{"product_id":"the-nazi-spy-ring-in-america-hitlers-agents-the-fbi-and-the-case-that-stirred-the-nation-9781647120047","title":"The Nazi Spy Ring in America: Hitler's Agents, the Fbi, and the Case That Stirred the Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first full account of Nazi spies in 1930s America and how they were exposed.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Spy Ring in America\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Hitler's attempts to interfere in American affairs by spreading anti-Semitic propaganda, stealing military technology, and mapping US defenses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Spy Ring in America\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on a now-forgotten but significant episode in the history of international relations and the development of the FBI. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647120047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664912838812,"sku":"9781647120047","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_424ed7d2-a858-4618-a7e0-60d6770533bb.jpg?v=1603907985","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-nazi-spy-ring-in-america-hitlers-agents-the-fbi-and-the-case-that-stirred-the-nation-9781647120047","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}