Secrecy and Gamesmanship

1901. It was the beginning of a grand new century. William McKinley was re-elected president. Roosevelt was now the vice-president and wanted a secret spy agency for the executive branch. The Pan-Am Exposition heralded electricity as a new power to light the world, The American economy was booming, engineering innovations eclipsed previously believed limits, and submarines captured the Navy's attention. But a failed assassination on Kaiser Wilhelm started a cascade of events that threatened...