Nonviolence vs. Non-Ethics in Harry Turtledove’s Story “The Last Article”

Abstract

Harry Turtledove (b. 1949) is an American author of alternate history, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy and mystery fiction. Turtledove’s story “The Last Article” (1988) presents an alternate history of WWII where the UK capitulated to the Nazis in 1941. The story that has not been in the focus of the critics yet begins with the surrender of the British Army of India that fought heroically against the Germans until 1947. However, the local people headed by Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, the leaders of the Indian independence movement from British rule, continue to resist the Nazi regime. In our reality, in 1945, the Nazis capitulated to the Allies, and in 1947, India got independence from British colonial rule.