In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America

488 Pages·2005·75.144 MB·English

by  Pierce O’Donnell

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submarine on the shores of Long Island and
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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 o! 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 senteno
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W. Bush, in the wake of the deadly 9/1 terrorist
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imprisoning over six hundred suspected "enemy
combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and
indefinitely detaining U.S. citizens suspected of
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In time ofwar Hitler's terrorist attackon .America/Pierce O'Donnell introduction by
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p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-56584-958-2
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1. World War, 1939-1945 United—States. 2. Sa—botage United States History
20thcentury. 3. WorldWar, 1939-1945 Secretservice Germany. 4. Nazi SaboteursTrial,
Washington, D.C., 1942. I. Tide.
D769.1.046 2005
940.5373—dc22 2004060958
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To 'Donnell,
my bestpal, who helped li—berate
Nazi-occupied Europe
mayyou rest in peace