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Churchill's wizards : the British genius for deception, 1914-1945 / Nicholas Rankin

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2009Description: xvii, 645 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780571221967
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 940.548641
Contents:
The war of nerves
The nature of camouflage
Engineering opinion
Hiding and sniping
Deception in the dardanelles
Steel trees
Guile and guerrilla
The twice-promised land
A dazzle of zebras
Lying for Lloyd George
Deceivers deceived
Wizards of WW2
Curtain up
Winston is back
Hiding the silver
A great blow between the eyes
Commando dagger
British resistance
Fire over England
Radio propaganda
'A' force : North Africa
Impersonations
The garden of forking paths
The hinge of fate
Mincemeat
The double
Overload and fortitude
V for Vergeltung
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Book Book Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section Circulation C 940.548641 R211c 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 120406d

Includes bibliographical references (pages 603-620) and index.

The war of nerves

The nature of camouflage

Engineering opinion

Hiding and sniping

Deception in the dardanelles

Steel trees

Guile and guerrilla

The twice-promised land

A dazzle of zebras

Lying for Lloyd George

Deceivers deceived

Wizards of WW2

Curtain up

Winston is back

Hiding the silver

A great blow between the eyes

Commando dagger

British resistance

Fire over England

Radio propaganda

'A' force : North Africa

Impersonations

The garden of forking paths

The hinge of fate

Mincemeat

The double

Overload and fortitude

V for Vergeltung

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