Download pdf warofillusions free online new books in. Counterfactual history, also sometimes referred to as virtual history, is a form of historiography that attempts to answer what if questions known as counterfactuals. The rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power new york. The controversial revisionist history of world war i that made niall fergusons name the first world war killed around eight million men and bled europe dry. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. On the mathematical biology of arms races, wars, and revolutions. Fergusons brilliant 90page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counterfactual history. These include the pity of war on wwi, the war of the world about the major conflicts in the 20th century including a stunning chapter on the armed slave labor camp that was the soviet union, and this book virtual history on counterfactual or what if history. Alternatives and counterfactuals by niall ferguson paperback. Niall ferguson is a senior fellow at the hoover institution at stanford university, former laurence a. Alternatives and counterfactuals, picador london, 1997.
This meaty, scholarly collection of essays by gifted historian niall ferguson tackles the controversial topic of counterfactual questions. He argues that the fatal conflict between britain and germany was far from inevitable. Niall ferguson is currently considered a single author. What if britain had stayed out of the first world war. Pdf this essay provides an extended commentary on richard evans book altered pasts from the. Niall ferguson is herzog professor of financial history at the stern school of business, new york university, visiting professor of history, oxford university and senior research fellow, jesus college, oxford. Kennedy might have done in vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963. Niall ferguson the wests six killer apps by robert huebscher may 22, 2012 for five centuries, the west dominated eastern economies. Previously, he was a professor at harvard university and new york university, visiting professor at new college of the humanities and senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford. Virtual history by niall ferguson penguin books australia. Virtual history by niall ferguson, 9780241952252, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Doing so, ferguson placed virtual history within the limits of. The decline and fall of history niall ferguson video.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by. It applies what niall ferguson of harvard university has called virtual history to consider what president john f. How would england look if there had been no cromwell. The pity of war download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. What if nazi germany had defeated the soviet union. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and william ziegler professor of business administration at harvard business school. Counterfactual thinking as a scientific method core. The first world war killed around eight million men and bled europe dry. It did so by downloading six killer apps from the west.
Doing so, ferguson placed virtual history within the limits of past perceptions. Niall campbell ferguson is a british historian from scotland. In literature, the genre of alternative history has been used for a wide spectrum of purposes. Ferguson is, as his tv work makes clear, a compelling teacher with. Western civilizations rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries how did the west overtake its.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Alternatives and counterfactuals, edited by niall ferguson. Vietnam if kennedy had lived is a 2008 documentary film by koji masutani. He is also a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university, and a. The west and the rest by niall ferguson in chm, djvu, epub download ebook. Expertly combining political, economic, and military history in the manner of niall ferguson and paul kennedy, james macdonald stresses that if industrial nations are more prosperous, they are also more. Alternatives and counterfactuals edited by niall ferguson historiographical counterfactuals and historical contingency tucker 1999 history and theory wiley online library. Ferguson s ninetypage introduction is a brilliant manifestolike defense of the methodology of counterfactual history and offers a convincing justifica tion of the whole enterprise. Niall ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed the pity of war, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time and provides farreaching answers to these intriguing questions. However, for the scottish historian niall ferguson, editor of the. Virtual history features contributions from talented, imaginative and wellregarded historians, led by niall ferguson. Dick used an alternative world, in which the axis powers won the second world war and divided the usa between germany and japan, in order to explore the nature of human decency associated with the american ophile japanese occupation in san francisco and fanatic totalitarianism associ ated.
In this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. But, beginning with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989, the east has now caught up, according to niall ferguson. The counterfactual imagination in history and fiction. What would the world be like if communism had never collapsed. Niall ferguson biography life, family, children, parents. The film was unveiled at the 2008 hotdocs canadian international documentary film festival, and its theatrical. Edited by niall ferguson, virtual history applies counterfactual arguments to decisive moments in modern history. Niall ferguson has written several fine books that are mustreads for educated people.
The fall of five mobi download download ebook pdf, epub. Astonishing in its scope and erudition, this is the magnum opus that niall fergusons numerous acclaimed works have been leading up to. Language and sources info in this extract ferguson takes these different essays and weaves them into a counterfactual narrative history. More than any other event, it made the twentieth century. It was britains declaration of war that needlessly turned a continental conflict into a world war, and it was britains economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated. In the pity of war, niall ferguson explodes the myths of 191418. Niall ferguson investigates how western civilization came to dominate. He is also a senior research fellow at jesus college, oxford university, and a senior fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university. His other books for penguin include empire, the cash nexus, colossus, the war of the world, virtual history, high financier and. Download the fall of five mobi download or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. He is also a senior research fellow of jesus college, university of oxford, a senior fellow of the hoover institution, stanford university and. Tisch professor of history at harvard university and current senior fellow at the center for european studies at harvard university, a visiting professor at tsinghua university, beijing, and founder and managing director of advisory firm.
Interestingly, niall ferguson, who is a professor of history at harvard university and the london school of economics, does not emphasize the triumph of the west so much as the weakness of the rest, which, he argues, made it relatively easy for the west to consolidate its power and continue to. In his opening chapter to virtual history, niall ferguson suggested. Niall ferguson is a historian who wrote the pity of war, virtual history and. Investors try to learn from history, but the very different financial impacts of the two world wars and the cold war reveal the tendency of military technology and regulatory regimes to shift. It is, at the very root, the idea of conjecturing on what did not happen, or what might have happened, in order to understand what did happen.
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