Product Description

Nuclear weapons, B-36, Alternate History, World War Two, Germany

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #299997 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 260 pages

Customer Reviews

Excellent story, in need of a copy editor
An excellent alternative history story that describes the effect of a British capitulation in June 1940, after the fall of the France. The book takes place in 1947 with the U.S. and the Soviet Union still fighting against Nazi Germany in a war that neither side can win. The story follows the American air force as it unleashes its new nuclear arsenal against the Third Reich. It is an interesting story, one that fully highlights the horrors of nuclear war. The author does not shy away from the descriptions of the bombings.

The only major criticism is that the work looks as if it were never edited. Even a cursory examination reveals numerous minor grammatical mistakes - missing punctuation, capitalizations in the wrong place, etc. Normally I would ignore such things, but the repeated errors became rather annoying by the time I reached the end. The plot would have rated a 4.5 had it not been for those errors.

Best New Series In a long Time
I'm generally not a fan of "alternate history". Or at least, I wasn't until I read The Big One. This book has everything I look for- action, excitement, a desire to read more, and a thoughtful commentary on what dedication to duty could bring to our country. I look forward to reading more books by Mr. Slade, and wish him well. I highly recommend any of his well-researched books to anyone who wants to enjoy a book.

A Different Scenario
I greatly enjoyed this book. I've read many alternative histories of WWII and they all envolve changes in events after the US Entry.

Have the Conterfactual event happen at the begginning of the conflict,ie the Halifax Coup of the Churchill government leads to the unlikely outcome of the British being on the opposite from US. This is almost too much of a stretch.

The US performing a massive nuclear bombing of Germany was also unlikely because I can't imagine any US President (Dewey) restraining himself during the time it took to build the bombs.

There were several editing errors in the book and a few technical ones, Implosion bombs use Plutonium not uranium but these didn't lessen my enjoyment.

All in All I think this was a good book, very enjoyable