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An alternate-history account of the Korean War is set in the aftermath of General MacArthur's decision to drop nuclear bombs on Manchurian cities. "In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot? Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. MacArthur recognizes a stark reality: The U.S. military...

World War II comes to a halt when a formidable enemy from outer space begins dropping atom bombs on the world, and steps must be taken to stop this.

In an alternate universe in which Japan rules the Pacific and Alaska is a Russian territory, Confederacy president Jake Featherston sends his planes to bomb Philadelphia and general George Patton drives his armored divisions north, triggering World War II

As World War II escalates, North America is faced with violence on all sides while in the South, ex-slaves are forced to build their own concentration camps and Vice President La Follette takes over for the dead president.

At the dawn of 1944 the United States has beaten back a daredevil attack from the Confederate States. Yet the development of a new weapon, the bomb, transforms the battle between the two nations which both call themselves America.