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MacArthur's Luck: The race for Berlin is on!
January 1945: As Hitler’s Germany and Tojo’s Japan collapse, General George Marshall dies unexpectedly days before the critical Yalta Conference. His successor as US Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, flies halfway around the world to butt heads with Josef Stalin and change history.
When MacArthur relieves General Dwight D. Eisenhower from command in Europe, the Anglo-Allied advance devolves into a free-for-all as competing armies race for Berlin, and the changes echo across the globe. Here are just a few of the highlights from MacArthur’s Luck:
Captain Jackie Robinson leads an armored task force across the Rhine. ...
Major Barry Goldwater fire-bombs Tokyo. ...
Commander Robert Heinlein struggles to save his wounded ship from kamikazes off Okinawa. ...
Field Marshals Georgi Zhukov and Ivan Konev clash on the road to Berlin. ...
SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Karl Wolff dares everything to negotiate a separate surrender to the Americans. ...
Populated by a cast of realistic characters who will take you inside the American, German, Soviet, and Japanese military machines, and meticulously researched by a well-known military historian, MacArthur’s Luck opens The Fortunes of War series, exploring a world both tantalizingly like our own, but also dramatically different.
Half the fun is figuring out what’s real, and what’s not.
When MacArthur relieves General Dwight D. Eisenhower from command in Europe, the Anglo-Allied advance devolves into a free-for-all as competing armies race for Berlin, and the changes echo across the globe. Here are just a few of the highlights from MacArthur’s Luck:
Captain Jackie Robinson leads an armored task force across the Rhine. ...
Major Barry Goldwater fire-bombs Tokyo. ...
Commander Robert Heinlein struggles to save his wounded ship from kamikazes off Okinawa. ...
Field Marshals Georgi Zhukov and Ivan Konev clash on the road to Berlin. ...
SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Karl Wolff dares everything to negotiate a separate surrender to the Americans. ...
Populated by a cast of realistic characters who will take you inside the American, German, Soviet, and Japanese military machines, and meticulously researched by a well-known military historian, MacArthur’s Luck opens The Fortunes of War series, exploring a world both tantalizingly like our own, but also dramatically different.
Half the fun is figuring out what’s real, and what’s not.
510 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 30, 2017
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About the author
Steven H. Newton
10 books10 followersI've always read lots of SF and written lots of history.
Now I'm trying to reverse those trends, using the experience of thirty-five years of researching and writing history as the springboard to tell some great stories.
Here's me in a nutshell: 21 years in the US military (active and reserve); 27 years at Delaware State University (teaching history); father of three (now grown) children, including twins; raising a grandson; married for 26 years to a much smarter, more accomplished woman than me.
Now I'm trying to reverse those trends, using the experience of thirty-five years of researching and writing history as the springboard to tell some great stories.
Here's me in a nutshell: 21 years in the US military (active and reserve); 27 years at Delaware State University (teaching history); father of three (now grown) children, including twins; raising a grandson; married for 26 years to a much smarter, more accomplished woman than me.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
July 2, 2017
Fun and plausible reimagining of end of WWII
Huge cast of entertaining viewpoints showing how WWII could have played out in a different pattern. A great read for fans of history and alternative history.
Huge cast of entertaining viewpoints showing how WWII could have played out in a different pattern. A great read for fans of history and alternative history.
July 25, 2017
Great alternate history
I'm glad there will be a part 2, because otherwise I would have felt cheated. This was an interesting twist on actual history. Needs a little editing, but otherwise a great tale.
I'm glad there will be a part 2, because otherwise I would have felt cheated. This was an interesting twist on actual history. Needs a little editing, but otherwise a great tale.
July 27, 2017
Good enter into the crowded WWII alternative history field.
The author is careful to explain why the major cleft point, MacArthur's rise to Army Chief of Staff in 1945, naked a difference to the flow of events.
The author is careful to explain why the major cleft point, MacArthur's rise to Army Chief of Staff in 1945, naked a difference to the flow of events.
July 31, 2017
Compelling
A good read that is both believable and interesting. Not an "aliens attack during WW 2" 'What If' kinda story, but definitely worth the time. I will most certainly be looking forward to the next book.
A good read that is both believable and interesting. Not an "aliens attack during WW 2" 'What If' kinda story, but definitely worth the time. I will most certainly be looking forward to the next book.
June 2, 2017
Loved this book and eagerly await the sequel
Right up there with the best in this genre
Right up there with the best in this genre
July 18, 2017
MacArthur to the rescue?
Well done- gives validity to an alternate world by staying within the context of real world. A heart attack here, a missed car accident there.
Well done- gives validity to an alternate world by staying within the context of real world. A heart attack here, a missed car accident there.
January 4, 2022
Fun with good history
I have a few minor quibbles With the way some of the characters act, but For the most part the history is good And the speculation honest.
I have a few minor quibbles With the way some of the characters act, but For the most part the history is good And the speculation honest.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews