Does anyone know why Turtledove didn't use Douglas MacArthur?
This was still at the time he was taking the butterfly effect into consideration, so he basically used Douglas with a different mother and different age. TR 17:35, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Silly Logic!
- Actually it makes a helluva lot more sense than assuming that historical figures will continue to be born despite the circumstances of their births having been radically offered. I prefer having historical figures in the story for several reasons, but I still admit that fictional descendants of people who lived before the POD are who should really be populating this story, if we're adhering strictly to logic. Turtle Fan 00:40, April 25, 2011 (UTC)
Adding on 5 years later: Douglas MacArthur's mother was a Southern belle, making it unlikely for Arthur MacArthur to marry her in TL-191.JonathanMarkoff (talk) 17:46, April 25, 2016 (UTC)
Editorial note[]
Is what MacArthur did during SGW really close enough to the Italian campaign to justify pointing it out? TR (talk) 21:45, December 14, 2016 (UTC)
- I don't think so. Turtle Fan (talk) 23:24, December 15, 2016 (UTC)
- Or it could be that Turtledove thinks MacArthur is as big a "slowcoach" as George McClellan. Hey, their surnames both start with a Mac/Mc sound. That is EVIDENCE! I can't say about the similarities or differences between the Virginia and Italian campaigns but that should be described in Parallelism in Southern Victory, if anywhere, rather than as a Ed. Note here. ML4E (talk) 19:51, December 16, 2016 (UTC)