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The first full account of Nazi spies in 1930s America and how they were exposed.
In the mid-1930s just as the United States was embarking on a policy of neutrality, Nazi Germany launched a program of espionage against the unwary nation. The Nazi Spy Ring in America tells the story of Hitler's attempts to interfere in American affairs by spreading anti-Semitic propaganda, stealing military technology, and mapping US defenses.
This fast-paced history provides essential insight into the role of espionage in shaping American perceptions of Germany in the years leading up to US entry into World War II. Fascinating and thoroughly researched, The Nazi Spy Ring in America sheds light on a now-forgotten but significant episode in the history of international relations and the development of the FBI.
Using recently declassified documents, prize-winning historian Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones narrates this little-known chapter in US history. He shows how Germany's foreign intelligence service, the Abwehr, was able to steal top secret US technology such as a prototype codebreaking machine and data about the latest fighter planes.
At the center of the story is Leon Turrou, the FBI agent who helped bring down the Nazi spy ring in a case that quickly transformed into a national sensation. The arrest and prosecution of four members of the ring was a high-profile case with all the trappings of fiction: fast cars, louche liaisons, a murder plot, a Manhattan socialite, and a ringleader codenamed Agent Sex. Part of the story of breaking the Nazi spy ring is also the rise and fall of Turrou, whose talent was matched only by his penchant for publicity, which eventually caused him to run afoul of J. Edgar Hoover's strict codes of conduct.
Contents
Preface
1. Lonkowski's Legacy
2. Jessie Jordan
3. Murder in the McAlpin
4. Enter Leon Turrou
5. Crown Identified
6. Tales of Hofmann
7. Avoiding a High Court Trial
8. What Griebl Knew
9. Miss Moog Says No
10. A Season of Inquiry
11. The Flight of the Spies
12. Blame Games
13. Dismissed with Prejudice
14. Seeking the Evidence
15. The Nazi Spy Trial
16. Of Propaganda and Revenge
17. Spy Sequels
18. The Case Named for Duquesne
19. Pfeiffer's Story
Dramatis Personae
Notes
Bibliography
Index
