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I always read and reread (I think it's Harry Truman touring the conquired south). He gives a speech that basically mirrors the ideas that happened with reconstruction after the actual Civil War.

I always pictured the US doing a Marshal Plan type reconstruction of the south. Reunification. Followed by both regions becoming less totalitarian. Eventually restoring Canadian independence. Cold War with Germany. The Japanese would likely establish the Asian Prosperity Sphere without significant interfearence from the US.

In the 1980s things would be less stable. Germany would struggle to hold onto its satilite states. Possibily US, Germany, Japan. Many countries with at least tactical nuclear weapons, and an increased prospect of another major international war.