Del Rey
July 2015
On Sale: July 14, 2015
Featuring: Douglas MacArthur; Harry Truman
ISBN: 0553390708 EAN: 9780553390704 Kindle: B00ONUVR2S Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
In 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. Now, this
masterly storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of
World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what
if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot?
Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate
consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control
of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away.
MacArthur recognizes a stark reality: The U.S. military has
been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis—while
China and the USSR have built up their forces. The only way
to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and
save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear
attack. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in
Manchuria. In actual history, Truman rejected his general’s
advice; here, he does not. The miscalculation turns into a
disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia’s reaction.
Almost instantly, Stalin strikes U.S. allies in Europe and
Great Britain. As the shock waves settle, the two
superpowers are caught in a horrifying face-off. Will they
attack each other directly with nuclear weapons? What
countries will be caught in between?
The fateful global drama plays out through the experiences
of ordinary people—from a British barmaid to a Ukrainian war
veteran to a desperate American soldier alone behind enemy
lines in Korea. For them, as well as Truman, Mao, and
Stalin, the whole world has become a battleground. Strategic
strikes lead to massive movements of ground troops. Cities
are destroyed, economies ravaged. And on a planet under
siege, the sounds and sights of nuclear bombs become a grim
harbinger of a new reality: the struggle to survive man’s
greatest madness.
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