{"product_id":"what-if-ii-isbn-9780425186138","title":"What If? II","description":"What if Lincoln didn't abolish slavery? What if an assassin succeeded in killing FDR in 1933? This volume presents 25 intriguing \"what if...\" scenarios by some of today's greatest historical minds-including James Bradley, Caleb Carr, James Chace, Theodore F. Cook, Jr., Carlos M.N. Eire, George Feifer, Thomas Fleming, Richard B. Frank, Victor Davis Hanson, Cecelia Holland, Alistair Horne, David Kahn, Robert Katz, John Lukacs, William H. McNeill, Lance Morrow, Williamson Murray, Josiah Ober, Robert L. O'Connell, Geoffrey Parker, Theodore K. Rabb, Andrew Roberts, Roger Spiller, Geoffrey C. Ward, and Tom Wicker.What If? 2 - Edited by Robert Cowley       List of Maps and Illustrations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Robert Cowley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocrates Dies at Delium, 424 B.C. - Victor Davis Hanson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe consequences of a single battle casualty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot by a Nose - Josiah Ober\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe triumph of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, 31 B.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePontius Pilate Spares Jesus - Carlos M. N. Eire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristianity without the Crucifixion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRepulse at Hastings, October 14, 1066 - Cecelia Holland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam does not conquer England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Chinese Discovery of the New World, 15th Century - Theodore F. Cook, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat the expeditions of a eunuch admiral might have led to\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Luther Burns at the Stake, 1521 - Geoffrey Parker\u003cbr\u003e\"O God, is Luther dead?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf Charles I Had Not Left Whitehall, August 1641 - Theodore K. Rabb\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a starter, no English civil war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNapoleon's Invasion of North America - Thomas Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAedes aegypti takes a holiday, 1802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf Lincoln Had Not Freed the Slaves - Tom Wicker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe inevitable results of no Emancipation Proclamation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrance Turns the Other Cheek, July 1870 - Alistair Horne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe needless war with Prussia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Election of Theodore Roosevelt, 1912 - John Lukacs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrokering an earlier end to World War I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Great War Torpedoed - Robert L. O'Connell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe weapon that could have won the war for Germany in 1915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Finland Station - George Feifer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Russian Revolution without Lenin?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Luck of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Geoffrey C. Ward\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven might-not-have-beens on the road to the presidency\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe War of 1938 - Williamson Murray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChamberlain fails to sway Hitler at Munich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrime Minister Halifax - Andrew Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGreat Britain makes peace with Germany, 1940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Boys Who Saved Australia, 1942 - James Bradley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmall events can have large results\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnigma Uncracked - David Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Allies fail to break the German cipher machine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePius XII Protests the Holocaust - Robert Katz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVE Day - November 11, 1944 - Caleb Carr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unleashing of Patton and Montgomery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Führer in the Dock - Roger Spiller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA speculation on the banality of evil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo Bomb: No End - Richard B. Frank\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Operation Olympic disaster, Japan 1945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Presidency of Henry Wallace - James Chace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf FDR had not dumped his vice president in 1944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Tale of Three Congressmen, 1948 - Lance Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerica without Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat If Pizarro Had Not Found Potatoes in Peru? - William H. McNeil\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe humble roots of history\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eRobert Cowley is the founding editor of \u003cb\u003eMHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History\u003c\/b\u003e, which was nominated for a National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Cowley has held several senior positions in book and magazine publishing.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304655605989,"sku":"NP9780425186138","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425186138.jpg?v=1767743843","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/what-if-ii-isbn-9780425186138","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}