2/$29 Adult Nonfiction What If Paperback Book 2pc Bundle History Theory Politics

Adult Nonfiction Book Bundle Includes 2 books: What If 1 & 2 Editor Robert Cowley Vintage books are in great to excellent condition, normal wear & page yellowing; spines intact (see photos). From the covers: “This new volume in the New York Times bestselling, unanimously praised What If™ series presents more provocative essays by preeminent historians who speculate on how pivotal moments in American history could have turned out very differently. AMONG THEM: • Caleb Carr asks if the American Revolution could have been avoided • Jay Winik envisions the Vietnamization of the South • Antony Beevor asks if Eisenhower avoided a showdown with Stalin • Robert Dallek speculates…what if JFK hadn't been assassinated. Other contributors: Theodore Rabb, Tom Wicker, Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Fleming, Cecelia Holland, Andrew Roberts, John Lukacs, Ted Morgan, George Feifer, Robert L. O'Connell, Lawrence Malkin, John F. Stacks” “What if..." Socrates died on the battlefield • Pontius Pilate didn't order Jesus Christ's crucifixion • Abraham Lincoln didn't abolish slavery • an assassin succeeded in murdering FDR • Pope Pius XII spoke out against the Holocaust • Eisenhower seized his chance to stop the Nazis • James Bradley • James Chace • Theodore F. Cook, Jr. • Carlos M. N. Eire • Thomas Fleming • Richard B. Frank • Alistair Horne • David Kahn • Robert Katz • William H. McNeill • Lance Morrow • Williamson Murray • Josiah Ober • Geoffrey Parker • Roger Spiller • Geoffrey C. Ward