Robert K. Sutton is the author of Stark Mad Abolitionists: Lawrence, Kansas and the Battle Over Slavery in the Civil War Era and a former chief historian of the National Park Service who retired in 2016 after a 33-year career. On his first day on the job as chief historian, he met with the team interviewing veterans who had served at Fort Hunt, encouraging them to continue interviewing as many veterans as possible. Nazis on the Potomac: The Top Secret Intelligence Operation that Helped Win World War II (Casemate) brings those stories to life. Fort Hunt, Virginia, about 15 miles south of Washington, D.C., was the site of one of the highest-level covert operations during World War II. Shortly after the United States entered the war, the military established a secret facility that would interrogate and eavesdrop on Nazi prisoners and translate and analyze captured German war documents. Known as P.O. Box 1142, the complex and the work that took place there was instrumental in leading the Allies to victory in the war against Hitler. Nazis on the Potomac is the first book to describe 1142’s role.
