Research Catalog

Title

In time of war : Hitler's terrorist attack on America / Pierce O'Donnell ; introduction by Anthony Lewis.

Author

O'Donnell, Pierce.

Publication

New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [2005], ©2005.

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Description

xviii, 444 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"It's a true story that reads like gripping fiction in June 1942, eight German terrorists landed by submarine on the shores of Long Island and Florida with a mission to blow up airplane plants and railroad hubs throughout the United States. In Time of War recounts how they were ultimately betrayed by one of their own, tried by a special military tribunal appointed by FDR, and zealously defended by a courageous Army colonel. Six of the eight were executed and the U.S. Supreme Court subsequently upheld the president's power to order the military trial that imposed the death sentence." "More than sixty years later, President George W. Bush, in the wake of the deadly 9/11 terrorist attacks, cited Roosevelt's act as precedent for imprisoning over six hundred suspected "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and indefinitely detaining U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist activities. In an account of this remarkable episode in America's history - much of it based on documents never before available - O'Donnell, one of the country's leading trial lawyers, illustrates the parallels between then and now, offering a cautionary tale of the danger of unchecked executive power in a time of crisis."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• World War, 1939-1945 > United States
• Sabotage > United States > History > 20th century
• World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Germany
• Nazi Saboteurs Trial, Washington, D.C., 1942

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-430) and index.

Contents

Introduction / Anthony Lewis -- 1. A world at war -- 2. Fear itself -- 3. Hitler's terrorists -- 4. "Just a scrap of paper" -- 5. The landing -- 6. "The real McCoy" -- 7. Mr. Dasch goes to Washington -- 8. True believer -- 9. Citizen Haupt -- 10. Double cross -- 11. Prisoners of war -- 12. Military justice -- 13. "Sentence first, verdict afterward" -- 14. Kangaroo court -- 15. An improbable life -- 16. A lion in summer -- 17. They don't shoot saboteurs in America -- 18. The great writ -- 19. May it please the court -- 20. Total wipeout -- 21. Old sparky -- 22. Fait accompli -- 23. "A loaded weapon" -- 24. Winners and losers -- 25. Clear and present dangers -- 26. Securing the blessings of liberty -- 27. History lessons.

ISBN

1565849582

LCCN

2004060958

OCLC

• ocm56753252
• SCSB-5189227

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries