1945 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345494795)

America 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

Author: Robert Conroy
ISBN-10: 0345494792
ISBN-13: 9780345494795
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/29/2007
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.40w x 0.99d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/16/2007 pg. 31
Booklist 05/01/2007 pg. 69
Library Journal 05/15/2007