An edition of The Zimmermann telegram
(2012)
The Zimmermann telegram
intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I
by Thomas Boghardt
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By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock. While the Allies commanded greater resources and fielded more soldiers than the Central Powers, German armies had penetrated deep into Russia and France, and tenaciously held on to their conquered empire. Hoping to break the stalemate on the western front, the exhausted Allies sought to bring the neutral United States into the conflict.A golden opportunity to force American intervention seemed at hand when British naval intelligence intercepted a secret telegram detailing a German alliance offer to Mexico....
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Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America's Entry into World War I
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The Zimmermann telegram: intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I
2012, Naval Institute Press
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Table of Contents
The Zimmermann telegram in history
Arthur Zimmermann
The Mexican imbroglio
The German quest for Japan
Drafting the telegram
"Blinker" Hall
Interception and decryption
A special relationship
The smoking gun
Congress debates the telegram
The American public
War
Fallout in Berlin
Scapegoat
Aftermath in Mexico
A German reckoning
Hall's intelligence legacy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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