Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: telegram, zimmermann
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1985-03-12
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0345324250
ISBN-13: 9780345324252

In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States: Mexico would recover her lost American territories while keeping the U.S. occupied on her si