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

"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"--

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Main Authors: Beyer, Rick, 1956- (Author), Sayles, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2023]
Edition:Updated edition.
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505 0 |a Introduction: the Cecil B. DeMille warriors -- My con artists -- The art boys -- Men of wile -- Journey into the unknown -- When first we practice to deceive -- Special effects -- "Adolph, you son of a bitch" -- A great town -- One bad spot in my line -- They even had art supplies -- All their heavy hitters -- The coldest winter in forty years -- One last grand deception -- A toast to freedom -- Epilogue: laudable and glorious. 
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