{"product_id":"the-detonators-chad-millman-9780316734967","title":"The Detonators: The Secret Plot to Destroy America and an Epic Hunt for Justice","description":"One hundred years ago, in July 1916, an act of terrorism in New York Harbor changed the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The attack in New York Harbor was so explosive that people as far away as Maryland felt the ground shake. Windows were blown out uptown at the New York Public Library; the main building at Ellis Island was nearly destroyed; Statue of Liberty was torn into by shrapnel from the explosion, which would have measured 5.5 on the Richter scale. Chaos overtook Manhattan as the midnight sky turned to fire, lit up with exploding ammunition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The year was 1916. And it had been shockingly easy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While war raged in Europe, Americans watched from afar, unthreatened by the danger overseas. Yet the United States was riddled with networks of German spies hiding in plain sight. The attack on New York Harbor was only one part of their plans: secret anthrax facilities were located just ten miles from the White House; bombs were planted on ships, hidden in buildings, and mailed to the country's civic and business leaders; and an underground syndicate helped potential terrorists obtain fake IDs, housing, and money. President Woodrow Wilson knew an attack of this magnitude was possible, and yet nothing was done to stop it. Americans, feeling buffered by miles of ocean and burgeoning prosperity, had ignored the mounting threat. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That all changed on a warm summer evening in late July, when the island in New York Harbor called Black Tom exploded, setting alight a vast store of munitions destined for the front. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree American lawyers -- John McCloy, Amos Peaslee, and Harold Martin -- made it their mission to solve the Black Tom mystery. Their hunt for justice would take them undercover to Europe, deep into the shadowy world of secret agents and double-crosses, through the halls of Washington and the capitals of Europe. It would challenge their beliefs in right and wrong. And they would discover a sinister plot so vast it could hardly have been imagined -- a conspiracy that stretched from downtown Manhattan to the very heart of Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Detonators\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full accounting of a crime and a cover-up that resonate strongly in a post-9\/11 America. And much of the atmosphere and rhetoric in play 100 years ago remains eerily similar to discussions surrounding national security and immigration today. As Millman deftly illustrates in \u003ci\u003eThe Detonators\u003c\/i\u003e, an island may have disappeared, but the resulting lessons have only grown stronger and more urgent, and history has a persistent way of stirring up its ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is their story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A gripping account of conspiracy.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A ready-made suspense thriller.\" -- \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exhaustively researched... fascinating.\" -- \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, 50 Hot Summer Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chad Millman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316734969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316734967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.74h x 6.34w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2006 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2006 pg. 84\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2006 pg. 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2006 pg. 14","brand":"Chad Millman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43990148022527,"sku":"9780316734967","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b8e685f-c8ec-4247-b0db-a687820b1f4b.jpg?v=1683303269","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-detonators-chad-millman-9780316734967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}