The historical improbabilities have been covered in other reviews but what killed this book for me more than anything was the Rah-Rah "USA! USA!" bias. As an American (and Northern for the record) I would obviously like to see 'my side' win but this book paints almost everyone & everything Southern/Canadian/English as incompetent, arrogant, ignorant etc. Once the antagonists have painted as obviously inept again and again the story becomes very predictable. (To put it in context, the Star Wars movies wouldn't have been terribly interesting if Darth Vader had been a complete putz.)My only thought was that this was the only way the author could overcome the historical inaccuracies that so many others have mentioned.Save your money and just as importantly your time for a better read.