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What If? 2 (essays)

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What If? 2
First edition cover
EditorRobert Cowley
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWhat If?
GenreAlternate history
PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons
Publication date
2001
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
ISBN0-399-14795-0
Preceded byWhat If? 
Followed byWhat Ifs? of American History 

What If? 2, subtitled More What If?: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, is an anthology of twenty-five essays dealing with counterfactual history. It was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 2001, ISBN 0-399-14795-0, and edited by Robert Cowley. It is the successor of What If? It was combined with the original What If? in The Collected What If?

Essays

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Reviews

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  • "As a mental exercise or from simple curiosity, it is not uncommon to wonder what might have happened if an event had ended other than as history records." —Washington Times[1]
  • "A follow-up to the 1999 book by prominent historians who each examine a key moment in history and theorize how a slight turn of fate at a decisive moment could have changed history. The first book helped give alternate history its 'serious' look, and this book should cement that." —USA Today[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Playing with alternate history again, Hastings to atom bomb". Washington Times. October 14, 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2012.
  2. ^ Squitieri, Tom (December 18, 2001). "Growing book genre gives history a do-over". USA Today. Retrieved 23 June 2012.