Churchill's Wizards
The British Genius for Deception, 1914-1945
(Sprache: Englisch)
Every German spy in Britain was captured and many were used to send back false information. There was bogus wireless traffic from phantom armies, dummy airfields with model planes, disguised ships and inflatable rubber tanks manufactured by film-studio...
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Every German spy in Britain was captured and many were used to send back false information. There was bogus wireless traffic from phantom armies, dummy airfields with model planes, disguised ships and inflatable rubber tanks manufactured by film-studio craftsmen. Not since the Trojan horse had warfare been so cunning.
Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that ensured the success of D-Day in 1944, "Churchill's Wizards" traces the history of British camouflage, deception and black propaganda in two world wars. In a thrilling work of popular military history, Nicholas Rankin tracks down the brave and high-spirited writers, producers and show-biz people who helped the armed forces to win what Churchill called 'the war of the Unknown Warriors'.
Culminating in the spectacular misdirection that ensured the success of D-Day in 1944, "Churchill's Wizards" traces the history of British camouflage, deception and black propaganda in two world wars. In a thrilling work of popular military history, Nicholas Rankin tracks down the brave and high-spirited writers, producers and show-biz people who helped the armed forces to win what Churchill called 'the war of the Unknown Warriors'.
Autoren-Porträt von Nicholas Rankin
Nicholas Rankin spent 20 years broadcasting for BBC World Service where he was Chief Producer and won two UN awards. His first book for Faber, Dead Man's Chest, followed in Robert Louis Stevenson's footsteps from Scotland to Samoa and was much enjoyed by Graham Greene. His second, Telegram from Guernica, was a widely-praised biography of the ground-breaking war-correspondent and front-line propagandist George Lowther Steer.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nicholas Rankin
- 2008, XIV, 466 Seiten, 26 Abbildungen, Maße: 16,5 x 24,3 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Faber & Faber, London
- ISBN-10: 0571221955
- ISBN-13: 9780571221950
- Erscheinungsdatum: 08.09.2008
Sprache:
Englisch
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