What Kratman does not present here are answers, and by making that choice he avoids some of the preachiness which weakened his earlier books. He doesn't spend a lot of time exploring the history of America in the next hundred years, but does make it clear that ultimately it took the route of isolationism, militarization, and the creation of an imperial America protecting part of the world and largely withdrawn from the hostile remainder. He avoids endorsing or condemning that strategy while pointing out clearly that it still leads to an inevitable conflict with Islam.
Caliphate is Kratman's most complete and readable novel to date, and also the most approachable for a general audience. It may offend some and it is going to leave any reader with something to think about, but it's also an enjoyable read and ultimately a book which I think ought to be read, so go out and read it.
Article comments
1 - Helets
Oh god. Someone who actually thought that that book was not made entirely out of deranged conspiracy theories and hatred?
2 - Andreas
I think that "Caliphate" is not entirely believable. All demographic scenerarios currently estimate a muslim ratio below 10% for the next few decades. To go above that requires making the muslim citizens rabbit-like breeders, which they currently aren't. Not in any muslim country, not in any European country. For that to happen the muslims need to reverse their current trend of decreasing fertility and increase it by a factor that just hasn't been observed for the last 100 years.
On top of that, I have to condemn his attempt at almost suggesting Germans should start a Pogrom/Extermination/Genocide campaign against Muslims. Even the end of Europe as we know it would not be worth it. Would you really murder millions of human beings to increase the well being of your unborn grand-children??
Then again, the scenario envisions Americans to be a lot more stupid and reckless than even Al Qaeda believes them to be: For me it is inconceivable that this nation would - even after being attacked with nuclear terrorism - stoop so low as to erradicate millions of mostly innocent Muslims. On top of that, I don't believe that nuclear terrorism is an option for islamic terrorists both for religious as for practical reasons. Same goes for bioterrorism, it just ain't gonna work.
But, provided that the US nukes every big muslim city in the world, provided that they eradicate Muslims everywhere else, yes, it would be conceivable that the survivors overrun Europe...