Churchill's Wizards

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Rankin worked 20 years for BBC World Service, winning two UN awards and ending up as Chief Producer. His previous books include biographies of Robert Louis Stevenson and the war-correspondent George Steer, Churchill's Wizards , a study of camouflage, deception and black propaganda in both world wars, and Ian Fleming's Commandos , the history of a WW2 naval intelligence unit. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in London and Kent. Klappentext The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn. Churchill's Wizards: The British Genius for Deception 1914-1945 by Nicholas Rankin is the true story of how Winston Churchill and the British elevated the art of deception and disguise against the Nazis. Zusammenfassung The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Rankin, Rankin Nicholas
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780571221967
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22196-7
• No. of pages: 704
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / World War I, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, True Crime / Espionage, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Espionage & secret services, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater