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The Zimmermann telegram : intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I
- Title
- The Zimmermann telegram : intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I / Thomas Boghardt.
- Author
- Boghardt, Thomas.
- Publication
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2012]
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 319 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock. While the Allies commanded greater resources and fielded more soldiers than the Central Powers, German armies had penetrated deep into Russia and France, and tenaciously held on to their conquered empire. Hoping to break the stalemate on the western front, the exhausted Allies sought to bring the neutral United States into the conflict. A golden opportunity to force American intervention seemed at hand when British naval intelligence intercepted a secret telegram detailing a German alliance offer to Mexico....
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
- Contents
- The Zimmermann telegram in history -- Arthur Zimmermann -- The Mexican imbroglio -- The German quest for Japan -- Drafting the telegram -- "Blinker" Hall -- Interception and decryption -- A special relationship -- The smoking gun -- Congress debates the telegram -- The American public -- War -- Fallout in Berlin -- Scapegoat -- Aftermath in Mexico -- A German reckoning -- Hall's intelligence legacy.
- Call Number
- JFE 13-377
- ISBN
- 9781612511481 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 1612511481 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012026570
- OCLC
- 785079513
- Author
- Boghardt, Thomas.
- Title
- The Zimmermann telegram : intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I / Thomas Boghardt.
- Publisher
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2012]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 13-377