If The South Had Won The Civil War

In the vein of "Fatherland" and "The Man in the High Castle", this is another fascinating vision of what might have been, had the Fates decreed History take a different turn from today's reality. Regardless of whether you accept Kantor's stab at this with respect to a victorious Confederacy, it's a......more

My interest in finally reviewing this long-ago read, which was my first introduction to the whole idea of alternate history, was sparked by the fact that I'm currently reading another, though very different, fictional scenario in which the South wins the Civil War, The Guns of the South by Harry Tur......more

One topic I really love reading about is the Civil War. Besides the obvious implications this event had on American history, the Civil War is a bastion of "what if" type of thinking. What if England or France had entered the war? What if the South had won at Gettysburg? What if this or that general/of......more

5 stars because this is the book that got me interested in reading alternate history. I read it in elementary school and then recently reread it!......more

I was torn betwee 3 and 4 stars for this one but went with the four for the history interest. I read this back in the mid 1960s while I was in school, a history teacher recommended it. Basicly you get a picture that with a few odd changes in history (Grant killed in an accident etc.) things could hav......more