Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America - Hardcover

Dobbs, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375414703 ISBN 13: 9780375414701

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Traces the foiled stateside invasion in June of 1942 by eight Nazi saboteurs, from their personal motivations and extensive training, to their harrowing entry into the country and subsequent infiltration into American life, to the efforts of two of the men to notify the American government of the plot and help capture their fellow saboteurs. 50,000 first printing.

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Review

"Dobbs skillfully tells this fascinating and timely story." --The Washington Post

"One of the greatest stories of our time. Michael Dobbs' superb research and exceptional writing add to the drama." --Providence Journal

"Hair-raising. . . . Intricately crafted. . . . A first-rate thriller . . . that is much more exciting for being true, Saboteurs is well worth the price of admission and a sight better than many books about the war." --Winston-Salem Journal

"Dobbs seasons his story with just the right a mount of wryness, letting the farce play out and keeping the details tidy. . . . An entertaining and useful book."--San Jose Mercury News

"Saboteurs is a riveting detective story within an engrossing war story. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, this book is that wonderfully rare thing: a first-rate work of history that is impossible to put down." --Rick Atkinson, author of An Army at Dawn

"Their story has been told before, but never so fascinatingly as by Dobbs." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Revealing. . . . Dobbs delves, incisively, into the mindset of the different participants, from the saboteurs, with their conflicting back stories, agendas and loyalties, to midlevel FBI operatives, to the legal minds summoned to work the cases. . . . Dobbs fully evokes the relentless pace familiar to readers of traditional thrillers." --The Houston Chronicle

"Fascinating. . . . Must-reading for true crime and World War II enthusiasts. Saboteurs is a compelling story that is meticulously researched and highly recommended." --Tucson Citizen

"Dobbs expertly deploys the wealth of detail he has unearthed to bring this crew to life. . . . [He] has a knack for historical detective work. . . . Dobbs is the first to tell the full story of a riveting episode that casts some interesting shadows on our current moment." --Commentary Magazine

About the Author

Michael Dobbs is a reporter for the Washington Post.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375414703
• ISBN 13: 9780375414701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 316