{"product_id":"designated-targets-paperback","title":"Designated Targets - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Birmingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt's World War II and the A-bomb is here to stay. The only question: Who's going to drop it first?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Battle of Midway was forever transformed by the devastating appearance of a U.S.-led naval task force from the twenty-first century. Since that day, state-of-the-art warships have prowled the Pacific, armed with the latest instruments of mass destruction, as the warring powers of 1942 scramble to be first to wield the weapons of tomorrow against their enemies. Russia and Germany form a deadly alliance, while Admiral Yamamoto moves to seize Hawaii and invade Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuddenly it's a whole new war with unimaginable high-tech tools, and high-stakes inter-national betrayals from Tokyo to Washington to the Kremlin. As the world trembles on the brink of anni-hilation, Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Hitler, and Tojo confront extreme choices and a future rife with possi-bilities--all of them apocalyptic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Birmingham\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmergence, Resistance, Ascendance, After America, Without Warning, Final Impact, Designated Targets, Weapons of Choice, \u003c\/i\u003eand other novels, as well as \u003ci\u003eLeviathan, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the National Award for Nonfiction at Australia's Adelaide Festival of the Arts, and the novella \u003ci\u003eStalin's Hammer: Rome\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald, Rolling Stone, Penthouse, Playboy, \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous other magazines. He lives at the beach with his wife, daughter, son, and two cats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 6.84 x 4.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750826017056,"sku":"9780345457158","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3bf2e20a586b1efbfd6a318d238f6b99.webp?v=1779958695","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/designated-targets-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}