Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of Hist Johnson Hal
Across 1400 years and six continents (sorry, Australia), Impossible Histories examines pivotal moments in history from both sides--what happened and what would have happened had things gone…
Specifikacia Impossible Histories: The Soviet Republic of Alaska, the United States of Hudsonia, President Charlemagne, and Other Pivotal Moments of Hist Johnson Hal
Across 1400 years and six continents (sorry, Australia), Impossible Histories examines pivotal moments in history from both sides--what happened and what would have happened had things gone differently. The results are by turns strange, hilarious, tragic...and always fascinating.Imagine a world in which...Hitler builds a thousand-year ReichColumbus gets driven from the Americas by mounted knightsRobespierre decapitates Caesar AugustusThe Inca Empire has an air forceJimmy Carter presses the ButtonThese brave new worlds are merely our own, familiar world--if something small had happened differently. We're all one elephant away from peace in the Middle East, one knife thrust away from nuclear Armageddon.This book examines twenty pivotal moments in history, asks what if?..., and drags the answers