The air-raid warden was a spy : and other tales from home-front America in World War II / William B. Breuer.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, [2003]تاريخ حقوق النشر: ©2003وصف:xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0471234885
- 9780471234883
- D769.1 .B74 2003
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D769.1 .B74 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000012452 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D769.1 .B74 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000012451 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D769.1 .B74 2003 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.3 | المتاح | 30020000012450 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
Shock Waves Hit America -- "On the Ground, by God!" -- Dispute in the President's Office -- Calls for Retreat to Rockies -- Submarines Off West Coast -- Roosevelt Rallies the Nation -- Eavesdropper in the German Embassy -- A Television Pioneer -- Instant Psychologists -- Strange Doings across the Land -- A Stop-and-Go Railroad Trip -- "San Francisco Is Being Bombed!" -- Watching for Enemy Paratroopers -- A Covert Raid into Mexico -- Fear for Roosevelt's Life -- FBI Joins in Sinking Submarine -- Rounding Up Subversive Suspects -- A Feud over Wiretapping -- Mission: Halt Ambassador's Hara-Kiri -- A Field Marshal Is Shocked -- Nazi U-Boat in New York Harbor -- A Journalist Prowls the Normandie -- The Salesman's Luck Runs Out -- America under Siege -- Joe Louis Contributes Huge Purse -- A Grieving Father Joins Navy -- Self-Appointed Do-Gooders -- A Hollywood Victory Committee -- Actress Dies for Her Country -- Dismantling a Nazi Spy Network -- A Debacle in Manhattan -- The Battle of Los Angeles -- "We Poison Rats and Japs" -- Goal: Coalition of Africa and Japan -- Mysterious Malady on Ships -- The FBI and the OSS Feud -- Hijinks on a Hospital Roof -- Suspicions Run Rampant -- "German Officers" Stalk Harbor -- Commercial Radio's First War -- U-Boats "Ruining" Tourist Season -- Helping a German POW Escape -- Strange Scenario in San Francisco -- Silencing a Priest Rabble-Rouser -- Nazi Agents in Key Industry Posts -- Blasts Rock Defense Facilities -- Eastern America Set Ablaze -- The Mysterious Shangri-la.
In his latest collection of fresh and surprising stories from World War II, popular author and distinguished historian William Breuer recounts over fifty little-known tales of military actions, espionage, and skullduggery on the home front. Based on personal interviews, official archives, and declassified documents, The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy features intriguing accounts of covert raids and combat experiments, spies and saboteurs, draft dodgers and do-gooders, and various escapes and secret operations.