> I have devoured volumes 1 and 2 of the Eugenics Wars by Greg
> Cox.While
> the story is engrossing and well-written I still have a pet-peeve.The
> Eugenics Wars have always before(in the original series episode Space
> Seed,Star Trek II :The Wrath of Khan,and other novelizations) been
> presented as a world-wide conflict that caused major damage.Khan and
> the eugenic supermen were well known figures and their reign was very
> public.I realize Cox has tried to blend the OTL history of the 1990's
> with Star Trek-but its pretty clear the world of Star Trek has some
> major differences from where our world is today(non-withstanding a
> future nuclear war in the 2050's).Does anyone have any ideas for a
> timeline where the Eugenics Wars are a public event? Heres a brief
> one
> I came up with.
>
> The Eugenics Wars-A Brief History
>
> April 30th 1991-A young charismatic man named Khan Noonien Singh is
> elected to India's parliment.
>
> September 7,1992-This is the date that has come to be accepted as the
> day the Eugenics Wars began.China ,under the leadership of a eugenic
> superman Chairman Hikaru Minsei,attacked Taiwan with the stated goal
> of bringing order and evoultion to its most important "lost"
> province.
>
> April 20,1993- On this day 41 African,Asian and Middle Eastern
> nations
> lead by the young eugenic supermen formed the Great Khanate of
> Nations
> with Khan Noonien Singh of India as the titular leader.The experience
> of the people of these nations varied wildly from the essentially
> peaceful rule of Khan in India to the food rationing and forced
> selective breeding in Minsei's China to outright genocidal killings
> in
> General Muhammad Hasan's Iran.
>
> September 28,1993 The Great Khanate attacks Australia and New Zealand
> with the stated goal of" bringing genetic order to the West".Great
> Britian,South Africa and Japan declare war on the Great Khanate the
> following day.
>
> May 4 ,1994 Shocked by the surrender of Australia and New Zealand the
> previous day France , Germany and Italy declare war on the Great
> Khanate.
>
> June 1 ,1994 President Bill Clinton reaffirms American neutrality in
> the widening war but declares that the United States will help supply
> the anti-Khanate alliance.
>
> June 22,1994 San Diego, California-USA,Tel Aviv,Israel and Seoul,
> South Korea are hit by nuclear weapons as the Great Khanate declares
> war on those 3 nations.Those 3 nations and several others (including
> Canada and Mexico) follow suit the next day.
>
> May 14-15,1995 The Battle of the Sea of Japan is fought.This battle
> is
> acknowledged as the turning point of the Eugenics Wars as the
> resulting allied victory fractures the Great Khanate into waring
> blocs
> of nations.The American aircraft carrrier U.S.S Enterprise-CVN 65 is
> destroyed in this battle.
>
> October 1 ,1996 The Eugenics Wars end as Khan and his cadre of
> eugenic
> supermen are presumed killed in the battle to liberate
> Sydney,Australia- where they had held out in a last stand.Chairman
> Minsei signed an unconditional surrender document in Beijing, China.
>
> September 27,1997 Chairman Minsei,General Hasan and 59 other
> surviving
> eugenic supermen are put on trial at the International Military
> Tribunal in Paris ,France.This is the 1st such trial since the
> 1945-1948 trials of German and Japansese WWII leaders.Minsei,Hasan
> and
> the rest were convicted and executed for crimes against humanity and
> peace the following year.
>
> August 11,1999 Historian and author Travis Mitchell claims in his
> seminal work- The Eugenics War that there is next to no evidence that
> Khan Singh and his clique of eugenic supermen were killed in the
> liberation of Sydney on October 1,1996.Mitchell puts forth the widely
> unaccepted theory that Khan and his people escaped death and
> punishment on a DY-100 vessel launched from a samll Indonesian island
> that same day.
>
> GK-slang for a memeber of the Great Khanate alliance or army.
>
> normal-a slur used by the eugenic supermen for non-enginerred humans.
>
> Below are the 2 major alliances during the Eugenics Wars of 1992-1996
>
> The Great Khanate of Nations 1993-1996
>
> Afghanistan
> Algeria
> Armenia
> Azerbaijan
> Bahrain
> Bangladesh
> Bhutan
> Burundi
> Brunei
> Cambodia
> Chad
> China
> Cameroon
> Congo
> Egypt
> Eritrea
> Gabon
> India
> Indonesia
> Iran
> Iraq
> Jordan
> North Korea
> Kuwait
> Laos
> Lebanon
> Libya
> Malaysia
> Mali
> Mongolia
> Morocco
> Myanmar
> Nepal
> Niger
> Oman
> Pakistan
> Qatar
> Rwanda
> Saudi Arabia
> Somalia
> Sri Lanka
> Syria
> Tajkistan
> Thailand
> Tunisia
> Turkmenistan
> Uganda
> United Arab Emirates
> Uzbekistan
> Vietnam
> Yemen
>
> The Democratic Alliance 1993-1996
>
> Australia
> Angola
> Belgium
> Brazil
> Canada
> Democratic Republic of Congo
> Denmark
> Djibouti
> Ethiopia
> France
> Germany
> Ireland
> Israel
> Italy
> Jamaica
> Japan
> Kenya
> South Korea
> Liberia
> Mauritana
> Mexico
> Netherlands
> New Zealand
> Nigeria
> Philippines
> Russia
> Senegal
> Singapore
> South Africa
> Taiwan
> Tanzania
> Turkey
> United Kingdom
> United States of America
> Venezuela
> Zambia
>
> Li Quan (General) 1961-1995
>
> When one thinks of the Eugenics War the name Khan Singh usually
> springs to mind.Its becoming more evident that the "power behind the
> throne" in the Great Khanate was General Li Quan.Li Quan was first
> noticed as the brilliant eugenic Chinese general who lead the
> campaign against Taiwan in September-October 1992 at Chairman Minseis
> behest.Once the command structure of the Khanate was established in
> 1993 Li Quan quickly became the leading general.Quan argued
> forcefully for an "East then West " military strategy for the
> Khanate.The nations conquered first would be South Korea,Japan,the
> Philippines,Singapore.Once the Khanate had firmly controlled East
> Asia it could then move West striking out at
> Australia,Turkey,Israel ,South Africa and eventually Russia, Europe
> and the United States.Quan was overruled by Khan Singh who was eager
> to bring the "order of the Khanate" to the West.Quan was against the
> campaign but he lead the invasion of Australia with vigor.Despite the
> huge loss of manpower and resources the Khanate captured the Pacific
> superpower in only 7 months.After Australia and New Zealand's
> surrender in May 1994 Quan clamored for a focus on South Korea and
> Japan but was again overruled by Khan Singh and General Muhammad
> Hasan of Iran who both wanted a worldwide front.Quan cringed at the
> decision to attack the United States and Israel along with South
> Korea in June 1994.He privately said "Khan Singh is determined that
> we will win the world,even if were are defeated doing so".Quan threw
> himself into the South Korea campaign and that nation was conquered
> in less than 3 months.Quan's hoped for invasion of Japan was again
> held up when General Hasan fumbled the invasion of Turkey in October
> 1994.The Great Khanate had to divert nearly half its army to Syria
> and Iraq to prevent a total catastrophe.Li Quan always displayed a
> balance of thoughtfulness and ruthlessness.He successfully argued
> against General Hasans desire for an all out nuclear exchange with
> Israel after it nuked Tehran in retaliation for Tel Aviv noting"Once
> we conquer the world we will still have to live in it".However his
> campaign in South Korea was brutal and civilian causalities were
> high.Li Quan had always argued that the Khanate was overextending
> itself but the arrogance of Khan Singh,Hasan and others on the
> command staff didnt allow them to believe that their superior lot
> could ever be defeated by a pack of weakling normals.It's ironic that
> Quan ultimately lost his life in the fight he had longed for the
> whole time he lead the Khanate forces-the Battle of the Sea of
> Japan.That defeat did more that save Japan from invasion but
> fractured the Khanate into several warring camps who either wanted to
> stop the expansion and consolidate their current holdings or continue
> to expand.This infighting created a valuable opening for the
> Democratic Alliance and the Khanate was destroyed a year and a half
> after that pivotal battle.What if Khan Singh had swallowed his
> enormous pride and listened to the sound military advice of General
> Li Quan?Scary thought but it would make a good book.
>
> Travis Mitchell
> The History Journal
> April 10,2000
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> MichaelJCO Posted: Apr 11 2003, 08:36 PM