Lot #71: 2001 Book - "What If? 2: Eminent Historian Imagine What Might Have Been"

Hardcover. Dustjacket. "What If? 2: Eminent Historian Imagine What Might Have Been" is a compelling anthology of counterfactual history essays edited by Robert Cowley, first published in 2001 by G.P. Putnam's Sons. twenty-five speculative narratives from a "Who's Who" of historical scholarship, including Victor Davis Hanson, Tom Wicker, and Caleb Carr. Each contributor identifies a specific "point of divergence"—such as the potential death of Socrates at the Battle of Delium in 424 BCE, a Pontius Pilate who spares Jesus, or a successful assassination of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933—and meticulously traces how these altered events might have radically reshaped the modern world. Dimensions: 25 cm Pickup category timeslot {A}