Why Do We Ask “What If?” Reflections on the Function of Alternate History

• 1 December 2002
• journal article
• Published by Wiley in History and Theory
• Vol. 41  (4) , 90-103
• https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2303.00222

Abstract

Keywords

• FUNCTION
• WAR
• SCENARIOS
• NARRATIVES
• AMERICAN
• WINNING
• ALTERNATE HISTORIES
• ALLOHISTORICAL