I admit I really enjoyed this book and before I was finished I ordered the second and third in the series, devoured them and now I am anxiously awaiting the rest.The story is a very detailed micro view of an alternate history, based in the European Theater post World War II and how the grand alliance might have shifted into a confrontation on a huge scale. In my opinion the scenario, and how the events unfold is plausible and has been discussed before. When I say micro view, I am not referring to the scale but the focus on the military side only, very little for the West on the political and civilian leadership. It might not have taken much for this to occur and I can't believe what happened was not discussed. Mr Gee approaches his story with a very thorough view of the Military TO&E of the times and weaves a highly entertaining and very detailed set of scenarios. He even does a great job of developing characters and making both antagonists and protagonists interesting and believable. I leave it to the reader who the protagonists and antagonists are.Mr Gee brings a war game view to his book, hence the detail and the intricate study of what to some are battlefield minutia but how battles are won and lost (with a lot of luck thrown in). This might be a fascinating war game if/when Mr Gee develops it.Some faults? I know that he leaves the political strategy in Washington, London, Ottawa, etc and the macro view out of his work and while I often wondered how the elected officials gave their input he still has put together a rip roaring yarn with a real eye for detail and brought the human element into his story and set the stage for a wonderful narrative of many volumes. I think some also question the role of the US in the story and the performance of US Military units. I don't believe the criticism is completely justified although the performance of US Bombers might have had more impact and Bomber Harris is not held in the same high regard in US circles as he is in this story. However many US ground units had mixed performance in the European theater and the US also was fighting (very well with wonderful performance by Ground and Sea forces in the Pacific).Want to know what World War II era armor and infantry combat was like? Want to contrast military strategy and tactics between the West and the Soviets? Want to understand and learn to respect a diverse set of characters from various backgrounds and countries, some who were bitter enemies who are forced to collaborate by necessity? Want a ripping good yarn? Read this book and the following books in the Red Gambit series