The Triumph of the Third Reich

By A. Edward Cooper

Book Overview

What would have been the outcome of World War II if Germany had succeeded in developing their Vengeance Weapons earlier in the war and had been able to mass produce them? This novel provides the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888106999
• ISBN13: 9781888106992
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Agreka Tm Llc
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Well researched alternate history

I met Mr. Cooper who was generously donating his time to help at a museum in Ogden, Ut. He mentioned his book, and I bought it because of our meeting. I liked the book as it was not just a single event turn in history, but rather multiple events intertwining. Definitely a good read and excellent historical research.

RECOMMENDED (with reservation)

This book is a very interesting alternative history "fast read", but it could definitely have used better editing. Several typos and run on sentences. Also, not very detailed in comparison to works by Turtledove and others, but this can be good and bad. Doesn't give one all of the explanations (who does?), but this very fact allows one to cruise through the book. Overall, recommended by this reader.

Interesting perspective

Triumph of the Third Reich is an exciting story and I enjoyed reading it. Taking history and rewriting it to a new outcome paints an interesting picture of a major historical event. I imagine that when a writer takes such liberty with a world war, he may offend some people, especially historians. As for me, I just love a good story well told.

A very interesting book.

Readers of alternate history will find Edward Cooper's Triumph of the Third Reich an interesting and rewarding experience. It is well researched and well written.Those of us who have wondered what would have happened during World War II if the Nazi had been the first to develop vastly superior weapons in quantity, will find Cooper's narrative frightening and compelling. Yet, in the end, it is also a triumph of sanity and humanism over the madness of war. The German people finally reject authoritarian politics, racism, and hatred. They prove themselves to be both civilized and humane. This book is very sympathetic toward the German people and their struggles to atone for their mistake of embracing Hitler and fascism. As such, it will probably not appeal to modern day Neo-Nazis.Cooper's coordination of complex personalities and events in Germany, France, Italy, England, America, Japan, and The Soviet Union is quite remarkable. The dangers of unrestrained nationalism are demonstrated as patriotic heroes from different countries struggle and often succeed in destroying each other.And yet the real struggle for supremacy is not on the battlefields but in the scientific laboratories where the Germans win. But ironically, there is an even more basic contest going on at the same time, which the Nazis lose. This is the struggle of the human spirit for freedom. Freedom loving people in Germany and also in other countries reject authoritarian government.One can only hope that Cooper's optimism is somewhat based upon reality rather than a naive assessment of human nature. Eric Hoffer and others claim that the vast majority of people crave authoritarian certainty and strong leaders who will tell them what is true and false and who to love and who to hate. They claim that most people don't like the responsibility that comes with doing their own thinking and making their own decisions. They are only too willing to turn their freedom and decision making over to some authority figure. We can only hope that Cooper's optimistic view of human nature is more accurate than those who offer little hope for the future.I have recommended Triumph of The Third Reich to my friends.

A wonderful job of combining historical fact with fiction.

Mr. Cooper has done a wonderful job, combining historical facts with fiction, producing a very good book with great promise. The book shows wonderful talent, as it relates a very interesting and accurate prediction of events, if history had turned out differently.