What ifs? of American history :
What ifs? of American history : eminent historians imagine what might have been
new essays by Antony Beevor, Caleb Carr, Robert Dallek and 2 others ; edited by Robert Cowley.
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003.
- xvi, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Might the Mayflower not have sailed? / William Pitt the Elder and the avoidance of the American revolution / Caleb Carr -- What the fog wrought : the Revolution's Dunkirk, August 29, 1776 / "His accidency" John Tyler / Lew Wallace and the ghosts of the Shunpike / If the lost order hadn't been lost : Robert E. Lee humbles the union, 1862 / The Northwest conspiracy / Beyond the wildest dreams of John Wilkes Booth / The revolution of 1877 / The whale against the wolf : the Anglo-American War of 1896 / No Pearl Harbor : FDR delays the war / If Eisenhower had gone to Berlin / Joe McCarthy's secret life / If the U-2 hadn't flown / The Cuban missile crisis : second holocaust / JFK lives / What if Watergate were still just an upscale address? / Theodore K. Rabb -- David McCullough -- Tom Wicker -- Victor Davis Hanson -- James M. McPherson -- Thomas Fleming -- Jay Winik -- Cecelia Holland -- Andrew Roberts -- John Lukacs -- Antony Beevor -- Ted Morgan -- George Feifer -- Robert L. O'Connell -- Robert Dallek -- awrence Malkin and John F. Stacks.
0399150919
United States--History--Miscellanea.
United States--History, Military--Miscellanea.
Imaginary histories.
E 179 / .W556 2003
Includes bibliographical references.
Might the Mayflower not have sailed? / William Pitt the Elder and the avoidance of the American revolution / Caleb Carr -- What the fog wrought : the Revolution's Dunkirk, August 29, 1776 / "His accidency" John Tyler / Lew Wallace and the ghosts of the Shunpike / If the lost order hadn't been lost : Robert E. Lee humbles the union, 1862 / The Northwest conspiracy / Beyond the wildest dreams of John Wilkes Booth / The revolution of 1877 / The whale against the wolf : the Anglo-American War of 1896 / No Pearl Harbor : FDR delays the war / If Eisenhower had gone to Berlin / Joe McCarthy's secret life / If the U-2 hadn't flown / The Cuban missile crisis : second holocaust / JFK lives / What if Watergate were still just an upscale address? / Theodore K. Rabb -- David McCullough -- Tom Wicker -- Victor Davis Hanson -- James M. McPherson -- Thomas Fleming -- Jay Winik -- Cecelia Holland -- Andrew Roberts -- John Lukacs -- Antony Beevor -- Ted Morgan -- George Feifer -- Robert L. O'Connell -- Robert Dallek -- awrence Malkin and John F. Stacks.
0399150919
United States--History--Miscellanea.
United States--History, Military--Miscellanea.
Imaginary histories.
E 179 / .W556 2003