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050 4 _aD
100 1 _aChamberlin, Joseph Edgar,
_d1851-1935
245 1 4 _aThe Ifs of History
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2010-10-16
508 _aE-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, Julia12000, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
520 _a"The Ifs of History" by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin is a historical analysis written in the early 20th century. This work explores significant historical events and the critical turning points that shaped the course of civilization, positing alternative outcomes had these events taken different paths. The book delves into various "what if" scenarios, imagining how different decisions or outcomes could have transformed the world dramatically. The opening of the book discusses the pivotal Athenian election where Themistocles defeated Aristides. Chamberlin argues that this election and its outcome allowed Themistocles to push for a strong naval fleet, which ultimately played a crucial role in the defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis, preserving Greek independence. The author suggests that without this victory, the Persia might have dominated Greece and, by extension, the course of Western civilization, leading to a cultural landscape dominated by Mithraism rather than Christianity. This sets the stage for the book's exploration of historical contingencies and the complexities of human affairs influenced by chance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHistory
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34086
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