{"product_id":"1945-9780345494795","title":"1945","description":"America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\u003cbr\u003eBut Japan has only begun to fight. . . . \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345494795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.40w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/16\/2007 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Conroy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43623998587061,"sku":"9780345494795","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f2ca6c9c-28a9-4d45-bbe2-bca4343ee739.jpg?v=1707798197","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/1945-9780345494795","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}