13:10:57 -0000 (UTC), James Nicoll wrote:
>
>> The Long Loud Silence by Wilson Tucker
>> 
>> Corporal Russell Gary wakes to discover that he is one of a handful of
>> survivors of a biological attack on eastern America...
>> and that there is no place in western America for survivors like Gary.
>> 
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/while-i-was-sleeping
>
>So this is how Ike was elected president in 1952 and not Stevenson...

Well, the western US government is a military dictatorship but that
doesn't necessarily rule out Ike being the one in charge. If the
US has to have a military ruler, Ike isn't the worst choice.

(checks Ike's timeline)

It looks to me like he'd have been on the wrong side of the US 
in this particular timeline. 

I wonder where MacAuthur was on June 20, 1951?
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