What If? (essays)

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What If?
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First edition cover
Editor Robert Cowley
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWhat If?
Genre Alternate history
Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
1999
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN 0-399-14576-1
Followed by What If? 2  

What If?, subtitled The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, also known as What If? The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, is an anthology of twenty essays and fourteen sidebars dealing with counterfactual history. It was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1999, ISBN   0-399-14576-1, and this book as well as its two sequels, What If? 2 and What Ifs? of American History , were edited by Robert Cowley. It was later combined with What If? 2 to form The Collected What If?.

Contents

Cowley decided to create the book after several "What if?" articles were published in the Military History Quarterly, which he edits, and received much attention. [1]

Essays

Reviews

See also

References

  1. "What If?". NPR. March 9, 1998. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. Arnold, Martin (December 21, 2000). "Making Books: The 'What Ifs' That Fascinate". The New York Times . Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  3. Meagher, L. D. (February 7, 2000). "Book asks what might have been". CNN . Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  4. Cearnal, Lee (November 7, 1999). "'Counterfactuals' are topic of 'What if?'". Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 23 June 2012.