It didn't serve as a prequel, but added some context and familiarity that I appreciated. Almost too many characters and he jumps back and forth between them in little short vignettes. Harry Turtledove’s The Great War: The American Front, is a fast paced alternate history novel focusing on World War One after a confederate victory in the United States Civil War. These governments co-operated to subvert arms restrictions imposed by the Central Powers after its victory. It’s the second book of the Southern Victory series from author Harry Turtledove which is a sort of thought exercise on how the world would look if the Confederacy had won the civil war. When inquiries came from the War Department and President Roosevelt paid a personal visit to Custer's headquarters, the First Army's commander told them that the deployment existed only on paper, in order to fool Confederate spies. At times it read more like a history book than a novel.Dr Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced a sizeable number of works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.Dr Harry Norman Turtledove is an American novelist, who has produced a sizeable number of works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction. From Nashville, in July, Custer attacks the C.S.
lines in the direction of On the same day that the "Barrel Roll Offensive" began in Tennessee, the U.S. Army in northern Virginia attacks southward toward In northern Virginia, several U.S. attacks force the C.S. Nashville fell and First Army continued its drive south, intent on taking With their advance to the south of Toronto stalled, the American forces in Ontario shifted their efforts to the northwest of the city. Not as thoroughly awesome as How Few Remain, the first in this series, but quite engaging.
Accordingly he gathered over 300 barrels along a two-mile stretch of front. The Confederate invasion of Pennsylvania soon grinds to a halt at the Although the U.S. forces easily conquer the southern bank of the In the autumn of 1915, as the armies of the Confederacy are fighting those of the United States along the border regions, the C.S.A. This prevents the "Entente" from recapturing the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). I was also fascinated by the way alliances fell out in this version of history - very plausible given the events of How Few Remain, but it seriously messes with my good guy-bad guy ideas of World War I. The last hammers on the Confederate Army come in late July, when fighting reaches the town of In Canada, Custer's barrel methods are used to break through the Anglo-Canadian lines, leading to the fall of The answer is "The Great War: American Front", as exciting and interesting a book as I have ever read.In Turtledove's scenario, the South won the Civil War, then emerged victorious in the Second Mexican War, which saw a humbled US lose to the combined power of the CS and England. Harry Turtledove’s The Great War: The American Front, is a fast paced alternate history novel focusing on World War One after a confederate victory in the United States Civil War. When in 1914 the Great War breaks out in Europe following the In this series, the war remains known as "The Great War" and the term "World War" never comes into use. The First World War affects the USA and CSA as something of a continuation of the Civil War, here - it seemed they were just waiting for an excuse to start fighting again, and they fell into war again with vigor.