The Great War #1: American Front by Harry Turtledove

More than three decades after the Confederate States won independence, tensions between the United States and the Confederacy have never truly faded. When Europe erupts into a conflict resembling World War I, old enemies find themselves drawn into a devastating global struggle. Soldiers, politicians, civilians, and military leaders on both sides confront the realities of modern warfare as North America becomes one of the central battlegrounds in a transformed twentieth century. American Front launches an epic saga exploring a world forever changed by a different outcome to the American Civil War.

EugeneBookStore Summary
The first novel in Harry Turtledove’s acclaimed Great War series expands the alternate timeline established in How Few Remain. Combining large-scale military action with political and social history, Turtledove examines what might have happened if the United States and Confederate States entered their own version of World War I. Richly detailed and ambitious, it is one of the cornerstone works of modern alternate-history fiction.

Collector Notes
American Front serves as the opening volume of the four-book Great War series and is a key entry in Turtledove’s broader Southern Victory timeline. The novel helped solidify his reputation as the leading author of alternate history and introduced many readers to one of the genre’s most expansive fictional universes. First volumes in the Southern Victory sequence are especially sought after because they establish the political and military foundations of the series.