What If?: Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been by Cowley, Robert - 2001

Pan Books, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. 'Anyone interested in military history or indeed history in general will fi nd it fascinating to read' - "Spectator". "What If?" is a collection of cou nterfactual essays dealing with military events. Concentrating on some of t he most intriguing military history turning points of the last 3,000 years, twenty celebrated historians, including Alistair Horne and John Keegan, ha ve come together to produce a group of essays that enhance our current unde rstanding of decisive events. 'Pure, almost illicit pleasure. What makes th ese essays tremendously diverting is how little they strain one's sense of credibility' - Andrew Roberts, "Sunday Telegraph". 'These informed, elegant essays authoritively analyse incidents over the past 3,000 years' - "The T imes". 'One of the delights of the book is that broad speculative analysis is built from a mass of exciting detail. This make for a top-class bed-side read' - "Financial Times