1945 (Conroy novel)

1945 (Conroy novel)

Infobox Book
name = 1945


image_caption = Cover of the book "1945" by Robert Conroy.
author = Robert Conroy
illustrator =
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
genre = alternate history
publisher = Ballantine Books
pub_date = May 29, 2007
media_type = trade paperback
pages = 432
isbn = ISBN 978-0-345-49479-5
oclc =

"1945" is a 2007 novel written by Robert Conroy, the author of two other alternate history novels, "1901" and "1862".

Plot summary

"1945" depicts what could have happened if Japan's surrender in World War II had been hijacked by extremists, forcing U.S. President Harry S. Truman to order more atomic bombings and an invasion of the Japanese home islands.

Literary significance and reception

Booklist said that "1945" was "realistic to the point of gruesomeness, "1945" recalls David Westheimer’s classic "Lighter than a Feather"."cite journal |last=Green|first=Roland |authorlink=Roland J. Green |date=May 1, 2007 |title=1945 |journal=Booklist |volume=Vol. 103 |issue=Issue 17 |pages=p. 69 |issn=00067385] "Publishers Weekly" said that Conroy explored the carnage of war through various viewpoints with "moving and thought provoking results".cite journal |date=April 16, 2007 |title=1945 |journal=Publishers Weekly |volume=Vol. 254 |issue=Issue 16 |pages=p. 31–32 |issn=00000019]

Notes

External links

* [http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/books/related/conroy/index.htm Book Review]


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