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Set in Berlin at the end of World II, "Armageddon" follows Captain Sean O'Sullivan as he oversees the American occupation of a shattered city. He witnesses the horrific legacy of the Holocaust and struggles with the rising Soviet threat as the Iron Curtain descends. Amid the tense environment leading to the Berlin blockade, O'Sullivan confronts moral questions and the complex realities of a Europe rebuilding itself under the shadow of a developing Cold War.
First publish date: 1964
Genre: Historical Fiction/20th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Leon Uris
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