description: Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing 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. This provocative collection of essays features today's foremost historians speculating on these "what ifs", providing a fascinating new perspective on history's most pivotal events. The essays * Infectious The Plague that Saved Jerusalemby William H. McNeil * No Glory That Was The Persians Win at Salamisby Victor Davis Hanson * Conquest Alexander the Great's Premature Deathby Josiah Ober * Furor The Teutoburgby Lewis Lapham * The Dark Ages Made The Consequences of Two Defeatsby Barry S. Strauss * The Death that Saved The Mongols Turn Backby Cecilia Holland * If Only It Had Not Been Such a Wet Summerby Theodore K. Rabb * The Immolation of Hernán Cortésby Ross Hassig
language: English
title: What If...? Vol. 3: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
titlecomplete: What If...? Vol. 3: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio