What If?

What If?

by Cowley, Robert

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The world's foremost military historians imagine what might have been. It has been said that "what if?" (or the counterfactual, to use the vogue word in academic circles) is the historian's favorite secret question. What ifs have a genuine value that goes beyond the "idle parlor game" (the historian E.H. Carr's phrase). They can be a tool to enhance the understanding of history, to make it come alive.

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  • Full title :What If? / by Robert Cowley.

Summary

The world's foremost military historians imagine what might have been. It has been said that "what if?" (or the counterfactual, to use the vogue word in academic circles) is the historian's favorite secret question. What ifs have a genuine value that goes beyond the "idle parlor game" (the historian E.H. Carr's phrase). They can be a tool to enhance the understanding of history, to make it come alive.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1999(c)
  • Edition:1999(c)

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Penguin, Putnam Inc
  • Place of Publication:New York, New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1999(c)

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  • Description:395

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0399145761, 9780399145766
  • oclc:ocn779622172

Subjects

Imaginary histories Imaginary wars and battles

Writers

Cowley, Robert

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