An edition of The fourth horseman (2006)

The fourth horseman

one man's secret mission to wage the Great War in America

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An edition of The fourth horseman (2006)

The fourth horseman

one man's secret mission to wage the Great War in America

by

  • 1 Want to read

Includes information on anthrax, chemical warfare, Civil War (U.S.), Glanders disease, Influenza pandemic (1918), Lockjaw (tetanus), propaganda, spies, U-boats, etc.

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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Language
English
Pages
349

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Subjects

World War, 1914-1918, War horses, Biological warfare, Spies, Spionnen, Eerste Wereldoorlog, Biologische oorlogvoering, Biography, United states, history, military, United states, history, 20th century

People

Anton Dilger

Places

United States, Germany

Times

World War I

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Book Details

Table of Contents

Virginia. Warhorses ; Greenfield Farm ; Tissues and cyanide ; Disquiet on the Western Front ; Deadly cultures ; "Absolute security" in Chevy Chase
Germany. Crossings ; Bacilli in Berlin ; "A difficult inner struggle" ; Gateway to the West ; Spy hunting
Mexico and Spain. South of the border ; Spanish flu ; The fourth horseman ; "They had no choice"
Epilogue.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-330) and index.

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.4/85, B
Library of Congress
UG447.8 .K66 2006, UG447.8.K66 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 349 p., [8] p, of plates :
Number of pages
349

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL21056613M
ISBN 10
1586483722
ISBN 13
9781586483722
LCCN
2006032954
OCLC/WorldCat
72699317
Library Thing
2540836
Goodreads
1129151

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OL13293111W

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Work Description

The story of Anton Dilger brings to life a missing chapter in U.S. history and shows, dramatically, that the Great European War was in fact being fought on the home front years before we formally joined it. The doctor who grew anthrax and other bacteria in that rented house was an American—the son of a Medal of Honor winner who fought at Gettysburg—on a secret mission, for the German Army in 1915. The Fourth Horseman tells the startling story of that mission led by a brilliant but conflicted surgeon who became one of Germany's most daring spies and saboteurs during World War I and who not only pioneered biowarfare in his native land but also lead a last-ditch German effort to goad Mexico into invading the United States. It is a story of mysterious missions, divided loyalties, and a new and terrible kind of warfare that emerged as America—in spite of fierce dissention at home—was making the decision to send its Doughboys to the Great War in Europe.

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