Alternate Generals
By: edited by Harry Turtledove
Series: Alternate Generals
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 1Jul1998
Place of publication: Riverdale, NY USA
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780671878863
Copyright date: 1998
Subjects: Fantasy; Science Fiction; Science Fiction - Anthologies; Imaginary histories; Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction; War & Military; Science Fiction - High Tech; Science Fiction - Adventure; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Historical fiction, American; Science fiction, American
First sentence: The old man lowered himself carefully onto the couch.
Description: Short stories consider how history might have been different if its greatest generals had commanded each other's armies.
Table of contents: title: Anthology of science fiction/fantasy alternate-history short stories.; title: LEADERSHIP MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE--At Gaugemela the Macedonians had Alexander and the Persians had - Darius. Result: world conquest. But what if the Persians had - Erwin Rommel. Or what if George S. Patton had commanded Southern forces at Bull Run, and Lincoln had become a Confederate Prisoner? The possibilities are endless...; title: Contents:; title: The Test of Gold /  Lillian Stewart Carl;; title: Tradition / Elizabeth Moon;; title: And to the Republic For Which It Stands / Brad Linaweaver;; title: The Charge of Lee's Brigade / S. M. Stirling;; title: The Craft of War / Lois Tilton;; title: Queen of the Amazons / Jody Lynn Nye;; title: The Phantom Tolbukhin / Harry Turtledove;; title: An Old Man's Summer / Esther M. Friesner;; title: The Last Crusader / Bill Fawcett;; title: Billy Mitchell's Overt Act / William Sanders;; title: A Case for Justice / Janet Berliner;; title: A Hard Day for Mother / William R. Forstchen;; title: The Captain from Kirkbean / David Weber;; title: Vive l'Amiral / John Mina;; title: Bloodstained Ground / Brian M. Thomsen;; title: Vati / R. M. Meluch.; title: Edited by Harry Turtledove; with editorial assistance by Roland Green.; title: Cover art by Charles Keegan.