Document Type
Opinion
Publication Date
7-31-2017
Department 1
Civil War Era Studies
Department 2
History
Abstract
“What if” has always been the favorite game of Civil War historians. Now, thanks to David Benioff and D.B. Weiss — the team that created HBO’s insanely popular Game of Thrones — it looks as though we’ll get a chance to see that “what if” on screen. Their new project, Confederate, proposes an alternate America in which the secession of the Southern Confederacy in 1861 actually succeeds. It is a place where slavery is legal and pervasive, and where a new civil war is brewing between the divided sections. (excerpt)
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Recommended Citation
Guelzo, Allen C. "What if the South had won the Civil War? 4 sci-fi scenarios for HBO's 'Confederate.'" USA Today (July 31, 2017).
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