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'[A] masterpiece ... This is state-of-the-art alternate history, nothing less ... With shocking vividness, Turtledove demonstrates the extreme fragility of our modern world, and how much of it depends on a United States of America' (Publishers Weekly ( for The Great War: American Fr )
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Is it the war to end all wars - or war without end?
It is 1917, and the United States are fighting a war on two fronts. In the north, from the Pacific to Quebec, US forces in the air and on land are locked in battle against Canada and Great Britain. To the south, at the heart of a line that stretches from the Gulf of California to the Atlantic, General Custer intends to do what none of his prececessors have done - to smash through the Confederate lines in Tennessee.
Into this vast, seething cauldron plunges a new generation of weapons - submarines, barrels, attack planes, poison gas and flame throwers - changing the shape of war and the balance of power.
Victory is at hand - but at a price that may be worse than war itself.
It is 1917, and the United States are fighting a war on two fronts. In the north, from the Pacific to Quebec, US forces in the air and on land are locked in battle against Canada and Great Britain. To the south, at the heart of a line that stretches from the Gulf of California to the Atlantic, General Custer intends to do what none of his prececessors have done - to smash through the Confederate lines in Tennessee.
Into this vast, seething cauldron plunges a new generation of weapons - submarines, barrels, attack planes, poison gas and flame throwers - changing the shape of war and the balance of power.
Victory is at hand - but at a price that may be worse than war itself.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Finally volume 3 comes out. The problem about reading multi-volume series is that you end up waiting for months to find out what happened. Those people like me who have been waiting for this will understand.
As the title implies, the war ends here. I'll not reveal who won, that might spoil the book. I will say that the victory seems credible. Turtledove has obviously put a lot of thought and research into this. The story pans out logically and inevitably to its conclusion with, as always with Turtledove, a few more favourite characters dying along the way.
So where will things go now? Well it's a historical fact that the First World War caused the Second World War and the entire book seems to be hinting at such a sequel. Like I said, in a review of an earlier volume, it looks like Turtledove is exploring the ideas of Communism and Fascism being American ideas, either in the USA or the CSA (or possibly one in each!). This would seem to be the plan for the next book with the defeated American Country (CSA or USA) looking ripe for a fascist takeover. A candidate for American Hitler seems to have already been introduced.
And this is the main problem with multi-volume stories. No sooner do you finish one volume than you want to read the next!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Once again Harry Turtledove delivers the goods in this the most plausible of alternate timelines. The most interesting thing I have found about this book,indeed the series so far,is how my allegiance has changed from the U.S. to the C.S.A.(O.K, I am British and they are on our side!) Despite changing between many different characters the narrative is smooth, and tells the story of this war superbly. Definitely " couldn't put it down" reading.
Format:Paperback
The final book of The Great War trilogy but the fourth book in the larger 11 volume alternative history epic that imagines how things might have turned out if the South had won the American Civil War.
For me, this is the best book of the trilogy. It has been fairly obvious how the war itself was going to turn out but there are seeds being planted here that I'm sure will spawn major plot lines in future books in the series. It does appear to be somewhat mirroring the actual dreadful events that occured in Europe but it has still piqued my interest.
The book, set almost entirely in North America, tells the story of a goodly assortment of characters who are in the thick of the action. George Armstrong Custer (a pompous, bumbling idiot and great fun) is really the only senior figure at this point although like I said previously it looks like a lot of the other characters are going to become major players in future global events. Each chapter is broken up into smaller sections concentrating on one of the characters. Their paths do cross but only occasionally. It's a format that the author has used before and it works well enough.
For me, this is the best book of the trilogy. It has been fairly obvious how the war itself was going to turn out but there are seeds being planted here that I'm sure will spawn major plot lines in future books in the series. It does appear to be somewhat mirroring the actual dreadful events that occured in Europe but it has still piqued my interest.
The book, set almost entirely in North America, tells the story of a goodly assortment of characters who are in the thick of the action. George Armstrong Custer (a pompous, bumbling idiot and great fun) is really the only senior figure at this point although like I said previously it looks like a lot of the other characters are going to become major players in future global events. Each chapter is broken up into smaller sections concentrating on one of the characters. Their paths do cross but only occasionally. It's a format that the author has used before and it works well enough.
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