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IIRC it was Long who replied when asked by a reporter if fascism could ever come to America, "sure, but we'd call it "Americanism."

Quite right you did you son of a bitch.

I like his books, by and large. But his use of coincidence (two military heroes and a Stasi agent on board one small ship?), his habit (as I've pointed out before) of denying any sort of intelligence whatsoever to his ideological opponents, his illogical plotting, his in jokes, his fascination...

I assume that by "realistic" you mean agree with you? Your logic is as eccentric as your spelling.

It's many years since I read it but it could be the same book. KELLY COUNTRY by Bertram Chandler.

I thought the book was a passable thriller but lousy AH. At least I managed to finish it without skimming, which is a damn sight more than I could say for any other of his works of fiction.

Actually, I wouldn't have thought IN FLANDERS FIELD was that important. It's largely forgotten. If I were asked for to suggest a quintessential (English language ) poem I might have mentioned Owen's ANTHEM FOR DEAD YOUTH or Yeats's AN IRISH AIRMAN FORESEES HIS DEATH or Sasson's BASE DETAILS or...

DJ- I don't think this is plausible. He wouldn't have agreed to take the throne without Simpson as consort and this public opinion, Parliament, the churches, and the Dominions were all against. But let's assume Simpson gets knocked over by a car and he becomes King. He would have had no power...

I tried three or four. Didn't find them especially interesting.

Faeelin- thanks. Next time I'm in a good library I'll have a look.

Before I chastise the idiotic Kadyet, let's get back to the start of the thread. The suggested POD was that in 1943 Hitler ordered an SS man (he wasn't named, but it was General Karl Wolff) to kidnap the Pope but the order was disobeyed. What if it had been carried out? As I pointed out, it's a...

And on what do you base this opinion, my little Kadyet? Why is Cornwell's book "crap"? Don't you know he was given access to the Vatican archives because he was seen as a "safe pair of hands"? That he started work confident that Pius XII would be totally justified? That he changed his mind in...

Very, very, very, unlikely, but if he had, here's one scenario. He sets up some sort of Roman control over the area (which won't last) and returns to Rome laden with loot and celebrates an incredibly lavish triumph. His supporters start saying that he (unlike Pompey) won his own victories, that...

Hardly crap, since I pointed out that this story is an old one and appears to have no foundation since it's denied by the very person who is supposed to have defied Hitler's order's. Had there been any basis to it, Wolff, a rather dodgy character who ended up as military governor of Northern...

Faelin- just back from the pub so this must be brief (and possibly incoherent) a. For the first time in history the Surenas's mounted heavy cavalry, bow armed, were a permanent force with a dedicated supply train for the ammunition. b. No. If you're heading for a fixed destination, the defence...

Actually academic historians tend not to write very good AH. It's largely because they're frightened of leaving openings for their critics. Far more than in ordinary history, in writing AH you tend to unconsciously reveal (and I don't give a fuck if that's a split infinitive) your true...

MQ- This sounds to me like a load of crap. The source you give is actually quoting a paper owned by the Conference of Italian Catholic Bishops- hardly the most unbiased of sources, especially when you consider they're trying to get the old swine canonised. And Wolff, commander of SS and German...

a. By the time of Trafalgar, the French forces which would have been used in the invasion had already marched east. b. If it had been a 1 front war there would have been no need for Napoleon to attack Russia.

This is simply shoving Napoleon in 1812 into the role of Hitler in 1941. He beats Russia. So what? He can't occupy the place. Considering the state of industry and transportation in the period he can't even get any significant economic advantages. Makes a deal with Alexander who will renege as...

"If the wooden horse of Troy had foaled, we would all have saved a great deal on our forage bills."