imaginary histories

"Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? . . . [In this book], Dan Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same fate that all previous eras did. Will our world ever become a ruin for future archaeologists to dig up and explore? The questions Carlin poses are both philosophical and offbeat"--Dust jacket.

Tortall's spymaster, George Cooper, cleans out his office and finds letters, notes, character profiles, family papers, and more that reveal the secrets of Tortall. Includes a timeline.

What if Stalin had signed with the West in 1939? What if the Allies had been repulsed on D-Day? And what if Hitler had won the war? In this expertly written book, historians suggest what might have been if key events during the war had gone differently, from the Munich Crisis to the dropping of the first atom bomb, including Hitler's declaration of war on the United States after Pearl Harbour and the D-Day landings. The authors, writing as if these and other world-changing events had really happened, project realistic scenarios based on the true capabilities and circumstances of the opposing forces. If The Allies Had Fallen is a spirited and terrifying alternate history, and a telling insight into the dramatic possibilities of World War II.

In an alternate reality where Prohibition never ended and now includes tobacco, drugs, and firearms, and where gambling is legal, Joe Tarpley steps into the empty shoes of Eliot Ness to lead the new Untouchables, cleaning up the casino-filled and crime-ridden streets of Chicago.

Presents ten different ways in which the South could have won its independence during the Civil War, such as through European intervention or the use of a blockade-breaking navy.

Describes twelve important events in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s, including the assassination of President Kennedy, the killings at Kent State, and the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and imagines how history might have gone had they not happened.

Contains seventeen essays in which historians examine key moments in American history and speculate on what might have happened if events had played out differently, considering topics such as what America would be like if there had been no Revolution, and what direction the country would have taken had John F. Kennedy not been assassinated.

Contains twenty chronologically arranged essays in which a variety of historians consider key events of military history, and imagine what "might have been" if certain outcomes had been different.