1945: A NovelAmerica has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But Japan has only begun to fight. . . . In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A terrible new weapon has been unleashed. Japan has no choice but to surrender. But instead, the unthinkable occurs. With their nation burned and shattered, Japanese fanatics set in motion a horrifying endgame–their aim: to take America down with them. In Robert Conroy’s brilliantly imagined epic tale of World War II, Emperor Hirohito’s capitulation is hijacked by extremists and a weary United States is forced to invade Japan as a last step in a war that has already cost so many lives. As the Japanese lash out with tactics that no one has ever faced before–from POWs used as human shields to a rain of kamikaze attacks that take out the highest-value target in the Pacific command–the invasion’s success is suddenly in doubt. As America’s streets erupt in rioting, history will turn on the acts of a few key players from the fiery front lines to the halls of Washington to the shadowy realm of espionage, while a mortally wounded enemy becomes the greatest danger of all. Praise for Robert Conroy’s 1901 “Likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs . . . The writing . . . keeps us turning the pages.” –Booklist “Fascinating . . . skillfully crafted.” –Oakland Press “Packed with action.” –Detroit News |
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User Review - stevetempo - LibraryThingExcellent alternate history novel! Robert Conroy created a (IMO) very plausible story of what events might have been if the Japanese had not surrendered after the dropping of the atomic bombs. I also ... Read full review
1945: A Novel
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThe author of two previous adventures in alternate history (1901, 1862), Conroy now explores what might have happened in late 1945 if a militarist faction of the Japanese government had succeeded in ... Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 30 |
Section 2 | 40 |
Section 3 | 80 |
Section 4 | 102 |
Section 5 | 132 |
Section 6 | 136 |
Section 7 | 140 |
Section 8 | 146 |
Section 20 | 302 |
Section 21 | 308 |
Section 22 | 324 |
Section 23 | 328 |
Section 24 | 334 |
Section 25 | 348 |
Section 26 | 352 |
Section 27 | 368 |
Section 9 | 158 |
Section 10 | 172 |
Section 11 | 178 |
Section 12 | 192 |
Section 13 | 214 |
Section 14 | 222 |
Section 15 | 234 |
Section 16 | 238 |
Section 17 | 242 |
Section 18 | 258 |
Section 19 | 288 |
Section 28 | 382 |
Section 29 | 384 |
Section 30 | 394 |
Section 31 | 400 |
Section 32 | 406 |
Section 33 | 410 |
Section 34 | 414 |
Section 35 | 420 |
Section 36 | 422 |
Section 37 | 426 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 1945: A Novel |
| Author | Robert Conroy |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0345500431, 9780345500434 |
| Length | 448 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Historical / General Fiction / Thrillers / Espionage Fiction / War & Military |
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