American Empire: Blood and Iron: Book 1 of the American Empire Trilogy {Unabridged} {Mp3} {Audio} {Mp3 Audio}
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002E5BRC4 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 521 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the Publisher "Best-selling master of alternate history Harry Turtledove offers a new vision of America after World War I. In 1920, as veterans question the very nation they fought for, socialist Upton Sinclair challenges Teddy Roosevelt for the presidency. And in the defeated Confederacy, a fiery racist whips his followers into a frenzy."
doc peterson said "There were times when I thought he had all the answers and times when I though he was a little bit crazy". As a trained historian, I'm not really a fan of the "what if" questions that sometimes come up in class - or in my reading - but I was facing a long, cross-continental flight and I needed a thick book that would serve as a distraction. Hence my choice of Turtledove's "alternate history" of the years following the Great War, _Blood and Iron_. While apparently the book is part of a broader series, the book stands on its own quite well.The plot and its developments were not alien to me, many of the. The NEVER Ending Story Begins AGAIN! - AAAAARGH "American Empire: Blood & Iron" is the first - and only one I'm going to read - of Harry Turtledove's "American Empire" trilogy. To recap where we are: this series is an outgrowth of a single book: "How Few Remain", that begot the Great War trilogy: 1) American Front, 2) Walk in Hell, and 3) Breakthroughs. This book takes place in the seven year peaceful interlude between "World War I" and "World War II". In the "North" a relative peace is sliced and diced by Canadian separatists and Mormon insu. R. L. MILLER said The Rise and Fall Of the Second Reich. takes place during the immediately previous generation, on the North American continent rather than Europe, but under startlingly identical circumstances to the Third Reich in the real world. The Freedom Party, partially founded by embittered Great War veteran Jake Featherston, draws on racism, demagoguery and runaway economic inflation due to war reparations. They should have beaten the damnyankees in the war, should have kept minorities "in their place" by putting down their Socialist uprising