Om Tyskland Segrat - 53 Alternativa Scenarier
Om Tyskland segrat är en både fängslande och skrämmande, alternativ, historieskrivning som ger nya perspektiv på andra världskriget och beskriver de riktningar som detta krig kunde ha tagit och ibland också var snubblande nära att ta. Vad hade hänt om Storbritannien hade anhållit om fred 1940, om de allierade hade slagits tillbaka påD-dagen, eller om Ultra inte hade varit tillgängligt under slaget om Atlanten? Frågor av det slaget öppnar för en mängd nya scenarier och gör att historien inte längre ter sig lika självklar. Här försöker en rad internationellt framstående historiker ge svaren på sådana frågeställningar genom att måla upp troliga händelseförlopp. "Tänk om " Boken innehåller även kartor och ett specialskrivet kapitel av Dick Harrison om vad som hade hänt om Sverige blivit en krigförande part. DENNIS E. SHOWALTER (19422019) var amerikansk professor specialiserad på tysk militärhistoria och ordförande för American Society for Military History 19972001. HAROLD C. DEUTSCH (19041995) var amerikansk militärhistoriker med fokus på andra världskriget och arbetade under krigsåren för OSS, föregångaren till CIA. "I sina bästa avsnitt visar Om Tyskland segrat 53 alternativa scenarier på den kontrafaktiska historieskrivningens fördelar."Populär Historia "Överlag är det en mycket intressant bok som jag rekommenderar den intresserade."Kulturbloggen
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