What If...? Vol 1

The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been

By: Robert Cowley - editor

Narrated by: John Cunningham, Janet Zarish

Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining.

This provocative collection of essays features today's foremost historians speculating on these "what ifs", providing a fascinating new prospective on history's most pivotal events. The essays include:

The Peace of 1914: The World War that Wasn't by Robert Cowley

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 by Theodore F. Cook

D-Day Fails: Atomic Alternatives in Europe by Stephen E. Ambrose

Funeral in Berlin: The Cold War Turns Hot by David Clay Large

China Without Tears: If Chiang Hadn't Gambled in 1946 by Arthur Waldron
In addition to the essays are fascinating "sidebars" provided by such authors as James Chace, Ted Morgan, and others that illuminate in brief other world-changing episodes.

don't waste your time these 6 authors didn't.

each author lacked intrigue and insight - 11th grade history teachers have said the same things for decades.

What if something in history changed

Where does What If? Part 1 rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

I would say it ranks in the middle of the pack.

What did you like best about this story?

I have always enjoyed alternate history stories.

Which scene was your favorite?

If Hitler had been killed in World War I.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

If history changed.

Have to keep up the pace to listen

Overall, I liked the audiobook. You will need to be prepared to pay attention to get the full value.

I wish there would have been a little more "What if" to the story. It really was more history than "What if". More conjecture and conclusion was warranted.

Fascinating

First, this is an alternate history so questioning individual events is pointless. If you want actual history read factual history books.

Second I now have a list of factual history books I want to read to learn more about the pivotal points explored by the authors the alternative timelines.

Wise words

The sheer brilliance of the authors comes out in the first minutes. Like sitting in the lecture theatre listening to an exceptional mind. A pleasure and privilege to listen.