Great War, Book 3
by Harry Turtledove
Turtledove drops readers into a continent-spanning alternate war that shifts from European lightning strikes to brutal conflict inside North America. The prose favors campaign-level motion: tactical set pieces, strategic limitations, and shifting front lines get most attention, which is useful if you want a granular imagining of how a Confederate state and its rivals prosecute total war. Limitation: emotional interiority and moral rumination are sparse, so expect a documentary-like tone rather than close character study; some passages read as extended battle reports.
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Is it the war to end all warsor war without end What began as a conflict in Europe, when Germany unleashed a lightning assault on its enemies, soon spreads to North America, as a longsimmering hatred between two independent nations explodes in bloody combat. Twice in fifty years the Confederate States of America had humiliated their northern ne...
Difficulty:hard
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