Opis: The Most Dangerous German Agent in America - M. B. B. Biskupski

On the morning of April 27, 1935, Louis N. Hammerling fell to his death from the nineteenth floor of an apartment in New York City, where he lived alone. Hammerling was one of the most influential Polish immigrants in turn-of-the-century America and the leading voice and advocate of the Eastern Europeans who had come to the country seeking a better life. He was also a pathological liar, a crook, a swindler, a ruthless entrepreneur, and a patriot - of which nation he could never decide. In the United States, Hammerling rose from the poverty of his youth to the heights of wealth and power. A Jew whose conversion to Catholicism did not protect him from anti-Semitism, Hammerling was monitored by state and federal agencies and was, in the words of his pursuers, "the most dangerous German agent in America." M. B. B. Biskupski consulted more than forty archives in four countries, using trial testimony, intelligence reports, and blackmail correspondence to reconstruct Hammerling's story. The life of this mysterious man offers a window through which to see larger themes: labor and immigration politics in late nineteenth - and early twentieth-century America, espionage during World War I, the birth of modern Polish politics, and the tragic struggle of a poor immigrant striving for success in America. Scholars and general readers alike will be interested in this fascinating book. Hammerling is one of those elusive figures that floats ghostlike behind the scenes of major events. One of the reasons this book is valuable is that it links the fields of labor, politics, immigration, ethnic identity, and international affairs in US history, as well as Polish history and the intelligence operations of the various major powers engaged in World War I. James S. Pula, Purdue University"

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Tytuł: The Most Dangerous German Agent in America
Autor: M. B. B. Biskupski
Wydawnictwo: Northern Illinois University Press
ISBN: 9780875807218
Rok wydania: 2015
Ilość stron: 200
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.24 kg

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