02578cam a22003853u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000500011324500280016326400510019130000470024233600260028933700260031533800360034149000570037750000310043450800970046552012700056253400900183265300200192265300180194265300240196065300250198465300250200965300300203470000280206483000570209285600430214968233UtSlPG20260610134557.0mcr n260607r20221948utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSmith, George O.q(George Oliver),d1911-198114aThe incredible invasion 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2022  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1948  aRelease date is 2022-06-04  aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net.  a"The Incredible Invasion" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the late 1940s. The book delves into themes of geopolitical tensions, warfare, and the intricacies of political maneuvering amid the backdrop of post-World War II international relations. It explores the haunting potential of biological warfare as a tool for territorial expansion without traditional military conflict.  The storyline centers around Jim Franklen, a representative of the United Nations Weapon Security Council, who is tasked with examining the burgeoning influence of the Central Power, led by the ambitious Commissario Hohmann. As Franklen investigates Hohmann’s legal but morally dubious expansion tactics, he discovers that the Central Power is using public health crises to weaken neighboring regions and integrate them into its territory without firing a shot. Throughout his mission, Franklen grapples with the moral implications of aggression masked as humanitarianism and the dilemma of using atomic weapons against a backdrop of growing world unrest. Ultimately, the book presents a speculative reflection on the nature of conflict and the potential for future wars to be fought through more insidious means. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated, 1948  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aDiseases -- Fiction  aEpidemics -- Fiction  aDictators -- Fiction  aUnited Nations -- Fiction1 aAyers, Dick,d1924-2014 0aProduced from Astounding Science-Fiction, March 194840uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68233