The fourth horseman
Subtitle: one man's secret mission to wage the Great War in America
By: Robert L. Koenig.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781586483722
Subjects: Dilger, Anton; World War, 1914-1918 -- Biological warfare -- Germany; Spies -- Germany -- Biography; World War, 1914-1918 -- Biological warfare -- United States; War horses -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: Includes information on anthrax, chemical warfare, Civil War (U.S.), Glanders disease, Influenza pandemic (1918), Lockjaw (tetanus), propaganda, spies, U-boats, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Virginia. Warhorses ; Greenfield Farm ; Tissues and cyanide ; Disquiet on the Western Front ; Deadly cultures ; "Absolute security" in Chevy Chase; title: Germany. Crossings ; Bacilli in Berlin ; "A difficult inner struggle" ; Gateway to the West ; Spy hunting; title: Mexico and Spain. South of the border ; Spanish flu ; The fourth horseman ; "They had no choice"; title: Epilogue.