Germany, while suppressing the development of nuclear weapons by their enemies France, Japan, and Russia. Reviews and reactions Reviewer Lionel Ward notes that although the series "ends in an apparent happy ending", "integrating the Confederate territories into the United States would be an impossible mission"—"an open-ended military occupation of a very large sullen population, which would inevitably burst into rebellion sooner or later(...) A far more reasonable policy, never even considered, would have been to revive the Confederate Whig Party under US auspices and make a pragmatic agreement with a rehabilitated Confederacy". Ward concludes: The series ends with the US holding by the tail not one tiger but two [The Confederate territories and Canada, occupied since 1917], plus a big aggressive wildcat [The Mormons in Utah]. [...] In this history, the post-1945 United States has nothing like the dominant global position it had in the equivalent period of actual history. There are several rival powers with both the means and the motive to make trouble for the US and actively foment rebellion. See also Second Mexican War (Southern Victory) American Civil War alternate histories The Guns of the South, another Harry Turtledove-written novel dealing with a C.S. victory Reference External links The Great War page, maintained by Steven H Silver. Alternate history book series American Civil War alternate histories Book series introduced in 1997 Novel series Novels by Harry Turtledove