| Description |
13 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Subtitle from container. |
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Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Read by John Cunningham & Janet Zarish. |
| Contents |
v.1. : Reshaping the 20th century. disc 1. The peace of 1914 : the World War that wasn't / by Robert Cowley -- disc 2. How Hitler could have won the war : the drive for the Middle East / by John Keegan. Our Midway disaster : Japan springs a trap, June 4, 1942 (beginning) / by Theodore F. Cook, Jr. -- disc 3. Our Midway disaster ... (end) / by Theodore F. Cook, Jr. -- D-Day fails : atomic alternatives in Europe / by Stephen E. Ambrose. Funeral in Berlin : the Cold War turns hot (beginning) / by David Clay Large -- disc 4. Funeral in Berlin ... (end) / by David Clay Large. China without tears : if Chiang hadn't gambled in 1946 / by Arthur Waldron -- v. 2. Watersheds, revolutions, and rebellions. disc 5. The repulse of the English fireships : the Spanish Armada triumphs / by Geoffrey Parker. Unlikely victory : thirteen ways the Americans could have lost the Revolution (beginning) / by Geoffrey Parker -- disc 6. Unlikely victory ... (end) / by Geoffrey Parker. What the fog wrought : the Revolution's Dunkirk / by David McCullough -- disc 7. Ruler of the world : Napoleon's missed opportunities / by Alistair Horne. If the order hadn't been lost : Robert E. Lee humbles the Union (beginning) / by James M. McPherson -- disc 8. If the order hadn't been lost ... (end) / by James M. McPherson. A Confederate Cannae and other scenarios : how the Civil War might have turned out differently / by Stephen W. Sears -- v. 3. Ancient wars that shaped our world. disc 9. Infectious alternatives : the plague that saved Jerusalem / by William H. McNeill. No glory that was Greece : the Persians win at Salamis (beginning) / by Victor Davis Hanson -- disc 10. No Glory that was Greece ... (end) / by Victor Davis Hanson. Conquest denied : Alexander the Great's premature death / by Josiah Ober -- disc 11. Furor Teutonicus : the Teutoburg / by Lewis H. Lapham. The Dark Ages made lighter : the consequences of two defeats (beginning) / by Barry S. Strauss -- disc 12. The Dark Ages made lighter ... (end) / by Barry S. Strauss. The death that saved Europe : the Mongols turn back / by Cecelia Holland. If only it had not been such a wet summer (beginning) / by Theodore K. Rabb -- disc 13. If only it had not been such a wet summer (end) / by Theodore K. Rabb. The immolation of Hernan Cortes / by Ross Hassig. |
| Summary |
This provocative collection of essays features today's foremost historians speculating on these "what ifs", providing a fascinating new perspective on history's most pivotal events. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Imaginary wars and battles.
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Imaginary histories.
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| Added Author |
Cowley, Robert.
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Ambrose, Stephen E.
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Cunningham, John, 1932- Narrator.
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Zarish, Janet. Narrator.
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| Added Title |
Reshaping the 20th century.
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Watersheds, revolutions, and rebellions.
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Ancient wars that shaped our world.
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| ISBN |
0743518608 |
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