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What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
What If 2 Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
Author: Robert Crowley (Editor)
There is no surer way to make history come alive than to contemplate those moments when the world's future -the government and wealth of nations, the faith and culture of generations- hung in the balance. In this volume, many of our brightest historians speculate about some of history's intriguing crossroads and the ways in which our liv...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780399147951
ISBN-10: 0399147950
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 427
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Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Book Type: Hardcover
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A collection of intriguing essays speculating about how the world would be different if only....great food for thought.
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An anthology of 25 "counterfactuals" e.g. "What if Teddy Roosevelt had gotten the Republican Nomination in 1912?" All authors spend a lot of time discussing the facts surrounding the events, most are better historians than fantasy writers, and they have trouble spinning a story about how history would have changed.

My favorite was the last one, "What if Pizzaro had not found Potatos in Peru?"

This is probably best not read in one sitting.


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