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World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

by James M. McPhersonStephen E. Ambrose David McCullough and others
Hardback
Publication Date: 13/09/1999

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Historians and philosophers alike have pondered the crucial turning points of history -- events that forever altered the course of civilization, and set the stage for the world in which we live today. In these essays, some of the most respected minds of our time ask the question "What If..".
-- George Washington had never made his miraculous escape from the British on Long Island in the dawn of August 29, 1776?
-- A Confederate aide hadn't accidentally lost General Robert E. Lee's plans for invading the North?
-- Alexander the Great had been slain in battle, instead of saved at the last instant by a loyal bodyguard?
-- The Allied invasion on D-Day had failed?
-- The Mongols had succeeded in conquering Europe?

Both fascinating and frightening, What If? offers in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, and amazing speculations as to what our world might be like had things gone differently in that one singular moment in time.

ISBN:
9780399145766
9780399145766
Category:
Military history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
13-09-1999
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
236.22x165.1x36.58mm
Weight:
0.76kg
Stephen E. Ambrose

Stephen E. Ambrose, leading World War II historian, was the author of numerous books on history including the Number 1 bestselling BAND OF BROTHERS, D-DAY (on which SAVING PRIVATE RYAN was based) PEGASUS BRIDGE and WILD BLUE.

He is founder of the Eisenhower Center and the National D-Day Museum in New Orleans. He died in 2002.

David McCullough

David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback.

His other acclaimed books include The Johnstown Flood, The Great Bridge, Brave Companions, 1776, The Greater Journey, The American Spirit, and The Wright Brothers. He is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.

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