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The Ghost Army of World War II : how one top-secret unit deceived the enemy with inflatable tanks, sound effects, and other audacious fakery /

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"The Ghost Army of World War II is the first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives-now updated with new material"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Beyer, Rick, 1956- (Author), Sayles, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2023]
Edition:Updated edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Headquarters Special Troops, 23rd.
United States. > Army. > Headquarters Special Troops, 23rd
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
World War, 1939-1945 > Deception > United States.
Disinformation > United States > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
Désinformation > États-Unis > Histoire.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis.
Deception
Disinformation
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
United States
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
1939-1945
local histories.
History
Local histories.
Histoires locales.
Description
Summary:"The Ghost Army of World War II is the first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives-now updated with new material"--
Physical Description:269 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781797225296
1797225294