History Revisited : Real Historians Debate the Best of Military Alternate History

In this analysis, eminent historians scrutinize seven popular military stories from the alternate history genre to determine the probability of the events described in each. Answering questions such asCould our atomic bomb policy really have been changed by one faulty screw?What if Napoleon had led the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans?andWould President Lincoln's assassination during the Gettysburg Address have left the Confederacy as a separate nation?the researchers examine stories by Michael F. Flynn, John Mina, Mike Resnick, Kin Stanley Robinson, William Saunders, and Harry Turtledove, ultimately supporting or debunking the events within.

Mike Resnick is a four-time Hugo Award winner and the author of 45 science fiction novels, including Dragon America, A Gathering of Widowmakers, and Starship: Mutiny, 9 nonfiction books, 12 collections, 175 short stories, and 2 screenplays. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.