In April 1945, the Allies are charging toward Berlin from the west, the
Russians from the east. For Hitler, the situation is hopeless. But at
this turning point in history, another war is about to explode.
To win World War II, the Allies dealt with the devil. Joseph Stalin
helped FDR, Churchill, and Truman crush Hitler. But what if "Uncle Joe"
had given in to his desire to possess Germany and all of Europe? In this
stunning novel, Robert Conroy picks up the history of the war just as
American troops cross the Elbe into Germany. Then Stalin slams them with
the brute force of his enormous Soviet army.
From American soldiers and German civilians trapped in the ruins of
Potsdam to U.S. military men fighting behind enemy lines, from a
scholarly Russia expert who becomes a secret player in a new war to
Stalin's cult of killers in Moscow, this saga captures the human face of
international conflict. With the Soviets vastly outnumbering the
Americans--but undercut by chronic fuel shortages and
mistrust--Eisenhower employs a brilliant strategy of retreat to buy
critical time for air superiority. Soon, Truman makes a series of
controversial decisions, enlisting German help and planning to devastate
the massive Red Army by using America's ultimate and most secret weapon.
