The Zimmermann telegram : intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I /

The Zimmermann telegram : intelligence, diplomacy, and America's entry into World War I /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boghardt, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Zimmermann, Arthur, > 1864-1940.
World War, 1914-1918 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1914-1918 > United States.
Mexico > Foreign relations > Germany.
Germany > Foreign relations > Mexico.
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.