The War That Came Early: West and East

The War That Came Early: West and East

In 1938, two men held history in their hands. One was Adolf Hitler. The other was British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, who, determined to avoid war at any cost, came to be known as â€œthe great appeaser.â€ But Harry Turtledove, the unrivaled master of alternate history, has launched a gripping saga that springboards from a different fateful act: What if Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler? What would the Nazisâ€™ next move have been? And how would the warâ€”which Hitler had always regretted waiting eleven months to startâ€”have unfolded and changed our world?

Here, Turtledove takes us across a panorama of conflict fueled by ideology and demagoguery. Nations are pitted against nations, alliances are forged between old enemies, ordinary men and women are hurled into extraordinary life-and-death situations. In Japanese-controlled Singapore, an American marine falls in love with a Russian dance hall hostess, while around him are heard the first explosions of Chinese guerilla resistance. On the frontlines of war-ravaged rural France, a weary soldier perfects the art of using an enormous anti-tank gun as a sniperâ€™s toolâ€”while from Germany a killer is sent to hunt him down. And in the icy North Atlantic, a U-boat bearing an experimental device wreaks havoc on British shipping, setting the stage for a Nazi ground invasion of Denmark.
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From an American woman trapped in Germany who receives safe passage from Hitler himself to a Jewish family steeped in German culture and facing the hatred rising around them, from Japanese soldiers on the remote edge of Siberia to American volunteers in Spain, West and East is the story of a world held hostage by tyrantsâ€”Stalin, Hitler, Sanjuroâ€”each holding on to power through lies and terror even in the face of treacherous plots from within.

As armies clash, and as the brave, foolish, and true believers choose sides, new weapons are added to already deadly arsenals and new strategies are plotted to break a growing stalemate. But one question looms over the conflict from West to East: What will it take to bring America into this war?
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Country USA
Manufacturer Del Rey
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2010-07-27
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780345491848

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Del Rey
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2010-07-27
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780345491848

The War That Came Early: West and East

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