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The Second VictoryMorris West

The Second Victory

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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 · 1994
    Second Victory
    PAN BOOKS LTD (ENGLAND) · 276 pages · 9780749317706
  • Paperback · English · 1985
    Hodder & Stoughton General Division · 224 pages · 9780340377680
  • Paperback · English · 1977
    Fontana · 218 pages · 9780006143086
  • Other · English · 1971
    F.A. Thorpe · 459 pages · 9780854560769
  • Other · English · 1970
    Pan Books · 218 pages · 9780330104043
  • Other · English · 1958
    Heinemann · 277 pages · 9780434859054
Fiction, generalNovela norteamericana