false<![CDATA[1945: A Novel]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172038816m/134261.jpg1342611America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.<br>But Japan has only begun to fight. . . .<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br><u>Praise for Robert Conroy’s 1901</u><br><br>“Likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs . . . The writing . . . keeps us turning the pages.”<br>–Booklist<br><br>“Fascinating . . . skillfully crafted.”<br>–Oakland Press<br><br>“Packed with action.”<br>–Detroit News12935029520071945: A Noveltotal:45|5:5|4:22|3:12|2:4|1:2|45159731221falsefalseFri Apr 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Mar 30 14:34:38 -0700 2009Mon Apr 06 09:07:40 -0700 2009 My wife mocks my reading of Harry Turtledove because it's so far from literature. To her, the flat characters and forced plots pull her out of the story to often to enjoy the ideas or just the ride. Conroy shows me much more of what that must feel like for her.
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In this book the Japanese refuse to surrender after we drop the bomb and we have to invade the Japanese mainland, with all the horrendous casualties that come with it.]]>
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fatherland. But it's a boring, choppily written war story.
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