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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780755201563
ISBN: 0755201566
Label: Authors OnLine Ltd.
Manufacturer: Authors OnLine Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: November 19, 2004
Publisher: Authors OnLine Ltd.
Studio: Authors OnLine Ltd.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
What if - you went to sleep as usual in 2004 - and woke up in 1934? What if - you had vital knowledge about the forthcoming Second World War, and could prove that you came from the future? What could you do to affect British policy, strategy, tactics and equipment? How might the course of the conflict be changed? And what if there was another throwback from the future - and he was working for the enemy? The novel follows the story of these two 'throwbacks' as they pit their wits against each other. A very different Second World War rages across Europe, the Mediterranean, Russia, the North Atlantic and the Pacific, until its shocking conclusion.
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The theme is what would have happened if a present day person founed himself in the recent past. The past is the years immediately prior to the second world war and the war years. The viewpoint is of an Englishman. What makes this story very different from the usual what if's is that the story revolves around the changes of (1) a modern historian, (2) changes that are relatively minor but significant (i.e defeat of the Germans during their attack on Norway) what could be done. (3) ultimately allied ... Read More
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This was a really different alternative history in that the focus was almost entirely on the Brits. It's sort of a British "fantasy version" of how WW2 might have turned out.
What I liked about this was it didn't get too focused on personalities, love interests, or that sort of thing. Also, it was almost non-stop action. If you like Tom Clancy's novels - the ones where the Russians invade the West, for example - you'd love this. It's really "techy." It takes an incredibly detailed ... Read More
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Detailed, yet completely plausible outcomes.
The author seems to have read Churchill's six-volume History of Second World war. As the author points out correctly, 1934 was the watershed year when Empire started losing its edge.
Small changes like Besal guns, sloped armour, etc. made a big change militarily.
So does political changes like defending Norway while abandoning France, shooting straight for Moscow, avoiding declaring war against USA, etc.
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On his website, the author commented that an earlier review of this book which I had posted was simply a copy of one I had written for Amazon's UK website before the book was available here. It's a fair criticism, and one that deserves rectification by removing the earlier review and offering the one you are reading now.
Anthony Williams's book begins with a premise of two historians, one British, the other German, who find themselves sent back seventy years (exactly why or how is never ... Read More
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While different choices for World War II in strategy, tactics, armamemnts using hindsight's been played by everyone from War Departments, Generals, Admirals, Defense Contractors, Historians, etc. even before the war started (see H.G. Wells, and many military writers of the 20's & 30's), and it's the basis for both recent books like John Birmingham's "Axis of Time" trilogy, Harry Turtledoves' 4 series dealing with alternative WWII, Newt Gingrich & Bill Fortschen's on 1945 and 1941, Douglas Niles, and others...all ... Read More
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