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From the Archives: Bismarck's Prophecy and a "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Counterfactual" by Charles Downer Hazen
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Counterfactual Chaos: Thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”
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President Harry Byrd? What If John F. Kennedy Had Lost the 1960 Presidential Election?
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An Early Alternate History Series (on Radio!): "Stroke of Fate" (1953)
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A Counterfactual Cartoon: "Historical Ifs" from 1914
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Donald Trump's Predecessor in Rejecting Election Results: King Umberto II of Italy and the Close Call of 1946
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Was George Wallace Nearly Donald Trump? A "Close Call" and/or "Missed Opportunity" Counterfactual
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From the Archives: G. M. Trevelyan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the First Ever (?) Alternate History Essay Contest
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Reflections on Counterfactual Nazis: A Preview of "Fascism in American Culture, How Alternate a History?"
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Virtuous Counterfactuals: Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, and (oddly enough) Wilhelm Dilthey
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"Rogue Histories" : What Explains the Allure of Alternate Pasts?
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A New Look for The Counterfactual History Review!
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A Nazi Era Anthology of Counterfactuals: "Was Wäre Wenn?" by Peter Purzelbaum
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Biden or Bernie? The Democratic Party Would Have Lost the Election if Sanders Had Been the Nominee
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Counterfactual Sentence of the Day: From Joseph Edgar Chamberlin's Book, "The Ifs of History" (1907)
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When Is an "Alternate History" Not an Alternate History? Amazon's Forthcoming Series, "The Underground Railroad"
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"Counterfactual Historians" Do Not Exist
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Richard Evans Dismisses Counterfactual History (Again)
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More "Leopard Spots:" Bret Stephens Imagines an Unconvincing Alternative President Trump
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The Plot Against America: Webinar and Panel Discussion at the University of Florida (Preview and Video Link)
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Does Schopenhauer Help Explain Trump? Brian Stelter, Bob Woodward, and "Leopard Spot" Counterfactuals
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