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What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (What If Essays) (English Edition) por [Robert Cowley]

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With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differently in history. Featuring Stephen J. Ambrose, John Keegan, and many others.

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Counterfactuals--what-if scenarios--fueled countless bull sessions in smoke-filled dorm rooms in the 1960s. What if Sitting Bull had had a machine gun at Little Big Horn? What if Attila the Hun had had a time machine? What if Columbus had landed in India after all? Some of those dorm-room speculators grew up to be historians, and their generation (along with a few younger and older scholars) makes a strong showing in this anthology of essays, in which the what-ifs are substantially more plausible. What if Hitler had not attacked Russia when he did? He might have moved into the Middle East and secured the oil supplies the Third Reich so badly needed, helping it retain its power in Europe. What if D-Day had been a failure? The Soviet Union might have controlled all of Europe. What if Sennacherib had pressed the siege of Jerusalem in 701 B.C.? Then the nascent, monotheistic Jewish religion might never have taken hold among the people of Judah--and the daughter religions of Christianity and Islam would never have been born.

So suggest some of the many first-rate contributors to this collection, which grew from a special issue of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History. One of them is classicist Josiah Ober, who suggests that if Alexander the Great had died at the age of 21 instead of 32, Greece would have been swallowed up by Persia and Rome, and the modern Western world would have a much different sensibility--and probably little idea of democratic government. Still other contributors are Stephen E. Ambrose, Caleb Carr, John Keegan, David McCullough, and James McPherson, who examine a range of scenarios populated by dozens of historical figures, including Sir Walter Raleigh, Chiang Kai-shek, Robert E. Lee, Benito Mussolini, and Themistocles. The result is a fascinating exercise in historical speculation, one that emphasizes the importance of accident and of roads not taken in the evolution of human societies across time. --Gregory McNamee

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Robert Cowley is the founding editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, which was nominated for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Cowley has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing. --Este texto se refere à uma edição esgotada ou disponível no momento.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B002I1XRYU
Editora ‏ : ‎ Berkley (1 setembro 2000)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglês
Tamanho do arquivo ‏ : ‎ 21215 KB
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Número de páginas ‏ : ‎ 420 páginas

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Mrs_Schofield

The section on the Mongols was a bit scary because they were such a brutal fighting force and could have easily changed Europe into a barbaric tribal area with no ...

Avaliado no Reino Unido 🇬🇧 em 26 de fevereiro de 2018

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This book is fascinating.
I had never thought about the impact of tiny changes from the Ancient world....a random outbreak of a disease or the death of one person can change so much.
The section on the Mongols was a bit scary because they were such a brutal fighting force and could have easily changed Europe into a barbaric tribal area with no great cities.
The book lost my interest a bit in the middle when there was a huge section about the American war of Independence, although maybe American history buffs would find it interesting!
You get a brief history lesson along with each counter-factual and it can help you discover periods of history to look into in more detail.
It's a shame there wasn't more about Medieval England, as that's my favourite era of history

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A J Summersgill

The title says it all.

Avaliado no Reino Unido 🇬🇧 em 2 de outubro de 1999

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I just love books like this - having tried to write alternate history stories myself, I know how difficult it is - miss one tiny detail and the whole premise can fall apart. So books like "What If..." written by people who know a little bit more about their chosen subjects than myself (ie: proper Historians) are indispensable for anyone who wants to consider how different the world would be if, for example, the US hadn't fluked a win at the Battle of Midway or even if the UK and US hadn't entered the First World War. Would it have even BEEN a "World" War? Probably not as it happens. Food for thought.
I also recommend "The Hinge Factor" by Erik Durschmied and "The Hitler Options" and "Invasion" edited and written by Kenneth Macksey respectively, the latter being an in-depth look at the alternate history of the German Invasion of England in July 1940.

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Georgia Stride

The quality of the book when I recieved it was in a good condition and something which I would be happy to ...

Avaliado no Reino Unido 🇬🇧 em 21 de julho de 2014

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From reading this book previously myself, I decided to order it as a gift for somebody. The quality of the book when I recieved it was in a good condition and something which I would be happy to give to someone else. Upon recieving the gift they were very pleased with it. All in all it is a good read and I would suggest anyone who is the slightest bit interested in history to give it a go.

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Beryl.watts

Four Stars

Avaliado no Reino Unido 🇬🇧 em 6 de setembro de 2016

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Great read.

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Bjorn Clasen

Really only for military buffs

Avaliado na Alemanha 🇩🇪 em 5 de dezembro de 2013

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The title of this book has to be taken a little too literally. The 'What If's are really very hypothetical and based on teeny weeny details that only history nerds will know of. Also, it is only about wars, not other incidents in World history. It therefore very quickly becomes so speculative that the 'average' history interested reader probably gets bored long before reaching modern times.

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