SOLVED. Adulf Dystopian, futuristic war novel written c.1950s. Axis powers were winning WWII. Last remnants of US military were still fighting. Mention of the Fifth Column. Checked out from Columbus Metropolitan Library on audiobook CD c. 2008-2018. [s]

[Susannah]

I believe this book was written in about the 1950s, but I could be off by a decade in either direction. Some of the language was...dated, as were some of the political ideas expressed.

I have been searching the Columbus (Ohio) Metropolitan Library online card catalog as well as searching for books about the fifth column. I have been unable to find this book, so I expect that the title is not very memorable.

I don't remember which publisher released it on CD.

I do remember checking the original publication date because of some of the concepts being quite dated. I remember seeing the publication year and thinking, "No wonder!"

I think that all the characters were male. I seem to recall one of the characters being Native American.

(Edited: changed "Nazis" to "Axis.")

[Capn]

Could it be considered "Alternative History"?https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/4...

Also maybe take a look here:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[SamSpayedPI]

"PanAsians" instead of Nazis, but maybe Sixth Column (1949)? It was also published as The Day After Tomorrow.

[Susannah]

SamSpayedPI wrote: ""PanAsians" instead of Nazis, but maybe Sixth Column (1949)? It was also published as The Day After Tomorrow."

You're right! I was considering changing this to say, "Axis," instead of, "Nazis," because I was thinking that maybe it was Asians and not Germans. I just checked the online card catalog and they do have it on audiobook, so it must be right. I just misremembered it as being, "The Fifth Column," instead of, "The Sixth Column!" Thanks so much for your help!

[Susannah]

Thanks for your help! It has been ID'ed as The Sixth Column by Robert A. Heinlein.

[Capn]

The Day after Tomorrow (Sixth Column)

[SamSpayedPI]

You're welcome — glad you found your book!