Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: Jfk, Rfk, Carter, Ford, Reaga N, (Paperback)

from dickmanikowski

A veteran political speechwriter's and strategist's alternative history of what might have happened during the presidencies of JFK, RFK, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan had certain incidents either not happened or happened differently. The author tries to do too much. The results are...

from MAINEiac4434

I enjoyed it, though sometimes it feels as though Greenfield tries too hard to make a witty comment (i.e., George McGovern saying "A running mate with a mental issue will kill a campaign" or something similar. In real life, McGovern chose Sen. Tom Eagleton to be his running mate during his own pr...

from Schmerguls

4831. Then Everything Changed Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan, by Jeff Greenfield (read 11 Jun 2011) I thought this book, setting out alternate scenarios as to 20th century political history, starting out with a fantastic account of what would hav...

from Judiex

Most of us are aware of how much life can change in a minute: A gunshot kills someone. A gun shot misses killing someone. A person says the wrong thing and damages a relationship. A person says or explains everything correctly. Using fact and fiction in THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED, Jeff Greenfield pu...

from karieh

Because I am such a sucker for "what if?" types of books, "Then Everything Changed" is right up my alley. I heard the author interviewed on the radio...a few months ago? The idea of a book about what MIGHT have happened if a few key events had/had not taken place in the political arena was fascin...