American Empire: The Victorious Opposition
Cover of Hodder & Stoughton 2003 paperback edition
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| Author | Harry Turtledove |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | American Empire |
| Genre | Alternate history novel |
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July 29, 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 512 |
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| OCLC | 51817182 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3570.U76 A84 2003 |
| Preceded by | American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold |
| Followed by | Settling Accounts: Return Engagement |
American Empire: The Victorious Opposition is the third and final book in the American Empire alternate history series by Harry Turtledove, and the seventh in the Southern Victory Series of books.
The book covers the period March 5, 1934 (the day after Jake Featherston's inauguration as President of the Confederate States) to June 22, 1941 (the commencement of Operation Blackbeard).
The United States are able to end a war with Japan, but are beginning to prepare for a fourth war against its southern neighbor—but slowly and reluctantly, as the memories of Great War carnage make the population skeptical of calls for increased military spending. In the Confederacy, Featherston and his fascistic Freedom Party enact sweeping changes to all aspects of life, including purging and expanding the Army, abolishing the Supreme Court, and using concentration camps to kill off Whig and Radical Liberal politicians before using them to eliminate the black population of the Confederate States. To solidify popular support, Featherston makes good on his campaign promises to mechanize Confederate agriculture and bring electricity to communities across the CSA, including an equivalent of the TVA. These measures also have the effect of war preparations, ensuring that the C.S. will fight their next conflict as a full-fledged, advanced industrial nation. The old-style, somewhat complacent Confederate elites—the planter class—are eclipsed in political life by the mass-based, militaristic Freedom Party, driven by Featherston's burning vision of national greatness and revenge.
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