From Turtledove
Return Engagement is a novel by
Harry Turtledove published by
Del Rey in 2004. It is part of the
Southern Victory series.
On the early morning of June 22, 1941, Jake Featherston commenced Operation Blackbeard, the Confederate invasion of the United States. Despite the growing signs of war approaching (such as the Confederacy's rearmament and moving troops into Kentucky and Houston after the plebiscites of 1941), the Confederacy took the U.S. by surprise and quickly forced their way up to the Great Lakes, cutting the United States in half. Featherston had been confident that a quick blow would force U.S. President Al Smith into surrender. However, Smith remained determined to carry on with the war up till his death in a Confederate bombardment over Philadelphia. The novel ends with former Vice President Charles La Follette becoming the new President.
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