The Zimmermann Telegram by the popular historian and Pulitzer prize winning writer Barbara Tuchman was first published in 1958. This Folio Society first edition was published in 2004. Introduction by Margaret MacMillan. Hard cover with slip case. Condition: Used. (see images). Gilt on spine is mildly faded. Corners show some wear and one is bruised. Minor tear on rear cloth cover (see image 3). Pages are clean on caxton wove paper with no markings. This book is solid with good binding (smyth sewn) and will last. With slip case 764g. 17x25x3.4cm
"In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined 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 Mexico would recover her lost American territories while keeping the U.S. 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."
