num_pages: 704
description: It is 1924: a time of rebuilding both in America and in the devastated cities of Europe and Canada. In the United States, the Socialist Party battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to power. And it seems as if the Socialists can do no wrong as the stock market soars and America enjoys a prosperity unknown for half a century. But as old names like Custer and Roosevelt fade into history a new generation faces new uncertainties,. In a world of occupiers and the occupied, of simmering hatreds, shattered lives and pent-up violence, the centre can no longer hold. And for a powerful nation, the ultimate shock will come when a fleet of foreign aircraft rains death and destruction on one of the great cities of the United States.
language: English
title: The Centre Cannot Hold
titlecomplete: The Centre Cannot Hold (American Empire, #2)
genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History, War, Science Fiction Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Audiobook, Fiction, Military Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 2692
series: American Empire, Timeline-191
publisher: New English Library