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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Zimmermann Telegram (originale 1958; edizione 1985)di Barbara W. Tuchman (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is an excellent review of the events that dragged the US into World War I, focusing on the unrestricted U boat campaign, but in particular the Zimmerman telegram, how it came about and how it was decoded and revealed. A fascinating discussion of events that led to the US entry in WWI - and the seeds of WWII. ( ) A non-fiction read about the infamous telegram that brought the U.S. into WWI. After reading the book, I 'm sure that the US would have entered anyway, but this is just one more event that pushed America closer to the precipice of war. Pluses: learned about room 40 heard Mexican names I've not heard since 1972 when I studied at the Universidad de Mexico City (Villa, Carranzza, Huerta, Diaz, Madero) saw another side presented of Woodrow Wilson that I had not read of before--that of a stubborn, hard-headed, non-compromising individual Minuses: so many characters, could not keep them straight; especially the German & British...I listened to this on Audio. Perhaps had I read a hard copy, my mind might have been more organized. My expectations were that the book centered primarily on the interception and decoding of the telegram, but that was not the case. The book was primarily about high-level politics from 1914-1918. 3 stars, 7 hrs 12 mins (256 pages) Bók Barböru W. Tuchman, The Zimmermann Telegram, fjallar um samnefnt sÃmskeyti sem talið er vera ein meginorsök þess að BandarÃkjamenn ákváðu að taka þátt à fyrri heimsstyrjöldinni árið 1917. SÃmskeytið var sent dulkóðað frá Zimmermann utanrÃkisráðherra Þjóðverja til þýska sendiherrans MexÃkó og innihélt tilboð Þjóðverja um hernaðarbandalag gegn BandarÃkjamönnum. MexÃkóum yrði hjálpað að leggja undir sig suðvestur hluta BNA og Texas, landsvæði sem þeir fyrrnefnefndu hernámu à innrás skömmu áður. Sömuleiðis áttu MexÃkóar að lokka Japani til fylgilags við Þjóðverja à styrjöldinni en þeir börðust með Bandamönnum. Bretum tókst hins vegar að ráða dulmál sÃmskeytisins og láku þvà svo til BandarÃkjamanna. Birting sÃmskeytisins olli ofsareiði á meðal BandarÃkjamanna og átti stóran þátt à að snúa almenningsálitinu frá hlutleysi à strÃðinu til hernaðarþátttöku. Sagan snýst um pólitÃsk samskipti BandarÃkjanna við MexÃkó og hræðslu við afskipti Japana þar. Hvernig Þjóðverjar reyndu sÃðan á grÃpa à hálmstrá à von um aðstoð MexÃkóa à strÃðinu. Þjóðverjar höfðu ákveðið að hefja ótakmarkaðann kafbátahernað sem þeir töldu réttilega að myndi draga BNA à strÃðið gegn sér. Ef BNA væri hins vegar à ófriði við nágranna sÃna þá fengju þeir nægan tÃma til að sigra Bandamenn á VesturvÃgstöðvunum. Þetta er fróðleg saga hjá Tuchman og sem fyrr leggur hún mikla áherslu á dramatÃskar lýsingar. Stundum skýtur hún yfir strikið og litrÃkar persónulýsingar og skálduð samtöl eru oft á tÃðum full dramatÃsk. Tuchman provides the classic account of a key event in the First World War. British naval intelligence had intercepted a telegram from the German foreign ministry to their ambassador in Mexico. The Germans wanted the Mexicans to join any war with the United States and in return would be rewarded with a string of southern states that once belonged to Mexico. At the time, America was reluctant to join the war. This was despite German u-boats sinking American ships and an active campaign of espionage and sabotage on American soil. Was the telegram the straw that broke the camel's back and brought the United States into the war? It is difficult say. This is a fascinating read, enlivened by Tuchman's willingness to make judgments on the individuals involved and perhaps limited by the sources she had available. A 3-star treatment of a 5 star topic, although it is a book which is 60 years old. Covers how the UK laundered their intercept and decrypt of the Zimmerman telegram (German military aid and entreaty to Mexico to wage war against the USA) which contributed to the US entry to WW1 and thus to the long term destruction of Europe, the US, liberty, and humanity. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: In the dark winter of 1917, World War I was deadlocked. For Europe to be saved, the United States had to join the war—but President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States: Mexico would recover her lost American territories while keeping the US occupied on her side of the Atlantic. How Britain managed to inform America of Germany's plan without revealing that the German codes had been broken makes for an incredible true story of espionage, intrigue, and international politics as only Barbara W. Tuchman could tell it. .Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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