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What Ifs? of American History

By: Chartwell Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Last Stocked on 4/26/2016

Product Info

Title
What Ifs? of American History
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2003
Pages
298
Dimensions
6x9x.8"
NKG Part #
2147397236
Type
Softcover

Description

The "what if" concept is one of the most original and engaging on the current history bookshelf. The essays are chock-full of provocative ideas; they are as accessible to the general reader as they are to the scholar; and they are the perfect gift for the dedicated history buff on anyone's list.

In this new collection of never-before-published essays, our brightest historians speculate about some of America's more intriguing crossroads. Some irresistible highlights include: Caleb Carr (The Alienist) on America had there been no Revolution; Tom Wicker on the first time a vice president, John Tyler, succeeded a deceased president and its surprising ramifications; Jay Winik (April 1865) on the havoc that might have resulted if Booth had succeeded in his plan to assassinate Johnson and Seward as well as Lincoln; Antony Beevor (The Fall of Berlin 1945) on the possibility of Eisenhower's capture of Berlin before the Soviets' arrival there in 1945; and Robert Dallek (the upcoming An Unfinished Life about John F. Kennedy) on one of the most agonizing American "what if's of all: what might have happened if JFK hadn't been assassinated.