 Markham, J. David, and Mike Resnick (eds.). History Revisited: The Great Battles. Benbella 2008. |
Markham, J. David, and Mike Resnick (eds.). History Revisited: The Great Battles: Eminent Historians Take On the Great Works of Alternative History
Summary: Anthology of seven alternate history stories, each paired with a critical essay by an historian on the plausibility and other aspects of the story's idea.
Michael F. Flynn's
"Southern Strategy" is matched with
Jean Baker's
"The Past is a Different Place",
Mike Resnick's
"The Burning Spear at Twilight" with
James E. Waller's
"Racial Clearings",
William Sanders'
"Empire" with
J. David Markham's
"The Unlikely Empire",
Kim Stanley Robinson's
"The Lucky Strike" with
Mark McNally's
"Exceptionalism, the Atomic Bomb, and U.S.-Japanese Relations",
Harry Turtledove's
"The Daimon" with
Michael Whitby's
"Alcibiades, Syracuse, and 'What Next'",
Harry Turtledove's
"Must and Shall" with
James Marten's
"Do Not Embrace Them Too Hastily",
and
John W. Mina's
"Vive l'Amiral" with
John Sugden's
"'Vive l'Amiral'".
Published: Benbella 2008 (1933771100BUY).
