Opening book details…
Can I read Altered Pasts : Counterfactuals in History on EtoBox?
Altered Pasts : Counterfactuals in History by Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL FRHistS is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Altered Pasts : Counterfactuals in History about?
What would have happened had Britain not entered the First World War but stood aside as a neutral non-belligerent? What might the result have been had Britain concluded a separate peace with Nazi Germany in 1940 or 1941? How would the British have behaved had they lost the Battle of Britain and been conquered and occupied by the armed forces of Hitler's Third Reich? Altered Pasts is a fascinating discussion of the historical and cultural significance of imagining the road not taken. From its beginnings as an Enlightenment parlour game to its relationship with modern-day conspiracy theories, Richard Evans charts the social and political implications of counterfactual history and its capacity for being a mirror on the present. -- Provided by publisher.
Who reads Altered Pasts : Counterfactuals in History?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL FRHistS
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781408705544
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.16 / 5 (54 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
More by Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL FRHistS
Browse all works by Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL FRHistS
Similar books
- Altered Pasts: Counterfactuals in History (The Menahem Stern Jerusalem Lectures) — Evans, Richard J.; Ben-Israel, Hedva (2014)
- Virtual History : Alternatives and Counterfactuals — Niall Ferguson (1999)
- Counterfactuals and Probability — Moritz Schulz (2017)
- Gendered Pasts: Historical Essays in Femininity and Masculinity in Canada (Canadian Social History Series) — edited by Kathryn McPherson, Cecilia Morgan and Nancy M. Forestell (2003)
- Forbidden Fruit: Counterfactuals and International Relations — Richard Ned Lebow (2010)
- The Prime Ministers Who Never Were : A Collection of Political Counterfactuals — Francis Beckett (2011)