1920: America's Great War

1920: America's Great War

 By the author of breakout WW II era alternate history <i>Himmler€s War </i>and <i>Rising Sun, </i>a compelling alternate history thriller<I>.  </I>After winning WW I, Germany invades America in 1920, marching through California and Texas as a desperate nation resists.<br><br>Consider another 1920: Imperial Germany has become the most powerful nation in the world.  In 1914, she had crushed England, France, and Russia in a war that was short but entirely devastating. <br> <br> By 1920, Kaiser Wilhelm II is looking for new lands to devour.  The United States is fast becoming an economic super-power and the only nation that can conceivably threaten Germany.  The U.S. is militarily inept, however, and is led by a sick and delusional president who wanted to avoid war at any price.  Thus, Germany is able to ship a huge army to Mexico to support a puppet government.  <br> <br> Her real goal: the invasion and permanent conquest of California and Texas.<br> <br> America desperately resists as the mightiest and most brutal army in the world in a battle fought on land, at sea, and in the air as enemy armies savagely marched up on California, and move north towards a second Battle of the Alamo.  Only the indomitable spirit of freedom can answer the Kaiser's challenge.<br><br><b>About <i>1920: America</i>€s Great War:<br></b>"Conroy offers up a believable scenario and heroics galore on the part of the good guys, ranging from trench fighting to the first tank charge. . . .good fun for alternate history buffs."€"<i>Library Journal</i><br><br> <b>About Robert Conroy's <i>Rising Sun</i>:<br></b>€œConroy extrapolates a new and militarily plausible direction for WWII . . . A thrilling adventure.€€"<i>Booklist<br></i><br><b>About Robert Conroy€s <i>Himmler€s War</i>:</b><br> €œ[Conroy] adds a personal touch to alternate history by describing events through the eyes of fictional characters serving on the front lines. VERDICT: Historical accuracy in the midst of creative speculation makes this piece of alternate history believable.€€“<i>Library Journal</i><br> <br> <b>About <i>Red Inferno: 1945</i></b><br> €œAn ensemble cast of fictional characters. . . and historical figures powers the meticulously researched story line with diverse accounts of the horrors of war, making this an appealing read for fans of history and alternate history alike.€€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> €œ[E]ngrossing and grimly plausible. . .the suspense holds up literally to the last page.€€"<i>Booklist</i><br> <br> <b>About <i>1945:</i></b><br> €œ moving and thought-provoking. . .€€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> €œRealistic. . .€€"<i>Booklist</i><br> <br> <b>About <i>1942</i>:</b><br> €œ. . .fans of Tom Clancy and Agent Jack Bauer should find a lot to like here.€€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> €œA significant writer of alternate history turns here to the popular topic of Pearl Harbor, producing. . . this rousing historical action tale.€€"<i>Booklist</i><br> <br> €œA high-explosive what-if, with full-blooded characters.€€"John Birmingham, bestselling author of <i>Without Warning</i><br> <br> <b>About <i>1901:</i></b><br> €œ. . .cleverly conceived. . .Conroy tells a solid what-if historical.€€"<i>Publishers Weekly</i><br> <br> €œ. . . likely to please both military history and alternative history buffs.€€"<i>Booklist</i>