description: s/t: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have BeenHistorians 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 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. 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 include:"* The Repulse of the English Fireships: The Spanish Armada Triumphs" by Geoffrey Parker "* Unlikely Victory: Thirteen Ways the Americans Could Have Lost the Revolution" by Thomas Fleming "* What the Fog Wrought: The Revolution's Dunkirk" by David McCullough "* Ruler of the World: Napoleon's Missed Opportunities" by Alistair Horne "* If the Lost Order Hadn't Been Lost: Robert E. Lee Humbles the Union" by James M. McPherson "* A Confederate Cannae and Other Scenarios: How the Civil War Might Have Turned Out Differently" by Stephen W. Sears
language: English
title: What If? Watersheds, Revolutions and Rebellions
titlecomplete: What If? Watersheds, Revolutions and Rebellions
genres: Alternate History, Essays, History, Politics, Reference, Anthologies, World History, Nonfiction, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 1076
series: What If
publisher: Audioworks