Bombs away by harry turtledove6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() I suspect I was subconsciously aware of the Turtledove Formulaic Doctrine (TFD) during the last four books of the southern victory series, but as I read certain characters, situations and even dialect, in Bombs Away, it hit me.įormula aside, Bombs Away is another war story in classic the Turtledove fashion. I suppose I’ve not seen it because of excellent non-war series like Supervolcano and the Krispos series. I can’t believe it has taken me that long to discover the formula that Turtledove uses in each war story. I’ve been a Turtledove fan for more than thirty years. And the miscalculation turns into a disaster when Truman fails to foresee Russia’s reaction. In actual history, Truman rejected his general’s advice. MacArthur advocates a strike on Chinese targets in Manchuria. The only way to stop the Communist surge into the Korean Peninsula and save thousands of American lives is through a nuclear attack. ![]() military has been cut to the bone after victory over the Nazis-while China and the U.S.S.R. Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman heeding the advice of General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. ![]()
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