Over the years, I've written a lot on this blog about the ironies of American political history, focusing sometimes on the great "what if's." These posts can, I believe, spark an interest among contemporary students of politics in some of the great accidents of history. As an experiment, I'm going to compile these essays into an ebook, slap on a small price, and see how many downloads I get.
Here's the first batch of articles:
- 1960: History Turned On Minuscule Decisions.
- Nixon Almost Became President When Eisenhower Had Heart Attack in 1957.
- 1963-64: For Want of Rain on November 22, 1963, Kennedy Wouldn't Have Been Assassinated. Scandal Awaited Johnson, But Story Was Spiked When He Assumed Presidency.
- 1968: What If Robert Kennedy Had Not Entered Hotel Kitchen After Victory Speech?
- 1968: Video Clips and Discussion: What If Robert Kennedy Had Lived?
- 1968: Despite Novelists' Wishful Thinking, It's Unlikely Robert Kennedy Would Have Won Democratic Nomination
- 1968: Humphrey Beats Nixon
- 1972: Democrats' Chances Faded After Muskie Cried. What If Night Watchman Hadn't Caught Watergate Burglars?
- 1976: Reagan Lost Nomination By 117 Delegate Votes. What If He Or Ford Had Won That Year?
- 1979-80: If Only Guards At Iranian Embassy Had Threatened Deadly Force, Carter Might Have Been Re-Elected »
- 1980: 'Made for TV Election' Explodes Myth of Liberal Media Bias
- 1980: Carter Wins
- 1984, 1988: If Only Gary Hart Hadn't Boarded the 'Monkey Business'
- 1988: What If Michael Dukakis Won?
- 1991: What If No Gulf War to Liberate Kuwait?
- 1992: Why George H.W. Bush Lost, and How He Could Have Won
- 1992: Why Clinton Won in 1992: Democrats Finally Learned From Their Mistakes
- 1992-98: What If Clinton Sex Scandals Hit All At Once?
- 1996-98-2000: Almost President Gore.
- 2004: President Gore Vs. Senator John McCain. McCain Wins.
- 2004: Kerry Almost Won Electoral College, But Clearly Lost Popular Vote
- 2008: Hillary Wins
- 2012: Romney Wins
