This book continued the story that began in How Few Remain. The Great War begins between the countries of the Quadruple Alliance and the Quadruple Entente. The countries of the Quadruple Alliance are the United States, Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary. Though Italy does not join the war effort. The countries of the Quadruple Entente are the Confederate States, England, France, and Russia. All countries of each alliance agree to fight. The United States, led by President Theodore Roosevelt have been preparing for such a fight ever since the end of the Second Mexican War. The Confederate States, under President Woodrow Wilson, have also been preparing for a war such as this one. Both sides came into the war optimistically and they both expected the war would be quick and easy, but they wer