{"product_id":"treacherous-passage-germanys-secret-plot-against-the-united-states-in-mexico-during-world-war-i-9781612348544","title":"Treacherous Passage: Germany's Secret Plot Against the United States in Mexico During World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the Great War raged across the trench-lined battlefields of Europe, a hidden conflict took place in the distant hinterlands of the turbulent Mexican Republic. German officials and secret-service operatives plotted to bring war to the United States through an array of schemes and strategies, from training a German-Mexican army for a cross-border invasion, to dispatching saboteurs to disrupt American industry, and planning for submarine bases on the western coast of Mexico. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bill Mills tells the true story of the most audacious of these operations: the German plot to launch clandestine sea raiders from the Mexican port of Mazatl n to disrupt Allied merchant shipping in the Pacific. The scheme led to a desperate struggle between German and American secret agents in Mexico. German consul Fritz Unger, the director of a powerful trading house, plotted to obtain a salvaged Mexican gunboat to supply U-boats operating off Mexico and to seize a hapless tramp schooner to help hunt Allied merchantmen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unger's efforts were opposed by a colorful array of individuals, including a trusted member of the German secret service in Mexico who was also the top American spy, the U.S. State Department's senior officer in Mazatl n, the hard-charging commander of a navy gunboat, and a draft-dodging American informant in the enemy camp. Full of drama and intrigue, \u003ci\u003eTreacherous Passage\u003c\/i\u003e is the first complete account of the daring German attempts to raid Allied shipping from Mexico in 1918.\u003cb\u003ePurchase the audio edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Potomac Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612348544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.36h x 6.34w x 1.01d","brand":"Bill Mills","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662061793436,"sku":"9781612348544","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b455350b-dc8c-484c-b3b6-5b3810d203ed.jpg?v=1603900967","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/treacherous-passage-germanys-secret-plot-against-the-united-states-in-mexico-during-world-war-i-9781612348544","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}