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Title: Just a war story
Review: Turtledove has written some good stuff (Guns of the South, How Few Remain), but this is just a war story about a war that never was, for the most part.What makes alternate history special for me is the chance to understand real history better, and what might have been had things turned out differently. Despite the title and hype, there isn't much of that here. Instead, Turtledove follows a bunch of fairly ordinary folks through long and not particularly compelling narratives.Very disappointing, but then The Two Georges, another letdown, should have warned me. Turtledove has skill at characterization and can write a crackerjack book when he wants to, but it seems that now he is just riding the crest of popularity and churning them out.Be warned, folks, and give this one a pass. You want good alternate history?:Ward Moore, Bring the JubileeH. Beam Piper, Lord Kalvan of OtherwhenRobert Harris, Fatherland
