Great War (Harry Turtledove)
Great War is an
alternate history trilogy by
Harry Turtledove, which follows
How Few Remain. Smarting from two defeats at the hands of a
Confederate States of America allied with
Great Britain and
France, the
United States has turned to an alliance with the strengthening
German Empire. The US military has been reformed along German lines, and the
Republican Party of
Abraham Lincoln has collapsed, discredited by the defeats, leaving the
Democratic Party and the
Socialist Party of America as the main political parties in the United States.
When the Great War breaks out in Europe, both the USA and CSA join almost immediately on the side of their respective allies, and the USA is fighting a two-front war against Canada to the north, and the CSA to the south. In eastern America, the conflict soon bogs down into trench warfare, while in the West the battle lines are more fluid.
The Great War trilogy is followed by the American Empire trilogy. It is preceded by his novel How Few Remain.