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Zimmermann Telegram, The - America Enters the War, 1917-1918

By: Random House

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Random House)

MSRP old price: $18.00


Product Info

Title
Zimmermann Telegram, The - America Enters the War, 1917-1918
Publisher
Category
Author
Barbara Tuchman
Publish Year
2014
Pages
226
Dimensions
5.5x8.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147954235
Type
Softcover

Description

In January 1917, the war in Europe was, at best, a tragic standoff. Britain knew that all was lost unless the United States joined the war, but President Wilson was unshakable in his neutrality. At just this moment, a crack team of British decoders in a quiet office known as Room 40 intercepted a document that would change history. The Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message to the president of Mexico, inviting him to join Germany and Japan in an invasion of the United States. How Britain managed to inform the American government without revealing that the German codes had been broken makes for an incredible story of espionage and intrigue as only Barbara W. Tuchman could tell it.