History That Never Happened: A Treatise on the Question, What Would Have Happened If...?

by Alexander Demandt

What would have happened if-Alexander had not died in 323 B.C., Pontius Pilate had pardoned Jesus, Hitler had died in 1938...? The ramifications of these and many other hypothetical historical changes are explored in this newly revised version of the original German Ungeschehene Ein Traktat uber die Was ware geschen, wenn.... . The author examines provocative questions in the context of actual events, using the accepted flow of historical succession to reach new conclusions. Also discussed are the obstacles for thinking about history that never happened and a discussion of how these alternative possibilities are instructive in the understanding of actual events.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

180 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Alexander Demandt ist ein deutscher Althistoriker, der vor allem über Römische Geschichte und Römische Kulturgeschichte sowie über geschichtstheoretische Themen publiziert. Er lehrte von 1974 bis 2005 als Professor für Alte Geschichte am Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut der Freien Universität Berlin.