{"product_id":"tilting-the-balance-worldwar-book-two-paperback","title":"Tilting the Balance (Worldwar, Book Two) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhile Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Togo worked out their strategy, the war against an even greater enemy continued . . . \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey cut the United States in two.\u003cbr\u003eThey devastated much of Europe.\u003cbr\u003eThey had a ferocious agenda.\u003cbr\u003eAnd no one could stop them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorld War II screeched to a halt as the Russians, Germans, Americans, and Japanese scrambled to meet an even deadlier foe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Warsaw, Jews welcomed the invaders as liberators, only to be cruelly disillusioned. In China, the Communist guerrillas used every trick they knew. In America, Washington, D.C., was vaporized in a matter of seconds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut humanity would not give up--whether delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia, working furiously to understand the enemy's captured radar in England, or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Turtledove's global saga of alternate history continues, humanity grows more resourceful, even as the menace worsens. No one could say when the hellish inferno of death would stop being a war of conquest and turn into a war of survival--a war for the survival of the planet.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNO ONE COULD STOP THEM--\u003cbr\u003eNOT STALIN, NOT TOGO, NOT CHURCHILL, NOT ROOSEVELT . . . \u003cbr\u003eThe invaders had cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi, vaporized Washington, D.C., devastated much of Europe, and held large parts of the Soviet Union under their thumb.\u003cbr\u003eBut humanity would not give up so easily. The new world allies were ruthless at finding their foe's weaknesses and exploiting them.\u003cbr\u003eWhether delivering supplies in tiny biplanes to partisans across the vast steppes of Russia, working furiously to understand the enemy's captured radar in England, or battling house to house on the streets of Chicago, humankind would never give up.\u003cbr\u003eYet no one could say when the hellish inferno of death would stop being a war of conquest and turn into a war of survival--the very survival of the planet . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Turtledove\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of the alternate-history works \u003ci\u003eThe Man with the Iron Heart, The Guns of the South, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHow Few Remain\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Sidewise Award for Best Novel); the Hot War books: \u003ci\u003eBombs Away, Fallout, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Armistice;\u003c\/i\u003e the War That Came Early novels: \u003ci\u003eHitler's War, West and East, The Big Switch, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCoup d'Etat, Two Fronts, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Last Orders; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Worldwar saga: \u003ci\u003eIn the Balance, Tilting the Balance, Upsetting the Balance, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Striking the Balance;\u003c\/i\u003e the Colonization books: \u003ci\u003eSecond Contact, Down to Earth, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Aftershocks; \u003c\/i\u003ethe Great War epics: \u003ci\u003eAmerican Front, Walk in Hell, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreakthroughs;\u003c\/i\u003e the American Empire novels: \u003ci\u003eBlood and Iron, The Center Cannot Hold, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVictorious Opposition;\u003c\/i\u003e and the Settling Accounts series: \u003ci\u003eReturn Engagement, Drive to the East, The Grapple, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In at the Death\u003c\/i\u003e. Turtledove is married to fellow novelist Laura Frankos. They have three daughters--Alison, Rachel, and Rebecca--and two granddaughters, Cordelia Turtledove Katayanagi and Phoebe Quinn Turtledove Katayanagi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755584389408,"sku":"9780345389985","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2318f23f1ea2e920f59c5038fc30978e.webp?v=1780062896","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tilting-the-balance-worldwar-book-two-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}