ISBN: 9780375414701

Shortly after America's entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an extensive sabotage campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up… Mehr…

Shortly after America's entry into World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered an extensive sabotage campaign against the United States to disrupt the production of tanks and airplanes and blow up bridges and railroads. Eight German saboteurs were dispatched across the Atlantic by U-boat, one team landing in Amagansett, Long Island, the other near Jacksonville, Florida. They brought with them enough money and explosives for a two-year operation and traveled inland to explore potential targets. The full story of this audacious endeavor is a remarkable account of a terrorist threat against America. Michael Dobbs describes the saboteurs' training in Nazi Germany, their claustrophobic three-week voyage in submarines, and their infiltration into American life. He explores the reasons each volunteered, and their links to a network of Nazi sympathizers in the United States. He paints a portrait of the group's leaders:George Dasch, a onetime waiter who dreamed of leaving his personal mark on history, and Edward Kerling, a fanatic Nazi caught between his love for his mistress and his love for his wife. And he shows how the FBI might never have captured the saboteurs had one of them not helped J. Edgar Hoover transform a hapless manhunt into one of his proudest accomplishments. A military tribunal, a historic Supreme Court session, and one of the largest mass executions in American history provide a stunning climax to a dangerous but failed mission. Media > Book, [PU: Random House]<

2004, ISBN: 9780375414701

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean a… Mehr…

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 316 pages; Physical desc. : viii, 316 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-304) and index. Subject: United States --Federal Bureau of Investigation --Sabotage --United States --Secret service --Germany --World War, 1939-1945. Summary: Traces the foiled stateside invasion in June of 1942 by eight Nazi saboteurs, from their personal motivations and extensive training, to their harrowing entry into the country and subsequent infiltration into American life, to the efforts of two of the men to notify the American government of the plot and help capture their fellow saboteurs., New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, 0<