The Zimmermann Telegram
America Enters the War, 1917-1918; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series
“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…
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March 12, 1985Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August—a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute.
Stilwell and the American Experience in China
Barbara W. Tuchman
Notes from China
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Proud Tower
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Guns of August
Barbara W. Tuchman
The First Salute
Barbara W. Tuchman
A Distant Mirror
Barbara W. Tuchman
The Zimmermann Telegram
Barbara W. Tuchman
The March of Folly
Barbara W. Tuchman
Bible and Sword
Barbara W. Tuchman