{"product_id":"altered-pasts-counterfactuals-in-history-9780349140179","title":"Altered Pasts Counterfactuals in History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bullet misses its target in Sarajevo, a would-be Austrian painter gets into the Viennese academy, Lord Halifax becomes British prime minister in 1940: seemingly minor twists of fate on which world-shaking events might have hinged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternative history has long been the stuff of parlour games, war-gaming and science fiction, but over the past few decades it has become a popular stomping ground for serious historians. Richard J. Evans now turns a critical, slightly jaundiced eye on the subject. \u003ci\u003eAltered Pasts \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the intellectual fallout from historical counterfactuals. Most importantly, Evans takes counterfactual history seriously, looking at the insights, pitfalls and intellectual implications of changing one thread in the weave of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnfailingly interesting -- Andrew Holgate * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eA stimulating, thought-provoking and in places quite humorous book that will be of interest to professional and lay readers alike * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eHis critique is eloquent and lively, without rancour or cruelty -- Felipe Fernandez-Armesto * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eCharacteristically pugnacious -- Jonathan Derbyshire * Prospect *\u003cbr\u003eEvans is at his best when dissecting the motives of right-wing thinkers * SFX *\u003cbr\u003eWide-ranging polemic . . . Evans is at his best on questions of historical causation . . . \u003ci\u003eAltered Pasts\u003c\/i\u003e brings an impressive historical intelligence to bear on what are too often dismissed as parlour games * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eEvans is ruthless, forensic and totally convincing in demolishing this pretext, finding instead an even greater determinism, where the autonomous actions of a handful of great men set in motion enormous, immutable forces * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eThe place of Richard Evans in modern historiography - a distinguished place - is assured * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most important and prolific historians of our time . . . \u003ci\u003eAltered Pasts \u003c\/i\u003eprovides much food for thought, not only for professional historians but also for general readers interested in how and why history is written in certain ways. Intelligent, lucid and engaging * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eA good read, which stimulates further reflection about the nature of history * Financial Times *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733656613207,"sku":"9780349140179","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349140179.jpg?v=1720001060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/altered-pasts-counterfactuals-in-history-9780349140179","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}