The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II,
The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well
aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds, but also the resources of Latin America. The
fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks
shadowed each other across the continent. Allies secured loyalty through espionage and diplomacy--
including help from Hollywood and Mickey Mouse--while Jews and innocents among ethnic groups --
Japanese, Germans--paid an unconscionable price. Mexican pilots flew in the Philippines and twenty-five
thousand Brazilians breached the Gothic Line in Italy. The Tango War also describes the machinations
behind the greatest mass flight of criminals of the century, fascists with blood on their hands who escaped
to the Americas. A true, shocking account that reads like a thriller, The Tango War shows in a new way
how WWII was truly a global war.
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The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well
aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds, but also the resources of Latin America. The
fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks
shadowed each other across the continent. Allies secured loyalty through espionage and diplomacy--
including help from Hollywood and Mickey Mouse--while Jews and innocents among ethnic groups --
Japanese, Germans--paid an unconscionable price. Mexican pilots flew in the Philippines and twenty-five
thousand Brazilians breached the Gothic Line in Italy. The Tango War also describes the machinations
behind the greatest mass flight of criminals of the century, fascists with blood on their hands who escaped
to the Americas. A true, shocking account that reads like a thriller, The Tango War shows in a new way
how WWII was truly a global war.
The gripping and little known story of the fight for the allegiance of Latin America during World War II,
The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well
aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds, but also the resources of Latin America. The
fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks
shadowed each other across the continent. Allies secured loyalty through espionage and diplomacy--
including help from Hollywood and Mickey Mouse--while Jews and innocents among ethnic groups --
Japanese, Germans--paid an unconscionable price. Mexican pilots flew in the Philippines and twenty-five
thousand Brazilians breached the Gothic Line in Italy. The Tango War also describes the machinations
behind the greatest mass flight of criminals of the century, fascists with blood on their hands who escaped
to the Americas. A true, shocking account that reads like a thriller, The Tango War shows in a new way
how WWII was truly a global war.
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The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well
aware of the need to control not just the hearts and minds, but also the resources of Latin America. The
fight was often dirty: residents were captured to exchange for U.S. prisoners of war and rival spy networks
shadowed each other across the continent. Allies secured loyalty through espionage and diplomacy--
including help from Hollywood and Mickey Mouse--while Jews and innocents among ethnic groups --
Japanese, Germans--paid an unconscionable price. Mexican pilots flew in the Philippines and twenty-five
thousand Brazilians breached the Gothic Line in Italy. The Tango War also describes the machinations
behind the greatest mass flight of criminals of the century, fascists with blood on their hands who escaped
to the Americas. A true, shocking account that reads like a thriller, The Tango War shows in a new way
how WWII was truly a global war.
show less
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