Hitler's War (War That Came Early)
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007MXSNKM |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Until Turtledove reveals more of the direction this scenario will take, there is little to differentiate it from many of his other novels. After Konrad Henlein is assassinated in Czechoslovakia in 1938, France and England refuse to condone Hitler's plans for annexation, so he invades instead. From Publishers Weekly Alternate historian Turtledove (The Man with the Iron Heart) brings the deprivations of war to life in this vision of a very different WWII. American Peggy Druce, caught behind the lines, gets a firsthand look at the period military hardware and nation
In 1938, British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, determined to avoid war at any cost, signed the Munich Accord, ceding part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. But the following spring, Hitler snatched the rest of that country and pushed beyond its borders. World War II had begun, and England, after a fatal act of appeasement, was fighting a war for which it was not prepared.Now, in this thrilling, provocative, and fascinating alternate history by Harry Turtledove, another scenario is played out: What if Chamberlain had not signed the accord? What if Hitler had acted rashly, before his army was ready-would such impatience have helped him or doomed him faster? Here is an action-packed, blow-by-blow chronicle of the war that might have been-and the repercussions that might have echoed through history-had Hitler reached too far, too soon, and too fast.Turtledove uses dozens of points of view to tell this story: from American marines serving in Japanese-occupied China to members of a Jewish German family with a proud history of war service to their nation, from ragtag volunteers fighting in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in Spain to an American woman desperately trying to escape Nazi-occupied territory-and witnessing the war from within the belly of the beast.A novel that reveals the human face of war while simultaneously riding the twists
As a narrator, he won an AudioFile Earphones Award for his reading of Zoo Story by Thomas French.. They have three daughters: Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca. His alternate history works have included several short stories and novels, including The Guns of the South; How Few Remain, which won the Sidewise Award for Best Novel; the Great War epics American Front and Walk in Hell; the Colonization books Second Contact and Down to Earth; and American
"Quickly falls into bad habits" according to Rev. Richard Goth. While the book starts with an intriguing premise, the caricature representation of Hitler in the opening scene boded ill for me. This first volume of the inevitable series was the best to read for me, and unfortunately the good professor falls into his bad habits rather quickly - repetitive descriptions of the quality of tobacco, bread and coffee; riotous (mainly Soviet) drinking bouts; endless waiting in trenches and foxholes; carbon-copy bombing missions and tank battles; and frequent voiding of bowels and bladders in combat.Sure, there is good research but also some dreadful howlers about the tech. Harry Turtledove: Alternative History at its Best! Northman First of all, I like Harry Turtledove and I love alternative history novels! I became a big fan years ago when I "discovered" him when I read the book "How Few Remain" about an alternative history if the South had won the "War Between The States". I read that entire series, and then, a few years later, I read it again!Well, this is a similar book based on what "might have been" if the talks between Chamberlin and Hitler had broken down and Czechoslovakia had not been "given" to Hitler in the infamous concession of the Western European powers to appease Hitler's demands. Instead, the "inevitable" war . RebTex said Plus for character development. Negative for plot development.. I was very disappointed with this book. I am a big fan of Harry Turtledove and I own several of his series. (In some cases there are seven or eight books in a series.) So I was looking forward to starting something new. Instead, I was greeted with this. He always writes from many characters differing view points, which I like. He does the same here. However, in his other series there is a hook. One big idea in which everything revolves around - aliens arriving during WWII, if the South had won the war, a different planet based on a medieval style lifestyle - something that would draw you in. The big