End of the Beginning (Days of Infamy)
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (703 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400113938 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Times are hard for Americans under the occupation. All rights reserved. But the U.S. Japanese soldiers work POWs to death with heavy labor on insufficient rations. From Publishers Weekly The human price of war, regardless of nationality, is the relentless focus of this chilling sequel to Turtledove's alternative history Days of Infamy (2004), in which the Japanese conquer Hawaii after the attack on Pearl Harbor. . A plethora of characters, each with his or her own point of view, provide experiences in miniature that combine to paint a broad canvas of the titanic struggle, if at the cost of a fragmented narrative. Women are forced into prostitution as comfort women. Scarce food and resources result in privation and a thriving black market. armed forces have a few tricks up their sleeve, notably a new kind of aircraft that can ho
K A Burnette said you will love this in my opinion. If you are interested in military history, you will love this in my opinion. The what if factor will have you enthralled and the characters are well developed.. Good read. tom youngblood Very thought provoking. Some inaccuracies, i,e. An artillery Lt. would not normally command one howitzer. More likely a first Lt would command all the pieces in the battery. Made little difference to the story line though.More dialogue on the big picture politically would have been interesting. Good read.. End of the Beginning End of the Beginning is one of those books that can cause blood shot eyes. You do not want to put it down, because you want to know what is going to happen to the characters, be they heroes or villains. Mr. Turtledove give us readers characters that we know or we think we know. And to give Mr. Turtledove more credit he does not totally paint bad guys black, but give us some shades of gray as well.I have always liked the fact that Mr. Turtledove always asks, "What if?" Here he asks, "What would
New recruits are enlisting and undergoing rigorous training exercises-all for the opportunity to strike back and drive the enemy from American soil. Meanwhile, across the United States, from Pensacola, Florida, to San Diego, California, the military is marshaling its forces. And families of Japanese origin find their loyalties divided. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Steel factories and fuel refineries are operating around the clock. Civilians fare little better, struggling to survive on dwindling resources. Six weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Ha