The air-raid warden was a spy : and other tales from home-front America in World War II / William B. Breuer.

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.