Settling Accounts: The Grapple (Book 3)
by Harry Turtledove | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780345457257 Global Overview for this book
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It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday citizens. The CSA president, Jake Featherston, seems to have greatly miscalculated the North’ s resilience. But as new demonic tools of killing are unleashed, secret wars are unfolding. The U.S. government in Philadelphia has proof that the tyrannical Featherston is murdering African Americans by the tens of thousands in a Texas gulag called Determination. And the leaders of both sides know full well that the world’s next great power will not be the one with the biggest army but the nation that wins the race against nature and science—and smashes open the power of the atom.
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It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary soldiers, extraordinary heroes, and a colorful cast of spies, politicians, rebels, and everyday citizens. The CSA president, Jake Featherston, seems to have greatly miscalculated the North’ s resilience. But as new demonic tools of killing are unleashed, secret wars are unfolding. The U.S. government in Philadelphia has proof that the tyrannical Featherston is murdering African Americans by the tens of thousands in a Texas gulag called Determination. And the leaders of both sides know full well that the world’s next great power will not be the one with the biggest army but the nation that wins the race against nature and science—and smashes open the power of the atom.
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This book arrived as part of a substantial box of books and BC supplies. I have enjoyed Turtledove's alternate history where the Confederacy won the Civil War, but it has been a while since I last read any of this series. I've been waiting to get the rest of the books so I can see how he finished the story. I'm looking forward to reading this soon.
The latest war between the USA and the CSA continues to rage in this further installment of Turtledove's alternate history based on the premise that the South was victorious in the Civil War and established their independence from the USA.
The war described in these books is an analog to the Second World War in our actual history, and is equally global in scope, though these books focus mostly on events in North America. Despite a string of early successes, the CSA is now on the defensive, forced to retreat by US counter-attacks. Jake Featherston remains convinced that his thirst for revenge is justified and is determined to find a way to defeat the US and solve his "black problem" as well. However, as his military options dwindle, his only hope for victory seems to be to hold on long enough for his secret project to harness the power of the atom to come to fruition.
As with all of the books in this series, the story is told from a variety of viewpoints on all sides of the conflict, placing the conflict in a human context and driving home the horror of war. While there are plenty of ways that a student of history might compare and contrast this story to the actual events of WWII, I am beginning to think that my earlier understandings of the points Turtledove might be raising in these stores might have missed the mark. If this story ends (in the next and final book) the way I'm beginning to suspect that it might, then Turtledove might be suggesting that the survival of human civilization in the 20th century may have been the result of the happy accidents of history that provided us with the right set of circumstances. I'm looking forward to reading the final installment in the series to see whether the author has any surprises in store.
The war described in these books is an analog to the Second World War in our actual history, and is equally global in scope, though these books focus mostly on events in North America. Despite a string of early successes, the CSA is now on the defensive, forced to retreat by US counter-attacks. Jake Featherston remains convinced that his thirst for revenge is justified and is determined to find a way to defeat the US and solve his "black problem" as well. However, as his military options dwindle, his only hope for victory seems to be to hold on long enough for his secret project to harness the power of the atom to come to fruition.
As with all of the books in this series, the story is told from a variety of viewpoints on all sides of the conflict, placing the conflict in a human context and driving home the horror of war. While there are plenty of ways that a student of history might compare and contrast this story to the actual events of WWII, I am beginning to think that my earlier understandings of the points Turtledove might be raising in these stores might have missed the mark. If this story ends (in the next and final book) the way I'm beginning to suspect that it might, then Turtledove might be suggesting that the survival of human civilization in the 20th century may have been the result of the happy accidents of history that provided us with the right set of circumstances. I'm looking forward to reading the final installment in the series to see whether the author has any surprises in store.
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at LFL - Shannon Hill Rd. #61578 in Alexandria, Virginia USA on Sunday, December 6, 2020
ResQgeek at LFL - Shannon Hill Rd. #61578 in Alexandria, Virginia USA on Sunday, December 6, 2020
Released 3 yrs ago (12/6/2020 UTC) at LFL - Shannon Hill Rd. #61578 in Alexandria, Virginia USA
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