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Description:Historians & philosophers have pondered historical turning points--events that altered the course of civilization. These essays ask "What if..."--Geo Washington hadn't made his escape from the British on Long Island in the dawn of 8/29/1776?--A Confederate aide hadn't accidentally lost Gen. Rbt E. Lee's plans for invading the North?--Alexander the Great had been slain in battle, instead of saved by a bodyguard?--The D-Day invasion had failed?--The Mongols had conquered Europe? Fascinating & frightening, What If? offers reflections on the monumental events of the past & speculations as to what things might be like had things gone differently.List of MapsList of IllustrationsIntroduction/Rbt CowleyInfectious alternatives: the plague that saved Jerusalem, 701 BC/Wm H. McNeillA good night's sleep can do wonders/Barbara N. PorterNo glory that was Greece: the Persians win at Salamis, 480 BC/Victor Davis HansonConquest denied: the premature death of Alexander the Great/Josiah OberFuror Teutonicus: the Teutoburg forest, AD 9/Lewis H. LaphamThe dark ages made lighter: the consequences of two defeats/Barry S. StraussThe death that saved Europe: the Mongols turn back/Cecelia HollandIf only it had not been such a wet summer: the critical decade of the 1520s/ Theodore K. RabbIf the Holy League hadn't dithered/Peter PiersonThe immolation of Hérnan Cortés: Tenochtitlán, 6/30/1521/Ross HassigThe repulse of the English fireships: the Spanish Armada triumphs, 8/8/1588/Geoffrey ParkerUnlikely victory: 13 ways the Americans could have lost the Revolution/Thomas FlemingGeorge Washington's gamble/Ira D. GruberWhat the fog wrought: the Revolution's Dunkirk, 8/29/1776/David McCulloughRuler of the world: Napoleon's missed opportunities/Alistair HorneNapoleon wins at Waterloo/Caleb CarrIf the lost order hadn't been lost: Rbt E. Lee humbles the Union/James M. McPhersonA Confederate Cannae & other scenarios: how the Civil War might have turned out differently/Stephen W. SearsVietnam in America, 1865/Tom WickerThe what ifs of 1914: the world war that should never have been/ Robert CowleyBismarck's empire: stillborn/James ChaceThanks, but no cigar/David Clay LargeThe armistice of desperation/Dennis E. ShowalterHow Hitler could have won the war: the drive for the Middle East, 1941/John KeeganWhat a taxi driver wrought/Williamson MurrayTriumph of the dictators/David FromkinOur midway disaster: Japan springs a trap, 6/4/1942/Theodore F. Cook, JrThe case of the missing carriers/Elihu RoseD Day fails: atomic alternatives in Europe/Stephen E. AmbroseThe Soviet invasion of Japan/Robert CowleyFuneral in Berlin: the Cold War turns hot/David Clay LargeChina without tears: if Chiang Kai-shek hadn't gambled in 1946/ Arthur WaldronA quagmire avoided?/Ted MorganThe end/Robert L. O'ConnellWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. To get started finding What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 395

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Publisher: Putnam

Release: 1999

ISBN: 0965445720

Description: Historians & philosophers have pondered historical turning points--events that altered the course of civilization. These essays ask "What if..."--Geo Washington hadn't made his escape from the British on Long Island in the dawn of 8/29/1776?--A Confederate aide hadn't accidentally lost Gen. Rbt E. Lee's plans for invading the North?--Alexander the Great had been slain in battle, instead of saved by a bodyguard?--The D-Day invasion had failed?--The Mongols had conquered Europe? Fascinating & frightening, What If? offers reflections on the monumental events of the past & speculations as to what things might be like had things gone differently.List of MapsList of IllustrationsIntroduction/Rbt CowleyInfectious alternatives: the plague that saved Jerusalem, 701 BC/Wm H. McNeillA good night's sleep can do wonders/Barbara N. PorterNo glory that was Greece: the Persians win at Salamis, 480 BC/Victor Davis HansonConquest denied: the premature death of Alexander the Great/Josiah OberFuror Teutonicus: the Teutoburg forest, AD 9/Lewis H. LaphamThe dark ages made lighter: the consequences of two defeats/Barry S. StraussThe death that saved Europe: the Mongols turn back/Cecelia HollandIf only it had not been such a wet summer: the critical decade of the 1520s/ Theodore K. RabbIf the Holy League hadn't dithered/Peter PiersonThe immolation of Hérnan Cortés: Tenochtitlán, 6/30/1521/Ross HassigThe repulse of the English fireships: the Spanish Armada triumphs, 8/8/1588/Geoffrey ParkerUnlikely victory: 13 ways the Americans could have lost the Revolution/Thomas FlemingGeorge Washington's gamble/Ira D. GruberWhat the fog wrought: the Revolution's Dunkirk, 8/29/1776/David McCulloughRuler of the world: Napoleon's missed opportunities/Alistair HorneNapoleon wins at Waterloo/Caleb CarrIf the lost order hadn't been lost: Rbt E. Lee humbles the Union/James M. McPhersonA Confederate Cannae & other scenarios: how the Civil War might have turned out differently/Stephen W. SearsVietnam in America, 1865/Tom WickerThe what ifs of 1914: the world war that should never have been/ Robert CowleyBismarck's empire: stillborn/James ChaceThanks, but no cigar/David Clay LargeThe armistice of desperation/Dennis E. ShowalterHow Hitler could have won the war: the drive for the Middle East, 1941/John KeeganWhat a taxi driver wrought/Williamson MurrayTriumph of the dictators/David FromkinOur midway disaster: Japan springs a trap, 6/4/1942/Theodore F. Cook, JrThe case of the missing carriers/Elihu RoseD Day fails: atomic alternatives in Europe/Stephen E. AmbroseThe Soviet invasion of Japan/Robert CowleyFuneral in Berlin: the Cold War turns hot/David Clay LargeChina without tears: if Chiang Kai-shek hadn't gambled in 1946/ Arthur WaldronA quagmire avoided?/Ted MorganThe end/Robert L. O'ConnellWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been. To get started finding What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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