Alternate Generals III

Alternate Generals III

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Editor	Harry Turtledove
Author
Illustrator
Cover artist	Jeff Easley
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Alternate Generals
Genre	Alternate history, satire
Publisher	Baen Books
Publication date	April 1, 2005
Media type	Print
Pages
Preceded by	Alternate Generals II

Alternate Generals III, Baen, 2005, is a collection of short alternate history stories, edited by Harry Turtledove. The collection includes 13 short stories, including Turtledove's own "Shock and Awe".

The collection followed two earlier books in the series, Alternate Generals in 1998 and Alternate Generals II in 2002.

Stories

Title	Author	Scenario
"A Key to the Illuminated Heretic"	A. M. Dellamonica	Joan of Arc is spared the death penalty in 1431 and returns to social activism in the 1450s. She founds a new sect of Christianity and leads her followers in a war against Charles VII of France and the Catholic Church.
"The Road to Endless Sleep"	James Fiscus	Mark Antony and Cleopatra defeat Caesar Augustus at the Battle of Actium and become the rulers of the Roman Republic.
"Not Fade Away"	William Sanders	Douglas MacArthur is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines while trying to escape Corregidor and becomes a prisoner of war.
"I Shall Return"	John Mina	Dwight D. Eisenhower is ordered back to the Philippines in late 1939. Two years later in 1941, he, George S. Patton and Jimmy Doolittle garrison the Philippines when the Japanese invade.
"Shock and Awe"	Harry Turtledove	Roman soldiers are sent to Jerusalem to suppress the Son of God's terrorist band.
"A Good Bag"	Brad Linaweaver
"The Burning Spear at Twilight"	Mike Resnick	Jomo Kenyatta escapes from prison in 1955 and takes command of the Mau Mau Uprising. He wages a propaganda war against the British Empire and eventually leads the Kikuyu people to victory and independence of Kenya.
"It Isn't Every Day of the Week"	Roland J. Green	Stephen Decatur chooses a different course for the second cruise of the USS United States instead of capturing HMS Macedonian off Madeira in October and defeating HMS Africa near Bermuda in November. The story is told by two brothers detailing an alternate version of the War of 1812 in which the United States enjoy a somewhat greater naval success (disrupting British activities in the Napoleonic War) but also some important losses so that the end result remains a stalemate.
"Measureless to Man"	Judith Tarr	During his youth, Genghis Khan converts to Judaism. A century later, Khubilai Solomon Khan decrees that a new Temple be built in Chengdu. Its builders fret about the motives of a mission of Jews from the West coming to inspect the site.
"Over the Sea from Skye"	Lillian Stewart Carl	During the Jacobite rising in 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie's turns around and attacks the Duke of Cumberland's forces as they are crossing the Spry on the way to the Battle of Culloden. As a result, Scotland successfully secedes from Great Britain. The postscript of the story mentions the Duke of Cumberland's escape thanks to a young Scottish woman and also suggests how an independent Scotland would affected the Seven Years' War and its further results.
"First, Catch Your Elephant"	Esther Friesner	A satire story through the grunt's eye view of the Carthaginian attempt to capture Rome during the Second Punic War.
"East of Appomattox"	Lee Allred	In 1863, the Confederacy wins the Battle of Gettysburg and then captures Washington, D.C. Six years later, Robert E. Lee is dispatched to London because the United Kingdom has withdrawn its recognition of the Confederacy. Officially ignored, Lee finds a deeper game is afoot.
"Murdering Uncle Ho"	Chris Bunch	President John F. Kennedy survives an assassination attempt in 1963, gets reelected in 1964 and further commits the United States to defending South Vietnam following the Gulf of Tonkin incident. As a result, American participation in the Vietnam War surges with disastrous results. Later on in April 1969, Kennedy's successor Nelson Rockefeller approves a mission to assassinate Ho Chi Minh, which does not go according to plan.

See also

• Alternate Tyrants

External links

• Alternate Generals III at baen.com, including the first four stories for free
• Review, SF Site, by Steven H Silver

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