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American Front (The Great War, Book 1)
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345405609
ISBN: 0345405609
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: May 01, 1999
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: May 01, 1999
Studio: Del Rey
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Editorial Review:
Harry Turtledove's second multivolume saga of 20th-century "alternative history," How Few Remain, takes place in a world in which the Confederate States win the Civil War and in 1914, allied with England and France, go to war against the United States once more. All the horrors of World War I, such as trench warfare and mustard gas, are present, only this time they're situated in a North American theater of operations where the U.S. fights enemies on both its northern and southern borders while Confederate blacks, studying up on left-wing radicals Karl Marx and Abe Lincoln, prepare for the revolution. As in Turtledove's earlier Worldwar series, the majority of attention is paid to an assortment of people at the battlefields and home fronts, their stories unfolding in gradual increments that, at least so far, only intermittently connect with each other. And there's not as much in the way of "real" historical figures popping up in this first volume of The Great War series, save for cameo appearances by U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, Confederate president Woodrow Wilson, an aging General Custer, and a handful of others. It remains to be seen whether future entries in the series will feature such obvious candidates for inclusion as the young Ernest Hemingway, and how they'll appear in this strange new world. --Ron Hogan
When the Great War engulfed Europe in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, bitter enemies for five decades, entered the fray on opposite sides: the United States aligned with the newly strong Germany, while the Confederacy joined forces with their longtime allies, Britain and France. But it soon became clear to both sides that this fight would be different--that war itself would never be the same again. For this was to be a protracted, global conflict waged with new and chillingly efficient innovations--the machine gun, the airplane, poison gas, and trench warfare.Across the Americas, the fighting raged like wildfire on multiple and far-flung fronts. As President Theodore Roosevelt rallied the diverse ethnic groups of the northern states--Irish and Italians, Mormons and Jews--Confederate President Woodrow Wilson struggled to hold together a Confederacy still beset by ignorance, prejudice, and class divisions. And as the war thundered on, southern blacks, oppressed for generations, found themselves fatefully drawn into a climactic confrontation . . .
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Turtledove delivers another interesting "what if" scenario
This is the second volume in Turtledove's eleven-book series that began with HOW FEW REMAIN. In this book, the CSA is allied with France and England while the USA is allied with Germany when what we know as WWI breaks out. In this storyline, the third War Between the States begins in 1914.
Turtledove borrowed an actual historical event for his "Christmas Truce" between U.S. and Confederate forces in 1914. On Christmas Eve, 1914, this actually happened in the muddy fields of Flanders ... Read More
Rating: - Great book, except for one thing...
I haven't finished this book yet, but I must to say it's one of the best alternate history stories I've had the pleasure to read. However, there is one part of the book that I find a too hard to believe, and that is the Mormon Uprising that begins somewhat around the middle of the novel.
As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I know that we would not do such a thing as this. In fact, one of the basic tenets of our faith is being "subject to kings, presidents, rulers, ... Read More
Rating:  - Yamabushi's mini reviews XXII
I could cut and paste my `Into the Darkness' review here, only American Front lacks either aliens or magic too make it the least bit interesting. There's more then a few vivid descriptions of a horse and wagon stuck in a muddy road in here, I think the plots in one of those wagons.
Rating:  - Ok Book,But not one I would suggest to someone else
The author had a alot of neat ideas for an alternative way the United States would have been if the civil war had been a draw.But the amount of characters that this book revolves around is unbelievable.It took me till I was 3/5 the way through this book before I would remember the next group of characters he would write about.And instead of hearing about just the yankee's up north,it was 95% of the time the "damnyankee's"(monotonous).Also about 50 pages from the end it starts becoming obvious that the story ... Read More
Rating: - Interesting Facts From A Different Viewpoint.
Some people consider WWI as the "Great War" and, I'm sure, that those of who fought were correct at the time. This is an 'alternate' history of this war, meaning it is not the facts, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I've been meaning to get around to this book for a long time, but it took the movie, 'The Great Raid' to cause me to put this as priority.
I previously reviewed GHOST SOLDIERS on which the movie was made, and done well. It was so realistic that I had to cry (and I don't ... Read More
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