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The fourth horseman : one man's secret mission to wage the Great War in America / Robert L. Koenig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Koenig, Robert L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Biological warfare--Germany.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Dilger, Anton.
- Spies--Germany--Biography.
- Spies.
- War horses.
- Germany.
- United States.
- World War, 1914-1918--Biological warfare--United States.
- War horses--United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 349 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : PublicAffairs, [2006]
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-330) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781586483722
- OCLC:
- 72699317
- Publisher Number:
- 9781586483722
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