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President Patton: An Alternate More than the Korean War
When Supreme Allied Commander Dwight David Eisenhower dies in a tragic plane accident, in September 1945, ex-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill enlists ‘Blood and Guts’ General George Smith Patton to save the World from Communist takeover. General Patton forms an unlikely alliance with FDR’s widow, Eleanor Roosevelt, to be elected President in 1948. Can George and Eleanor deter Stalinist aggression in Europe and Korea? If not, can America prevent the Red Army from steamrolling across Europe to the Pyrenees?
Patton, America and the World face other challenges including the huge debt incurred by the recent war. The American economy is in turmoil. Tens of millions were suddenly released from employment in the military or war industries. Inflation and labor unrest are at record high levels. There are aggravating shortages of everything from hamburger to houses. Industry is struggled to establish a prosperous peacetime economy where a stumble could send the world into decades of depression.
Domestically, systemic racism has not yet been totally erased despite the best efforts of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Overseas, new nations struggled to rise among ancient hatreds.
Not relying on a hero status second only to Dwight David Eisenhower in the recent war, George Patton promotes wonderful innovations in both technology and government policy. Innovations range from simply supplying the B-36 Peacekeeper strategic bomber with the engines designed for it to the fantastic notion of lowering taxes to increase both employment and government revenue.
President Patton is a stand-alone novel that shares the theme of preparedness with other titles in the Alternate Presidents series but is otherwise un-connected.
Patton, America and the World face other challenges including the huge debt incurred by the recent war. The American economy is in turmoil. Tens of millions were suddenly released from employment in the military or war industries. Inflation and labor unrest are at record high levels. There are aggravating shortages of everything from hamburger to houses. Industry is struggled to establish a prosperous peacetime economy where a stumble could send the world into decades of depression.
Domestically, systemic racism has not yet been totally erased despite the best efforts of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. Overseas, new nations struggled to rise among ancient hatreds.
Not relying on a hero status second only to Dwight David Eisenhower in the recent war, George Patton promotes wonderful innovations in both technology and government policy. Innovations range from simply supplying the B-36 Peacekeeper strategic bomber with the engines designed for it to the fantastic notion of lowering taxes to increase both employment and government revenue.
President Patton is a stand-alone novel that shares the theme of preparedness with other titles in the Alternate Presidents series but is otherwise un-connected.
602 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 30, 2024
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August 27, 2026
Fun premise, flawed execution!
Fun but flawed!
First of all, I love the title and premise of this novel. I sincerely believe that the world would’ve been a much better place had it been General George Patton who lived past the year 1945 and became POTUS rather than than Soviet appease Ike.
And this book *is* certainly entertaining and keeps the pages turning, no matter how implausible it would be for Eleanor Roosevelt to become Patton’s hypothetical running mate and repudiate her own late husband’s socialist policies.
The combat scenes in particular are kinda like Harry Turtledove’s “The Hot War” series, Larry Bond’s “Red Phoenix,” and the late great Tom Clancy’s (MHRIP) “Red Storm Rising” all rolled into one.
However, as several other readers have pointed out, the book is full of typos and sentence structure errors, and the dialogue of the Russian and Ukrainian characters comes across as downright caricature-like.
And how is it that so many Korean nationals in this novel have Anglo first names?
Moreover, though the book is a veritable treasure trove for weapons history geeks like Yours Truly, it also has several technical anachronisms:
—Though the straight-wing Republic F-84 Thunderjet already existed in the late 1940s—the time period in which this book is set—the swept-wing F84F Thunderstreak variant that plays such a key role in the novel’s air combat sequences didn’t make its maiden flight ‘til June 1950 and didn’t attain official operational status until May 1954
—Though the 9x18mm Makarov pistol was designed in 1948, it wasn’t officially adopted by the Red Army ‘til 1951
Again, a fun read, but infested with proverbial warts that will make “grammar Nazis” and history buffs alike groan repeatedly.
Fun but flawed!
First of all, I love the title and premise of this novel. I sincerely believe that the world would’ve been a much better place had it been General George Patton who lived past the year 1945 and became POTUS rather than than Soviet appease Ike.
And this book *is* certainly entertaining and keeps the pages turning, no matter how implausible it would be for Eleanor Roosevelt to become Patton’s hypothetical running mate and repudiate her own late husband’s socialist policies.
The combat scenes in particular are kinda like Harry Turtledove’s “The Hot War” series, Larry Bond’s “Red Phoenix,” and the late great Tom Clancy’s (MHRIP) “Red Storm Rising” all rolled into one.
However, as several other readers have pointed out, the book is full of typos and sentence structure errors, and the dialogue of the Russian and Ukrainian characters comes across as downright caricature-like.
And how is it that so many Korean nationals in this novel have Anglo first names?
Moreover, though the book is a veritable treasure trove for weapons history geeks like Yours Truly, it also has several technical anachronisms:
—Though the straight-wing Republic F-84 Thunderjet already existed in the late 1940s—the time period in which this book is set—the swept-wing F84F Thunderstreak variant that plays such a key role in the novel’s air combat sequences didn’t make its maiden flight ‘til June 1950 and didn’t attain official operational status until May 1954
—Though the 9x18mm Makarov pistol was designed in 1948, it wasn’t officially adopted by the Red Army ‘til 1951
Again, a fun read, but infested with proverbial warts that will make “grammar Nazis” and history buffs alike groan repeatedly.
January 15, 2025
Good story, but....
I read a LOT of books, but rarely bother to write a review. This was a good story, but I was troubled by several different things. President Patton was featured much less than I expected after reading the sample. Secondly, and far more irritating was the lack of article words like a, an and the in the "Russian" parts of the book. I know it's been a long time since I took Russian classes in high school and college, but damn! The lack of articles made half of the book difficult to read. I have KU and actually paid extra to read this book. I'm as much an unreconstructed Cold Warrior as anyone, but making the Russians sound stupid was unnecessary.
I read a LOT of books, but rarely bother to write a review. This was a good story, but I was troubled by several different things. President Patton was featured much less than I expected after reading the sample. Secondly, and far more irritating was the lack of article words like a, an and the in the "Russian" parts of the book. I know it's been a long time since I took Russian classes in high school and college, but damn! The lack of articles made half of the book difficult to read. I have KU and actually paid extra to read this book. I'm as much an unreconstructed Cold Warrior as anyone, but making the Russians sound stupid was unnecessary.
December 4, 2024
A wish for a better history
If only in an expanded wish. I wish for a past where Vietnam was a nice place to vacation and no one was scarred by the ravages of war. Where the world was without the millions murdered by all the communist fanatics. This is the dream of a better time and place, where the United States was led by a man who knew the evils of communism and was prepared to stand up Stalin.
If only in an expanded wish. I wish for a past where Vietnam was a nice place to vacation and no one was scarred by the ravages of war. Where the world was without the millions murdered by all the communist fanatics. This is the dream of a better time and place, where the United States was led by a man who knew the evils of communism and was prepared to stand up Stalin.
August 29, 2025
good fast paced read
Enjoyed the pace and story building. The premise of having a president with the will and desire to fight another world war to end the stain of communism was cool to explore. Wish it would have happened.
Enjoyed the pace and story building. The premise of having a president with the will and desire to fight another world war to end the stain of communism was cool to explore. Wish it would have happened.
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