Title: Alternate history of the best caliber
Product review: Being a masters' candidate focusing on the Civil War, I approached this book with wariness. Alternate history is a difficult genera to do well; there are no end of terrible titles in stores right now. But I am a big fan of Turtledove's books, so I gave it a shot, and was not in the least disappointed. In egghead-speak, these sorts of things are called "counter-factual hypotheses", and it's a legitamite way of studying history: change a variable, and what happens? Turtledove has a very, very good grasp of the real history of the War, including the most important facet of historiography, the mindsets of the principal players. Bob Lee was one of America's last truly great generals, and Turtledove has his character nailed down cold. An excellent read, well done in fact and fiction.
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