Description
What if the American Revolution had failed, Hitler had successfully invaded Britain, Kennedy had survived, or the Soviet Union had won the Cold War? This rigorous collection of essays explores nine pivotal moments through carefully constructed counterfactuals grounded in the alternatives that historical figures themselves considered. Alongside vivid “alternative histories” of Britain, Europe, and the United States, it examines how political choices, military turning points, economics, and contingency shape the course of events. The substantial introduction offers a thoughtful methodology for counterfactual history, making the book both an absorbing journey through possible pasts and a serious meditation on how history is made.
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paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2011
550 pages
ISBN: 9780241952252
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Details
First Published
1997
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Virtual History by Niall Ferguson.