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What Ifs? Of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
What Ifs Of American History Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been Author:Robert Cowley (Editor) Did Eisenhower avoid a showdown with Stalin by not taking Berlin before the Soviets? What might have happened if JFK hadn't been assassinated? This new volume in the widely praised series presents fascinating "what if..." scenarios by such prominent historians as: Robert Dallek, Caleb Carr, Antony Beevor, John Lukacs, Jay Winick, T... more »homas Fleming, Tom Wicker, Theodore Rabb, Victor David Hansen, Cecelia Holland, Andrew Roberts, Ted Morgan, George Feifer, Robert L. O'Connell, Lawrence Malkin, and John F. Stacks.
Included are two essential bonus essays reprinted from the original New York Times bestseller What If? -David McCullough imagines Washington's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Long Island, and James McPherson envisions Lee's successful invasion of the North in 1862.
Might the Mayflower not have sailed? / Theodore K. Rabb --
William Pitt the Elder and the avoidance of the American revolution / Caleb Carr --
What the fog wrought : the Revolution's Dunkirk, August 29, 1776 / David McCullough --
"His accidency" John Tyler / Tom Wicker --
Lew Wallace and the ghosts of the Shunpike / Victor Davis Hanson --
If the lost order hadn't been lost : Robert E. Lee humbles the union, 1862 / James M. McPherson --
The Northwest conspiracy / Thomas Fleming --
Beyond the wildest dreams of John Wilkes Booth / Jay Winik --
The revolution of 1877 / Cecelia Holland --
The whale against the wolf : the Anglo-American War of 1896 / Andrew Roberts --
No Pearl Harbor : FDR delays the war / John Lukacs --
If Eisenhower had gone to Berlin / Antony Beevor --
Joe McCarthy's secret life / Ted Morgan --
If the U-2 hadn't flown / George Feifer --
The Cuban missile crisis : second holocaust / Robert L. O'Connell --
JFK lives / Robert Dallek --
What if Watergate were still just an upscale address? / awrence Malkin and John F. Stacks« less
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