The Zimmermann Telegram: America Enters the War, 1917-1918; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series

Author: Tuchman, Barbara W.

Brand: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Color: White

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Random House Trade

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 256

Release Date: 01-03-1985

Part Number: 0345324250_used

Details: “A tremendous tale of hushed and unhushed uproars in the linked fields of war and diplomacy” (The New York Times), from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Guns of August

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.

The Proud Tower, The Guns of August, and The Zimmermann Telegram comprise Barbara W. Tuchman’s classic histories of the First World War era.

EAN: 9780345324252

Package Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English