Excerpt from America and the German Peril Singularly enough, the very earliest relics of the palaeolithic Teuton show that even at that remote period the total submission of one German to another -that other his master - was the recognized order of German affairs. German graves of the Stone Age Show that the wives and servants of great personages were immolated with them. One group has been found consisting of a Single upright figure surrounded by eight others in a crouching Loyalty and obedience were in the most remote period inculcated by attaching to any breach of either penalties in this world and the next so horrible that it was inconceivable that a simple and credulous people would purchase life by disobedience or desertion. The measure for the essential bravery of the soldier was Simple. He followed his prince or immediate leader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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In "A Measureless Peril," the historian Richard Snow captures all the drama of the merciless contest between the quickly built U.S. warships and the ever-more cunning and lethal U-boats that controlled the sea lanes of the Atlantic during WWII.