1920: America's Great War

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1920: America’s Great War

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2013 by Robert Conroy

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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ISBN: 978-1-4516-3931-5

Cover art by Kurt Miller

First Baen printing, December 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Conroy, Robert (Joseph Robert), 1938–

1920 : America’s great war / Robert Conroy.

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Summary: “Consider another 1920: Imperial Germany has become the most powerful nation in the world. In 1914 she had crushed England, France, and Russia in a war that was short but entirely devastating. By 1920, Kaiser Wilhelm II is looking for new lands to devour. The United States is fast becoming an economic super-power and the only nation that can conceivably threaten Germany. The U.S. is militarily inept, however, and is led by a sick and delusional president who wanted to avoid war at any price. Thus, Germany is able to ship a huge army to Mexico to support a puppet government to invade and conquer California and Texas. America desperately resists and as a second battle of the Alamo looms, only the indomitable spirit of freedom can answer the Kaiser’s challenge” —

Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-4516-3931-5

1. United States—History—20th century—Fiction. 2. Germany—History—20th century—Fiction. 3. William II, German Emperor, 1859–1941—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3553.O51986A615 2013

813’.54—dc23

2013032739

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