Virtual History

Alternatives and Counterfactuals

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Niall Ferguson

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564 Seiten
20 Lesestunden

Geschichte
Philosophie
Politikwissenschaft
Sachliteratur
Wirtschaft

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What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? Historians have traditionally refused to ask questions of the past, preferring to assume that whatever happened was inevitable. ButVirtual Historychallenges this complacency as leading historians apply "counterfactual" arguments to decisive moments in modern history.