Modern History

I suppose that what this novel is trying to do is pose an alternative history… a sort of what if senerio. As a political science major and a self proclaimed history nerd (albiet it not of the WWII time period) I read a lot of historical accounts, and one that breaks from what is “historically accurate” occationally jars me. It was commented in class that the story can be applied to the war in Iraq. I can agree if one is looking at the argument between involvement and isolation. Still, I would not say this only can apply to Iraq but any war to some degree (most notebly Vietnam).