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If the Concept of ‘Genocide’ had Existed in the 1930s, Hitler Would Have Used It to Justify the Quest for Lebensraum

"What Ifs" and the War in Ukraine: The Case for Counterfactuals

A Counterfactual That Dares Not Speak Its Name: Zeynep Tufekci on Missed Opportunities and COVID-19

From the Archives: A Confused Counterfactual about the American Revolution, “Suddenly an Eagle” (1976)

H. L. Mencken on the South Winning the Civil War and "Wowserism"

A Hybrid Alternate History? Hanya Yanagihara’s Novel, To Paradise

Ignoring Alternate History? Randy Boyagoda Reviews Laurent Binet's "Civilizations" as a work of "Counterfiction"

Counterfactual Pots and Kettles: Woody Holton’s Disputed Claims about Lord Dunmore’s “Emancipation Proclamation” of 1775 and the American Revolution.

From the Archives: Early Counterfactual Television -- "Past Imperfect" (1964)

Celebrating Counterfactuals: Ross Douthat Speculates About the French and Indian War

Madison Cawthorn Continues the Trump Legacy of Dumb Counterfactuals