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[aka Backlash] The war was over .... But it was a time of armistice, not peace. In the winter of 1945, Austria was in a land without leaders and withoug hope. To men like Major Mark Hanlon, Occupation Commander in the snowbound Alps, fell the task of destroying the stink of tyranny and death that the Nazis had left behind. Major Hanlon had sought the appointment because he wanted to help. On all sides he found despair and resistance. He wanted to rule by law, not force. But his word was law and backed up by guns. And it was his job -- and his duty -- to rule. In Backlash, as in his tremendous…
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 1994Second VictoryPAN BOOKS LTD (ENGLAND) · 276 pages · 9780749317706
- Paperback · English · 1985Hodder & Stoughton General Division · 224 pages · 9780340377680
- Paperback · English · 1977Fontana · 218 pages · 9780006143086
- Other · English · 1971F.A. Thorpe · 459 pages · 9780854560769
- Other · English · 1970Pan Books · 218 pages · 9780330104043
- Other · English · 1958Heinemann · 277 pages · 9780434859054
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