Jeff Greenfield is een prominente Amerikaanse politieke schrijver wiens werk een scherpe, satirische kijk biedt op het politieke leven en de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Hij verkent vaak hypothetische scenario's en onderzoekt hoe de geschiedenis anders had kunnen verlopen op basis van cruciale, zij het kleine, politieke verschuivingen. Greenfield gebruikt meesterlijk ironie en humor om de zwakheden en absurditeiten van het politieke landschap bloot te leggen, en biedt lezers zowel een onderhoudend als inzichtelijk perspectief op de dynamiek van macht en samenleving.
Revisit Major Milestones That Shaped World History and Discover the Outcome If They Had Happened Differently
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Exploring pivotal historical moments, this book presents a fascinating alternate history where key events unfold differently. Each scenario, such as Rome's survival or Lincoln's survival, is examined through expert essays that propose hypothetical outcomes and timelines. Richly illustrated, it delves into intriguing possibilities like the Vikings colonizing North America or the Soviets dominating the space race. Readers will find thought-provoking insights into how the world could have changed dramatically based on these critical junctures.
A brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators. History turns on a dime. A missed meeting, a different choice of words, and the outcome changes dramatically. Nowhere is this truer than in the field where Jeff Greenfield has spent most of his working life, American politics, and in three dramatic narratives based on memoirs, histories, oral histories, fresh reporting with journalists and key participants, and Greenfield's own knowledge of the principal players, he shows just how extraordinary those changes would have been. These things are true: In December 1960, a suicide bomber paused fatefully when he saw the young president-elect's wife and daughter come to the door to wave goodbye...In June 1968, RFK declared victory in California, and then instead of talking to people in another ballroom, as intended, was hustled off through the kitchen...In October 1976, President Gerald Ford made a critical gaffe in a debate against Jimmy Carter, turning the tide in an election that had been rapidly narrowing. But what if it had gone the other way? The scenarios that Greenfield depicts are startlingly realistic, rich in detail, shocking in their projections, but always deeply, remarkably plausible. You will never think about recent American history in the same way again.
