{"product_id":"1945-paperback","title":"1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Conroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u003cbr\u003eBut Japan has only begun to fight. . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Robert Conroy's 1901 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs . . . The writing . . . keeps us turning the pages.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Booklist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fascinating . . . skillfully crafted.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Oakland Press \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Packed with action.\"\u003cbr\u003e-Detroit News\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Conroy\u003c\/b\u003e was a business and economic history teacher who lived in Detroit. His alternate-history novels include \u003ci\u003e1901, 1862, 1945, 1942, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRed Inferno: 1945\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 7.96 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 29, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691798695999,"sku":"9780345494795","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/4d4a3fb5e340933967b7c70caace5107.webp?v=1764993267","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/1945-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}