Weapons of choice
Birmingham, John, 1964-2004
Book
Total copies: 3
Abstract: On the eve of America's greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . . The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll..ánd what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war. Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor..ĺed by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance..h́ave never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And they've never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada's awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable.Initial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves..b́y their very presence..h́ave rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip..ánd might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese.What happens next is anybody's guess..ánd everybody's nightmare. . . .
Main title:
Weapons of choice / John Birmingham.
Author:
Work:
Imprint:
Sydney : Macmillan, 2004.
Collation:
520 p. ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Variant title:
Other title: Weapons of choice : World War 2.1.; World War 2.1.
ISBN:
0732911990
Dewey class:
A823.3
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
46331
Electronic access:
LDR
00000cam||2200000|a|4500
001
46331
003
VBAY
005
20221111181435.0
008
040414t2004||||xna|||||||||||0|||f|eng||
019
#a25464418
020
#a0732911990
035
#a(VBAY)OLD274847
035
#a274847
082
04
#aA823.3#222
100
1
#aBirmingham, John,#d1964-
245
10
#aWeapons of choice /#cJohn Birmingham.
246
13
#aWeapons of choice :#bWorld War 2.1.
246
13
#aWorld War 2.1.
260
#aSydney :#bMacmillan,#c2004.
300
#a520 p. ;#c24 cm.
440
0
#aAxis of Time series#v1
520
3
#aOn the eve of America's greatest victory in the Pacific, a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . . The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational armada back to 1942, right into the middle of the U.S. naval task force speeding toward Midway Atoll..ánd what was to be the most spectacular U.S. triumph of the entire war. Thousands died in the chaos, but the ripples had only begun. For these veterans of Pearl Harbor..ĺed by Admirals Nimitz, Halsey, and Spruance..h́ave never seen a helicopter, or a satellite link, or a nuclear weapon. And they've never encountered an African American colonel or a British naval commander who was a woman and half-Pakistani. While they embrace the armada's awesome firepower, they may find the twenty-first century sailors themselves far from acceptable.Initial jubilation at news the Allies would win the war is quickly doused by the chilling realization that the time travelers themselves..b́y their very presence..h́ave rendered history null and void. Celebration turns to dread when the possibility arises that other elements of the twenty-first century task force may have also made the trip..ánd might now be aiding Yamamoto and the Japanese.What happens next is anybody's guess..ánd everybody's nightmare. . . .
650
0
#aWorld War, 1939-1945#vFiction.
650
0
#aTime travel#vFiction.
856
40
#yClick here to search for similar authors using Fiction Connection#uhttp://ezproxy.bayside.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://www.fictionconnection.com