{"product_id":"spies-soldiers-and-prostitutes-richard-m-escalante-9789769706736","title":"Spies, Soldiers, and Prostitutes: Trinidad Society Before the German U-boat Attack, 1939-42","description":"It is May 1941. The Second World War has not yet reached the Caribbean. But America deploys 25,000 troops to the British colony of Trinidad. Within a year, it becomes 82,000 soldiers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoon the war erupts into an Eroticized War in the colony. Anyone who remembers the calypsoes of the period, as well as the 'American Occupation' of the island would recognize the extent prostitution and venereal disease now ran rampant throughout the colony. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside this Eroticized War, another war is being waged on the island. This is a Secret War. It is a cat-and-mouse game of espionage between spies from the German \u003ci\u003eAbwehr\u003c\/i\u003e (military intelligence), and the combined British MI5 agents and local militarized police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as the residents come to terms with the rapid changes in their society, the colonial authorities are unawares that the German \u003ci\u003eAbwehr\u003c\/i\u003e has planned a major naval offensive in the Caribbean. German U-boats are on their way and Trinidad is in their cross-hairs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs Trinidad society prepared for this assault? Are its defences able stop this naval offensive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian Richard Escalante explores the key events and issues confronting Trinidad society in the lead up to the fateful attack.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard M. Escalante\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9769706736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789769706736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Escalante\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Richard M. Escalante","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450036383999,"sku":"9789769706736","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6e9f3402-0ae0-406f-ab4e-62e0c2fb73d8.jpg?v=1698502406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spies-soldiers-and-prostitutes-richard-m-escalante-9789769706736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}