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1945

A Novel

by Robert Conroy
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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

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    May 29, 2007

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      • ISBN: 9780345500434

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 16, 2007
      At the start of Conroy's compelling third alternate history (after 1901
      and 1862
      ), military extremists, honor bound by the Japanese code of Bushido, kidnap Emperor Hirohito hours before he's set to announce his country's formal surrender in the aftermath of the atom bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Led by aging samurai and fanatical army general Korechika Anami, the new regime manipulates President Truman into invading the Japanese home islands. The massive offensive (with ground forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur) meets stiff resistance, including kamikaze attacks and the use of POWs as human shields. But as the U.S. finds itself slowly sinking into a nightmarish military quagmire, two improbable heroes chart a path to victory. Conroy explores the carnage of war through numerous viewpoints (a naïve American soldier, an escaped POW, a Japanese-American operative, the deposed emperor, etc.) with moving and thought-provoking results. For another take on the same scenario, see Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson's MacArthur's War: A Novel of the Invasion of Japan
      (Reviews, Mar. 26).

    • Library Journal

      May 15, 2007
      The author of two previous adventures in alternate history (1901, 1862), Conroy now explores what might have happened in late 1945 if a militarist faction of the Japanese government had succeeded in preventing Emperor Hirohito from issuing the surrender order that ended World War II. The political and military maneuverings of both sides are portrayed through multiple viewpoints ranging from frontline troops to secret agents to heads of state. The battle scenes are vivid and energetic, as the U.S. military must carry out a bloody amphibious assault on the Japanese homeland in the face of a fanatical last-ditch defense. The deliberations of the political leaders provide a slower-paced but more complex strategic viewpoint; a postscript discloses the actual fate of the historical luminaries but leaves some ambiguity about whether other characters are entirely fictional. Recommended for all popular fiction collections where there is interest in the age-old game of "what if?" as applied to military and political history. [Another alternate history of this time period is Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson's MacArthur's War, which Forge is publishing this month and which will be reviewed in the May 15 print issue of LJ; Conroy is an LJ reviewer.Ed.]Bradley A. Scott, Brighton Dist. Lib., MI

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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