(035413) Millman, Chad. The Detonators: The Secret Plot To Destroy America And An Epic Hunt For Justice. New York: Little, Brown And Company, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 330 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. The Black Tom explosion on July 30, 1916, in Jersey City, New Jersey, was an act of sabotage by German agents to destroy American- made munitions that were to be supplied to the Allies in World War I. This incident, which happened prior to formal American entry into the war, is also notable for causing damage to the Statue of Liberty ISBN: 0316734969 (Black Tom Island, New Jersey, Espionage, Sabotage, Secret Service, Germany)
