What if JFK was shot three years earlier? What if RFK survived? Alternate histories that show how random our world really is
The New York Times has a review of a fascinating new book, Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan by Jeff Greenfield. It shows just how easily things could have veered another way. Reading Michiko Kakutani’s review of Then Everything Changed, you’re left with the impression that this…