PublishedNational Library Of Australia, May 2018 |
ISBN9780642279217 |
FormatSoftcover, 224 pages |
Dimensions23.5cm × 15.5cm |
The past is irreversible, but imagination is unlimited. With a twist of fate - and of historical fact - Gallipoli was a military success, Australia had a female prime minister in the 1920s, we won the soccer world cup in 1974, and Gough Whitlam chose his time to retire from the top job.
In Victory on Gallipoli and Other What-ifs of Australian History, prominent historians contemplate how Australia today could have been a very different place but for a decision made or not made, an opportunity taken or not taken. These are the nation's sliding door moments, our alternative history. At the end of each essay, an `In Fact' section tells the true story to allow the readers to see what has, and hasn't, been changed in the imaginative retelling.
