Brian C. Thompson's love affair with history started at his grandmother's kitchen table, where his uncles and relatives traded war stories from World War II and Korea over coffee and cigarette smoke. Those tales lit a fire that never went out. By elementary school, he'd read every history book in the library — and when he ran out, the librarians let him pick which ones they ordered until he graduated.
One uncle's stories burned brighter than the rest. Frederick J. Gibson — "Uncle Gibby" — flew P-38 Lightnings, P-39 Airacobras, P-51 Mustangs, and C-47s across the Pacific. He earned the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and ground combat credit at Iwo Jima. He rose to Lieutenant Colonel. And for decades, he sat at family gatherings in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and told stories that no one who heard them ever forgot. Brian was one of those people. Those stories became The American War.
That fire followed him to Southern Methodist University, where he earned a B.A. in History, and it burns through every page of his work. Meticulously researched and grounded in the real hardware, tactics, and politics of the era, The American War is a five-book series that reimagines the Pacific conflict from its first shots to its final reckoning. Its companion series, The European War, follows the other side of the same world — from Chamberlain's death to Churchill's rise to the fall of France and beyond. Both series converge at El Alamein on July 23, 1942.
A Date with Infamy, his debut novel, hit #1 New Release in Alternative History and Military Strategy History on Amazon, and has held a top-ten position in Military Strategy History since launch.
Brian lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area with his family and a dog named Voodoo who has yet to show any interest in naval strategy.
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Brian C. Thompson's love affair with history started at his grandmother's kitchen table, where his uncles and relatives traded war stories from World War II and Korea over coffee and cigarette smoke. Those tales lit a fire that never went out. By elementary school, he'd read every history book in the library — and when he ran out, the librarians let him pick which ones they ordered until he graduated.
What if America had broken Japan's naval codes before Pearl Harbor?
The American War reimagines the Pacific Theater of World War II, beginning on December 7, 1941, with one critical difference: America was waiting. Across five novels, the war that might have been unfolds...
October 4, 1938. Neville Chamberlain steps off a plane in London, waving a piece of paper and promising peace for our time. In our history, he lived long enough to see that promise broken. In this one, he doesn't.
When Chamberlain dies of a heart attack on the return...
It's been a remarkable few months, and the summer ahead is going to be busier still. A Date with Infamy, Book 1 of The American War, has spent the past five weeks at #1 in...
Two weeks ago, I published my first novel. Today, A Date with Infamy is #2 in Military Strategy History on Amazon, ahead of Bret Baier, Ronen Bergman, Clausewitz, and every...
