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1、ContentsTitlepageAcknowledgementsPraisefor1901CopyrightPageIntroductionMapChapter1Chapter2Chapter3Chapter4Chapter5Chapter6Chapter7Chapter8Chapter9Chapter10Chapter11Chapter12Chapter13Chapter14Chapter15Chapter16Chapter17Chapter18Chapter19Chapter20Chapter21Chapter22Chapter23Chapter24
2、Chapter25Chapter26Chapter27Chapter28ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIamverygratefulforthesupportgivenmebymywifeDiane,mydaughterMaura,mymother,andotherfamilyandfriendswhoalwaysencouragedmywritingefforts.IwouldalsoliketothankBobKaneandDaleWilsonofPresidioPressfortheirwillingnesstotakeachanceonanewwr
3、iter,alongwithBobTate,whoeditedandshepherdedboththenovelandtheauthor.It’sthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury,andKaiserWilhelmIIisgoingtoteachtheAmericansthetruepriceofempire.PRAISEFOR1901“Theyarnislikelytopleasebothmilitaryhistoryandalternatehistorybuffs....Thewriting...keepsusturni
4、ngthepages.”—Booklist“Anintriguingblendofhistoricalfactandfiction.”—DetroitFreePress“Asolidwhat-ifhistorical...Cleverlyconceived.”—PublishersWeeklySomeofthecharactersinthisnovelarefictitious.Anyresemblancebetweenthesecharactersandactualpersons,livingordead,ispurelycoincidental.The
5、dialogueandspecificincidentsdescribedinthenovelareproductsoftheauthor’simaginationandcreativity.Theyshouldnotbeconstruedasreal.APresidioPressBookPublishedbyTheRandomHousePublishingGroupCopyright?1995byRobertConroyAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventio
6、ns.OriginallypublishedbyLyfordBooks,animprintofPresidioPress,in1995.PresidioPressandcolophonaretrademarksofRandomHouse,Inc.eISBN0-345-47204-7MapbyProImagePleasevisitourwebsiteatwww.presidiopress.comv1.0INTRODUCTIONONtwoseparateoccasionspriorto1901,theUnitedStatesandImperialGermany
7、almostfoughteachother.ThefirstwasoverSamoain1889,andthesecondwasinthePhilippinesshortlyafterwetookthemfromSpain.Why?BecauseKaiserWilhelmwantedanempireworthyofthename,andthatrequiredcoalingstationsforhisnewnavyandcoloniesthathisnavycouldprotect.Theresultswereveryrealplanstoattackth
8、enortheasternUnitedStatesandholda
