Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History

by Richard J. Evans

Book Overview

A bullet misses its target in Sarajevo, a would-be Austrian painter gets into the Viennese academy, Lord Halifax becomes British prime minister in 1940 instead of Churchill: seemingly minor twists of fate on which world-shaking events might have hinged. Alternative history has long been the stuff of parlor games, war-gaming, and science fiction, but over the past few decades it has become a popular stomping ground for serious historians. The historian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611685389
• ISBN13: 9781611685381
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.6"