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The American Empire series is a trilogy of alternate history novels by Harry Turtledove. It follows How Few Remain and the Great War trilogy, and is part of the Southern Victory Series. It takes the Southern Victory Series Earth from 1917 to 1941.

Novels

2001 American Empire: Blood and Iron

2002 American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold

2003 American Empire: The Victorious Opposition

American Empire

Following the Great War, the United States and German Empire are the dominant world powers. The United States has occupied Canada (less the Republic of Quebec, Newfoundland, the Bahamas, Bermuda, and the Sandwich Islands. Along with that, Kentucky has been readmitted into the Union, western Texas has been admitted to the Union as the new state of Houston, and the Sequoyah has been occupied. Small portions of other CS states have been annexed by the US, the northeastern portion of Arkansas was annexed into Missouri, northwestern Sonora was annexed into New Mexico, and northern Virginia was annexed into West Virginia. The rebellious state of Utah under military occupation. Having led the U.S. to victory, Theodore Roosevelt now faces a challenge to his third-term bid by the Socialist candidate Upton Sinclair and his running mate Hosea Blackford, and struggles to maintain order in the occupied territories as rebels and terrorists strike.

Meanwhile, in a defeated Confederacy wracked by inflation and despair, a former Confederate Army sergeant named Jake Featherston and his Freedom Party are preaching a message of hate, blaming the southern aristocracy and the "niggers who stabbed us in the back" for the Confederacy's defeat.

The European situations mirrors that in North America: the aging Kaiser Wilhelm II and his victorious Germans fight to hold on to captured Belgium, Alsace-Lorraine, and the Ukraine, and their vassal state of Poland. The Roman Catholic monarchists of Action Française wish to topple the Third Republic and enthrone Charles XI, which ends up happening by 1930. Conservative Winston Churchill becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1932 with Oswald Mosley's Silver Shirts gaining power in the British Parliament.

As the 1920s draw to a close the world economy crashes and the Great Depression begins, paving the way for fanatics and demagogues the world over to seize power.

Southern Victory series

It is followed by the Settling Accounts tetralogy, of which the first book, Return Engagement, was published in August 2004.

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 ==American Empire==
-Following the [[Great War (Harry Turtledove)|Great War]], the [[United States]] and [[German Empire]] are the dominant world powers. The United States has occupied [[Canada]] (less the Republic of [[Quebec]], a U.S. [[puppet state]]) and [[State of Sequoyah|Sequoyah]] ([[Oklahoma]]), has annexed [[Kentucky]] and western [[Texas]] to become the new state of Houston, part of northeastern [[Arkansas]] was annexed into [[Missouri]], northwestern [[Sonora]] was annexed into [[New Mexico]], and northern [[Virginia]] was annexed into [[West Virginia]]. The rebellious state of [[Utah]] under military occupation. Having led the U.S. to victory, [[Theodore Roosevelt]] now faces a challenge to his [[United States presidential election, 1920|third-term bid]] by the [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] candidate [[Upton Sinclair]] and his running mate [[Hosea Blackford]], and struggles to maintain order in the occupied territories as rebels and terrorists strike.
+Following the [[Great War (Harry Turtledove)|Great War]], the [[United States]] and [[German Empire]] are the dominant world powers. The United States has occupied [[Canada]] (less the Republic of [[Quebec]], [[Newfoundland]], the [[Bahamas]], [[Bermuda]], and the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]]. Along with that, [[Kentucky]] has been readmitted into the Union, western [[Texas]] has been admitted to the Union as the new state of Houston, and the [[State of Sequoyah|Sequoyah]] has been occupied. Small portions of other CS states have been annexed by the US, the northeastern portion of [[Arkansas]] was annexed into [[Missouri]], northwestern [[Sonora]] was annexed into [[New Mexico]], and northern [[Virginia]] was annexed into [[West Virginia]]. The rebellious state of [[Utah]] under military occupation. Having led the U.S. to victory, [[Theodore Roosevelt]] now faces a challenge to his [[United States presidential election, 1920|third-term bid]] by the [[Socialist Party of America|Socialist]] candidate [[Upton Sinclair]] and his running mate [[Hosea Blackford]], and struggles to maintain order in the occupied territories as rebels and terrorists strike.
 Meanwhile, in a defeated Confederacy wracked by [[inflation]] and despair, a former Confederate Army sergeant named [[Jake Featherston]] and his Freedom Party are preaching a message of hate, blaming the southern [[aristocracy]] and the "[[Nigger (word)|nigger]]s who [[Stab-in-the-back legend|stabbed us in the back]]" for the Confederacy's defeat.
-The European situations mirrors that in North America: the aging Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]] and his victorious Germans fight to hold on to captured [[Belgium]], [[Alsace-Lorraine]], and the [[Ukraine]], and their [[vassal state]] of [[Poland]]. The [[Roman Catholic]] [[monarchism|monarchists]] of [[Action Française]] wish to topple the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]] and enthrone Charles XI, which ends up happening by 1930. [[Oswald Mosley]]'s [[British Union of Fascists|Silver Shirts]] are a growing power in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]].
+The European situations mirrors that in North America: the aging Kaiser [[Wilhelm II]] and his victorious Germans fight to hold on to captured [[Belgium]], [[Alsace-Lorraine]], and the [[Ukraine]], and their [[vassal state]] of [[Poland]]. The [[Roman Catholic]] [[monarchism|monarchists]] of [[Action Française]] wish to topple the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]] and enthrone Charles XI, which ends up happening by 1930. [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Winston Churchill]] becomes the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] in 1932 with [[Oswald Mosley]]'s [[British Union of Fascists|Silver Shirts]] gaining power in the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British Parliament]].
 As the 1920s draw to a close the world economy crashes and the [[Great Depression]] begins, paving the way for fanatics and demagogues the world over to seize power.