Name: The Zimmermann Telegram
SKU: 1541045
Price: 774.00 TWD
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Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
ISBN: 9780345324252

Type

Physical Book

Author

Barbara W. Tuchman

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Year

1985

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21x13.6x1.3 cm

Weight

0.22

ISBN

0345324250

ISBN13

9780345324252

Synopsis "The Zimmermann Telegram"

"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.

Barbara W. Tuchman

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BARBARA W. TUCHMAN (New York, 1912-1989) was a historian and journalist. She began her career collaborating with publications such as The Nation, War in Spain, or New Statesman, and later carried out extensive teaching activities at institutions like Harvard University and the University of California. Despite having published various works, fame came with The Guns of August (RBA, 2012), awarded in 1962 with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Other books of hers published in our language include: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, The Proud Tower, The March of Folly, and The Zimmermann Telegram, also published by RBA.

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