Bombs Away : The Hot War

from 1Randal

In his latest book, Turtledove imagines what may have happened if Truman decided to use atomic weapons in the Korean War. Unsurprisingly, this decision led to Russia backing China, and a nightmare of atom bombs crossing the Northern Hemisphere. Turtledove uses a variety of characters to develop h...

from dmclane

This took me a long time to read, it was long or seemed so. Not surprising as it is typical of the author who's alternative history novels are interesting. This has to be the first of a series as it ends in the middle of the war, or at the start depending upon where it is taken. Now I'm looking f...

from cacky

A great storyline for an alternative history book. President Truman decides to drop the atom bomb in the Korean War. The book follows the impact of that decision on various, everyday people. The book gets off to a slow start as a result of so many characters. It was difficult to keep them straigh...

from DanJlaf

Interesting Take off on what If Nukes were used on Red China in North Korea

from nbmars

Even before World War II ended, American strategists had concerns about potential Soviet incursions into other countries. In particular, the State Department thought it critical to keep the Soviets out of Korea - because not only would Korea provide ice-free ports to the USSR, but it would allow ...