What If?: The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have BeenRobert Cowley Penguin, 2000 M09 1 - 416 páginas With its in-depth reflections on the monumental events of the past, this amazing book of essays ponders what might have been if things had gone differently in history. Featuring Stephen J. Ambrose, John Keegan, and many others. |
Contenido
CONQUEST DENIED The Premature Death of Alexander the Great | |
THE TEUTOBURG FOREST A D 9 | |
THE DARKAGES MADE LIGHTER The Consequences of Two Defeats | |
THE IMMOLATION OF HERNÁN CORTÉS Tenochtitlán June 30 1521 | |
UNLIKELY VICTORY Thirteen Ways the Americans Could Have Lost | |
WHAT THE FOGWROUGHT The Revolutions Dunkirk August 29 1776 | |
IF THE LOST ORDER HADNT BEEN LOST Robert E Lee Humbles the Union | |
A CONFEDERATE CANNAE AND OTHER SCENARIOS How the Civil | |
THE WHAT IFS OF 1914 he World War That Should Never Have Been | |
DAY FAILS Atomic Alternatives in Europe | |
CHINA WITHOUT TEARS If Chiang Kaishek Hadnt Gambled in 1946 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
What If?: The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine what ..., Volumen1 Stephen E. Ambrose Vista de fragmentos - 1999 |
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