Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0333647289 ISBN 13 : 9780333647288

Editeur : Papermac, 1998

Synopsis

What if Britain had stayed out of World War I? What if Germany had won World War II? These are just a couple of the questions answered in this book. The text is a collection of pieces exploring what could have happened if nine events had turned out differently.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

What if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time” and provides far-reaching answers to these intriguing questions.Ferguson's brilliant 90-page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counter-factual history. His equally masterful afterword traces the likely historical ripples that would have proceeded from the maintenance of Stuart rule in England. This breathtaking narrative gives us a convincing, detailed alternative history” of the West from the accession of James III” in 1701, to a Nazi-occupied England, to a U.S. Prime Minister Kennedy who lives to complete his term.

Biographie de l'auteur

Niall Ferguson is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschilds, and The Pity of War ). He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, and lives in Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Papermac
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333647289
• ISBN 13: 9780333647288
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 548
• Éditeur: Ferguson Niall
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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