Good distiction between unnecessary and unavoidable.
Have you come across the seies "What If?" The first one is a collection of essays by military historians on turning points in history based around conflicts. Several of them are WW I and WW II based.
Suppose Hitler had died while on active service in WW I?
One of the best has an obscure failed British politician killed when struck by a taxi in New York between the wars. Churchill was knocked down because he looked the wrong way while crossing the street. Obviously in reality he survived and went on to serve his country once more. Consider WW II without his leadership and those morale boosting speeches.
The second one in the series is not as good but still not bad.
If interested I could bring them over next weekend.
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Date: 2004-11-12 09:19 am (UTC)Have you come across the seies "What If?" The first one is a collection of essays by military historians on turning points in history based around conflicts. Several of them are WW I and WW II based.
Suppose Hitler had died while on active service in WW I?
One of the best has an obscure failed British politician killed when struck by a taxi in New York between the wars. Churchill was knocked down because he looked the wrong way while crossing the street. Obviously in reality he survived and went on to serve his country once more. Consider WW II without his leadership and those morale boosting speeches.
The second one in the series is not as good but still not bad.
If interested I could bring them over next weekend.