The Zimmermann Telegram by Barbara Tuchman
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- Pub. Date: March 1985
- 244pp
- Sales Rank: 66,594
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: March 1985
- Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
- Format: Paperback, 244pp
- Sales Rank: 66,594
- ISBN-13: 9780345324252
- ISBN: 0345324250
- Edition Description: REP
Synopsis
In January of 1917, the war in Europe was, at best, a tragic standoff. Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson was unshakable in his neutrality and in his efforts to mediate peace. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel the United States into World War I came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted and read by the crack team of British decoders in room 40, the Zimmermann telegram was a topsecret message to the President of Mexico, inviting Mexico to join Germany and Japan in an invasion of the United States. Mexico's reward: recovery of her lost American territories. Germany's goal: to keep American fully occupied on her side of the Atlantic.
How Britain managed to inform the United States of Germany's plan without revealing that the German codes had been broken makes for an incredible, true story of espionage and intrigue as only Barbara W. Tuchman could tell it.
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Tuckman sends a messageby Marcus_Twain
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October 17, 2009: I am a student of history, my BA from the University of Montana. On May 7, 1915, the Luistana was sunk, without announcement of attack, by a German submarine. There followed the sinking of the Sussex and Arabic. Then the annoucement, January 31, 1917, that German submarines would begin unrestricted warefare to break the delock in the trenchs of France, tipped the scales for President Wilson to declare war on Germany and enter the United States of America into World War I. This is what is taught in history books. But was it the deciding factor? Tuckman offers evidence that it wasn't. The Zimmermann Telegram was the final nudge to move Wilson into action. Tuckman's writing is wonderfully researched, well written, and very suspenseful. As one reviewer of another of her works wrote, "We all know how World War I ended-- but while reading Tuchman-- you're just not sure!" Enjoy!
Another Tuchman winnerby Anonymous
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April 21, 2000: Excellent character portrayal as usual from Tuchman. Not as polished as her 'The Guns of August' and much shorter but exciting and informative. Highly recommended.
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