The Hitler Options: Alternate Decisions of World War II

Macksey, Kenneth

ISBN 10: 1853671924 / ISBN 13: 9781853671920

Published by Greenhill Books, London, UK, 1995

About this Item

Includes many maps and 23*b/w photographs. 224pp.

Seller Inventory # 206378

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Hitler Options: Alternate Decisions of World War II
• Publisher: Greenhill Books, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853671924
• ISBN 13: 9781853671920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 625 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • WW2: General & Miscellaneous

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Synopsis

In this compelling book, ten military historians focus upon what might have happened if at ten crucial turning-points of the war Hitler had taken a different direction, or how he would have reacted if the Allies had changed course. There is a striking conviction about these self-contained scenarios. All are within the bounds of what could genuinely have occurred, projecting only from factual situations and the options that were available. Technical innovations and weapon capabilities retain practicability, with later technology excluded. Real people behave in character.
The Hitler Options is a fascinating collection of original studies raising new possibilities, and will grip the reader as much by its thought-provoking content as by the sheer excitement of campaigns and battles that might have dramatically changed the history of the world.

About the Author

Kenneth Macksey served in WWII under the command of Percy Hobart, later writing the authoritative biography of that leader. Amongst many other books, Macksey wrote two volumes of alternate history, one dealing with the (successful) invasion of England by Germany in 1940 (Operation Sea Lion); the other describing a NATO-Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s.