I'm not quite sure why this book caught my eye, but it did, and it proved to be a good read! The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare, by John Lisle. In 1942, Lovell was, er, recruited to head up a then new department of the government to help in the war effort in many ways, including bombs, of course (one idea was to attach small ones, with a time delay, to bats. Seriously). Other items were more interesting, at least to this reader: forgery, camouflage, trickery, misdirection ... think James Bond for some of these! Do note, this was also a grim read, this was war time after all and the author's descriptions of some events are vivid and troublesome. I suggest skimming the notes at the back with each chapter, there are many interesting details therein.

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