Project Gutenberg 2010-10-16 Public domain in the USA. 120 Chamberlin, Joseph Edgar 1851 1935 Chamberlin, J. E. (Joseph Edgar) Chamberlain, Joseph Edgar The Ifs of History E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, Julia12000, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto) "The Ifs of History" by Joseph Edgar Chamberlin is a historical analysis written in the early 20th century. This work explores significant historical events and the critical turning points that shaped the course of civilization, positing alternative outcomes had these events taken different paths. The book delves into various "what if" scenarios, imagining how different decisions or outcomes could have transformed the world dramatically. The opening of the book discusses the pivotal Athenian election where Themistocles defeated Aristides. Chamberlin argues that this election and its outcome allowed Themistocles to push for a strong naval fleet, which ultimately played a crucial role in the defeat of the Persian fleet at Salamis, preserving Greek independence. The author suggests that without this victory, the Persia might have dominated Greece and, by extension, the course of Western civilization, leading to a cultural landscape dominated by Mithraism rather than Christianity. This sets the stage for the book's exploration of historical contingencies and the complexities of human affairs influenced by chance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 57.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en History D Text Category: History - Other 209297 2025-08-14T04:51:47.664168 text/html 210990 2010-10-16T15:34:56 text/html 158932 2025-08-14T04:51:53.910090 application/epub+zip 156009 2025-08-14T04:51:50.274109 application/epub+zip 150925 2025-08-14T04:51:49.143125 application/epub+zip 292218 2025-08-14T04:51:56.741077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261168 2025-08-14T04:51:53.130118 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 237871 2022-09-15T13:32:15.658658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183863 2025-08-14T04:51:47.257106 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183511 2010-10-16T15:31:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 183527 2010-10-16T15:31:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19899 2025-08-14T04:51:56.868059 application/rdf+xml 12476 2025-08-14T04:51:49.630102 image/jpeg 3298 2025-08-14T04:51:49.386120 image/jpeg 70484 2010-10-16T15:31:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 77368 2010-10-16T15:37:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 70469 2010-10-16T15:31:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 144278 2025-08-14T04:51:47.681171 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia