Allies in Europe and Great Britain.Īnd as the shock waves are settling, the two superpowers are caught in a horrifying face-off. But here, he does not.Īnd the miscalculation turns into a disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia’s reaction.Almost instantly, Stalin strikes U.S. In actual history, Truman rejected his general’s advice. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in Manchuria. The only way to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear attack. Military has been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis-while China and the U.S.S.R. Now, this masterful storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War suddenly turned hot?Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman heeding the advice of General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. Title: Bombs Away (The Hot War #1)Author(s): Harry TurtledovePublished July 14th 2015 by Del ReyLength: Hardcover, 432 pagesGoodreads Rating: 3.68/5 (90 ratings)Series: The Hot War #1In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set World War I in motion to the rise of fascism in the decades that followed.
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