Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-its of history. In these twenty never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions:
Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did?
Why, how, and when was our fortune made real?
The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining..
Language
English
Pages
395
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Berkley Books
Release
September 01, 2000
ISBN
0425176428
ISBN 13
9780425176429
What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-its of history. In these twenty never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions:
Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did?
Why, how, and when was our fortune made real?
The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining..