The Zimmermann Telegram
America Enters the War, 1917-1918; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 12, 1985
“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.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense episode in wartime diplomacy, told with the momentum of an espionage story.
- Themes
- World War I diplomacy, Codebreaking and espionage, America enters the war
- Genres
- World War I History, Diplomacy, 20th-Century America
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“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.
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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.
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A tense episode in wartime diplomacy, told with the momentum of an espionage story.
Come here for
- The secrecy and stakes of wartime codebreaking
- A close look at diplomacy under pressure
Expect
- Narrative history centered on the Zimmermann telegram
- War and diplomacy intertwined
Where it sits
| World War I History | 100% |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy | 47% |
| 20th-Century America | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- World War II History
- 20th-Century America
- 20th-Century History
- Authors
- Barbara W. Tuchman
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- March 12, 1985
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- World War I diplomacy · Codebreaking and espionage · America enters the war
- Reading lane
- World War II History