Ignorant Armies

Walter Patterson is a quiet chemist who lives an ordinary life in a world caught between war and peace. He's known for telling exciting spy stories, and he shares his boring daily routine with Eleanor Stacy, who stands by him. Their calm world gets turned upside down when strange men kidnap Walter, claiming he's a spy because he once served in the military in Germany.

In a world of constant twilight between war and peace, Walter Patterson, an unassuming chemist, leads a routine life. Known for his imaginative tales of espionage, he shares his life with Eleanor Stacy, a supportive figure amidst his mundane existence. Their peaceful world is disrupted when Walter is abducted by mysterious men, accused of espionage due to his past military service in Germany.

Walter Patterson is a man who works hard at his job as a food chemist, lives with his mother, and has few vices. Yet, suddenly he finds himself held captive by German officers who remind him of a story he told a Fraulein in a bar in Glassenheim, Germany, ten years ago. Trying to impress her, Walter, then a young soldier, claimed that he was in American Intelligence, and now Patterson is threatened with death if he doesn’t turn over U.S. government secrets to the Germans.