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The Fourth Horseman

One Man's Mission to Wage the Great War in America

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The Fourth Horseman

Written by: Robert Koenig
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
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 The story of Anton Dilger brings to life a missing chapter in American history and shows, dramatically, that the Great European War was in fact being fought on the home front years before the U.S. formally joined it. Dilger was an American doctor who grew anthrax and other bacteria in a rented house as part of a secret mission for the German Army in 1915. The Fourth Horseman tells the startling story of that mission, led by a brilliant but conflicted surgeon who became one of Germany's most daring spies and saboteurs during World War I - and who not only pioneered bio-warfare in his native land but also lead a last-ditch German effort to goad Mexico into invading the United States. It is a story of mysterious missions, divided loyalties, and a new and terrible kind of warfare that emerged as America, in spite of fierce dissention at home, was making the decision to send its Doughboys to the Great War in Europe.

Dilger is a fascinating analog for our own troubled times. Having thrown off the tethers of obligation to family and country, he became a very dangerous man indeed: a spy, a saboteur, and a zealot to a degree that may have so embarrassed the German High Command that, after the war, they ordered his death rather than admit that he worked for them.

©2007 Robert Koenig (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc. Germany True Crime United States Wars & Conflicts Weapons & Warfare World Espionage War Military Imperialism American History Warfare
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"Koenig has researched with great thoroughness and written with great clarity." (Booklist)

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