Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! - Richard Ned Lebow

Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!
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Autor: Richard Ned Lebow

 Wydawnictwo: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781137278531
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Oprawa: twarda
Stron: 256
Data wydania: 2014-01-01
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The "Great War" claimed nearly 40 million lives and set the stage for World War II, the Holocaust, and the Cold War. One hundred years later, historians are beginning to recognize how unnecessary it was. In Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives!, acclaimed political psychologist Richard Ned Lebow examines the chain of events that led to war and what could reasonably have been done differently to avoid it. In this highly original and intellectually challenging book, he constructs plausible worlds, some better, some worse, that might have developed. He illustrates them with "what-if" biographies of politicians, scientists, religious leaders, artists, painters, and writers, sports figures, and celebrities, including scenarios where: there is no Israel; neither John Kennedy nor Barack Obama become president; Curt Flood, not Jackie Robinson, integrates baseball; Satchmo and many Black jazz musicians leave for Europe, where jazz blends with klezmer; nuclear research is internationalized and all major countries sign a treaty outlawing the development of atomic weapons; Britain and Germany are entrapped in a Cold War that threatens to go nuclear; and much more. 'Lebow has written a sharp... work that many with an interest in the first world war will enjoy. As well as providing a "what-if" analysis of a world without the conflict, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! invites us to reflect in new and unexpected ways on the connectedness of things - and on the unpredictability of history.' The Guardian "Lebow's 'counterfactual' worlds are fascinating... This is an entertaining and plausible series of 'what-ifs' that makes us pause and consider the contingency of what we are pleased to call the real world. ****" - New Internationalist "So is a world without the First World War plausible? Richard Ned Lebow's Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! tries hard to convince us it is." - The Independent "Lebow persuasively argues that the outbreak of world war was contingent on the assassination of Franz Ferdinand... So, what if there had been no First World War? Lebow imagines the best and worst plausible worlds... These forays are fun." - The Times "For anybody fascinated by political or social history, this is a stimulating book that will inevitably lead to some thought as to how the world could have developed, and how it could so easily have been a very different place today... I would certainly recommend this." - The Bookbag "A well-written, thought-provoking read, particularly for people with a keen interest in modern history." - Discover Your History "A curious look at an alternative history" - Your Family Tree 'The thought-experiments in Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lives! serve purposes on multiple levels. At its core, Alternate History has always been an intriguing chance to ponder 'what if?' Through Lebow's work, we may see further through analysis that we can apply to our own world and judge our own trends in culture, and science, and political leadership.' - This Day in Alternate History

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Richard Ned Lebow