| Treacherous Passage: Germany''s Secret Plot against the United States in Mexico during World War I Subjects: World War 1914–1918 -- Diplomatic history; Mexico -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Mexico; World War 1914–1918 -- United States; While the Great War raged across the trench-lined battlefields of Europe, a hidden conflict took place in the distant hinterlands of the turbulent Mexican Republic. German officials and secret-service operatives plotted to bring war to the United States through an array of schemes and strategies, from training a German-Mexican army for a cross-border invasion, to dispatching saboteurs to disrupt American industry, and planning for submarine bases on the western coast of Mexico. Bill Mills is an espionage writer and historian. He is the author of The League: The True Story of Average Americans on the Hunt for World War I Spies . |