Free Download 10 Great What-Ifs of American History [TTC Audio]
English | March 29, 2024 | ASIN: B0CZB1T1XR | M4B@64 kbps | 4h 14m | 121 MB
Lecturer: Adam Jortner
History may appear logical and even inevitable: Things happened because they had to. But when you go back to examine the great turning points of the past, you quickly discover how choices, chances, and accidents played a huge rule in making the world we know today. Politicians, writers, explorers, and ordinary people all make choices that shape history. But examining the moments that define our history raises an important question: What if things had gone differently?
Historians have a term for this type of speculation. A "counterfactual" history imagines a different person, a different decision, different luck in a critical moment-and the way a small change could have transformed history as we know it. What if Christopher Columbus never got the money to sail in 1492? What if the Union lost the Battle of Gettysburg? Or President John F. Kennedy escaped assassination?
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