What If?

The Daily Writer · Dec 21, 2020 · 2m

In the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, the military historian Robert Cowley coordinated a fascinating series of books called What If? The books featured essays by prominent historians, each one looking at a particular “what if” question in history. For example: What if the Mayflower had never set sail? What if JFK had not been assassinated? What if Teddy Roosevelt had won re-election in 1912? What if Lincoln had not issued the Emancipation Proclamation? What if Martin Luther had burned at the stake? Those are fascinating questions, and these books gave historians the opportunity to let their…