The Center Cannot Hold
From Turtledove
The Center Cannot Hold is the second book in the American Empire trilogy. It starts in 1923, soon after the assassination of Confederate President Wade Hampton V. It shows the prosperity of the 1920's and the decline of the Freedom Party until the Austro-Hungarian bank failure and subsequent Great Depression. As a result of the depression, the ruling Whigs in the Confederate States lose power to the Freedom Party. The book ends on March 4, 1934, with the inauguration of Jake Featherston as president of the Confederate States.[edit] Characters
- Abner Dowling
- Anne Colleton
- Mary McGregor
- Sam Carsten
- Jefferson Pinkard
- Sylvia Enos
- Jake Featherston
- Irving Morrell
- Flora Blackford
- Clarence Potter
- Jonathan Moss
- Lucien Galtier
- Scipio
- Chester Martin
- Cincinnatus Driver
- Nellie Jacobs
- Reggie Bartlett
- Hipolito Rodriguez
| The Southern Victory series | |||
| How Few Remain | Second Mexican War period | ||
| The Great War | American Front | Walk in Hell | Breakthroughs | Great War period | |
| American Empire | Blood and Iron | The Center Cannot Hold | The Victorious Opposition | Inter-War period | |
| Settling Accounts | Return Engagement | Drive to the East | The Grapple | In at the Death | Second Great War period | |
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