sugar_in_your_tea OP , 6 months ago

Here are two that come to mind:

• FDR had a lot in common with fascists - packed courts, expanded powers of the executive branch, populist, popular Japanese internment; he had all the ingredients he needed, but he didn’t seek absolute power, potentially because of his declining health
• avoidance of nuclear war with USSR often came down to individuals - here’s a list of incidents, the one on Oct. 27, 1962 is particularly interesting

There are a lot more incidents during the Cold War that could’ve led to a very dangerous direct confrontation with the USSR.