As an online article writer I often put forth "what if" scenarios. And perhaps for this reason, one of my favorite topics is - What If History had turned out different? You know things like what if the NAZIs had taken over Europe and the US stayed out of the war. What if we had not dropped nuclear bombs on Japan and the Russians ended up conquering all those islands to the North and eventually the large island we think of when we think of Japan.
Okay so, if these types of topics intrigue you as well, I'd like to recommend a book to you, one which I find completely fascinating, interesting, and thought provoking. In fact, the author/editor of this book explains that's exactly why he wrote it in the first place to provoke thought. The name of the book is:
"What If?" Book II, "Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been," Edited by Robert Crowley - Essays by James Bradley, Caleb Carr, Thomas Fleming, John Lukacs, Geoffrey Ward, Published by Berkeley Books, New York, NY, (2001), pages 427, ISBN: 0-425-18613-X
In this second work, Book II some really interesting questions were asked followed by well-thought out questions and historical accounts. What's sorts of information and questions are in this book? Well below are just a few such as:
What if Jesus was not crucified?What if Socrates died in a battle prior to becoming a philosopher?What if FDR didn't become president of the US?What if Hitler and Neville Chamberlin didn't sign an agreement?What if the allies were unable to decipher the German enigma code?What if there had not been a cold-war?Amazingly compelling arguments are outlined throughout this work. This is great for history students, or for teachers wishing to get their students interested in history. It's also great for those like me who believe that "those who do not study their history are doomed to repeat it!" So, I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I. Please consider all this, and if you have a "What If" comment about history, please send me an email, and let's talk.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes it's hard work to write 22,000 articles; http://www.bloggingcontent.net/
