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What If Every Civil War armchair general asks the question Possibilities unfold Disappointments vanish Imaginations soar More questions arise What if can be more than an exercise in wistful fantasy A serious inquiry sparks rigorous exploration demands critical thinking and unlocks important insights

The Great What Ifs of the American Civil War Historians Tackle the Conflicts Most Intriguing Possibilities is a collection of fourteen essays by the historians at Emerging Civil War and includes a Foreword by acclaimed alternate history writer Peter G Tsouras

Each entry focuses on one of the most important events of the war and unpacks the options of the moment To understand what happened we must look with a clear and objective eye at what could have happened with the full multitude of choices before us What if is a tool for illumination These essays also explode the assumptions people make when they ask what if and then jump to wishful conclusions

This collection of thoughtful essays offers not alternate histories or counterfactual scenarios but an invitation to ask to learn and to wonder What if