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From the Archives: Bismarck's Prophecy and a "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Counterfactual" by Charles Downer Hazen

Counterfactual Chaos: Thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”

President Harry Byrd? What If John F. Kennedy Had Lost the 1960 Presidential Election?

An Early Alternate History Series (on Radio!): "Stroke of Fate" (1953)

A Counterfactual Cartoon: "Historical Ifs" from 1914

Donald Trump's Predecessor in Rejecting Election Results: King Umberto II of Italy and the Close Call of 1946

Was George Wallace Nearly Donald Trump? A "Close Call" and/or "Missed Opportunity" Counterfactual

From the Archives: G. M. Trevelyan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the First Ever (?) Alternate History Essay Contest

Reflections on Counterfactual Nazis: A Preview of "Fascism in American Culture, How Alternate a History?"

Virtuous Counterfactuals: Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and (oddly enough) Wilhelm Dilthey

"Rogue Histories" : What Explains the Allure of Alternate Pasts?

A New Look for The Counterfactual History Review!

A Nazi Era Anthology of Counterfactuals: "Was Wäre Wenn?" by Peter Purzelbaum

Biden or Bernie? The Democratic Party Would Have Lost the Election if Sanders Had Been the Nominee

Counterfactual Sentence of the Day: From Joseph Edgar Chamberlin's Book, "The Ifs of History" (1907)

When Is an "Alternate History" Not an Alternate History? Amazon's Forthcoming Series, "The Underground Railroad"

"Counterfactual Historians" Do Not Exist

Richard Evans Dismisses Counterfactual History (Again)

More "Leopard Spots:" Bret Stephens Imagines an Unconvincing Alternative President Trump

The Plot Against America: Webinar and Panel Discussion at the University of Florida (Preview and Video Link)

Does Schopenhauer Help Explain Trump? Brian Stelter, Bob Woodward, and "Leopard Spot" Counterfactuals