If an international relations scholar were to consider how the U.S. might have acted after September 11th if Al Gore had been president by examining the former vice president’s words and actions in office, he or she would be engaging in a type of

counterfactual known as ___________.

a.hypothetical history
b. cotenability history
c. psychobiography
d. virtual history


Answer: D

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