{"id":606,"date":"2019-12-16T05:48:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T13:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=606"},"modified":"2019-12-15T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T19:51:27","slug":"spies-lies-and-disguise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/spies-lies-and-disguise\/","title":{"rendered":"Spies, Lies, and Disguise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spies, Lies, and Disguise: The Daring Tricks and Deeds that Won World War II<\/a>
\nby Jennifer Swanson (Author) amd Kevin O’Malley (Illustrator) <\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> In the late 1930s, times were desperate. The world found itself at war again, less than twenty years after the first World War had ended. No one could quite believe it. And no one wanted it. The leaders of every country involved were left with no choice. They had to try to end the war as fast as possible, using whatever means they could.
\nThat meant coming up with secret operations meant to deceive, deflect, and confuse their enemies. Poison the cattle that the Germans eat? Deliberately float a corpse dressed up as a spy across the water to have it wash up on Germany’s shore? Create a unit of top secret commandos with a license to kill? These were all real tactics attempted with the ultimate goal of defeating Hitler. In this off-center look at history, readers will be captivated by the classified and covert efforts made by each side as they tried to gain the upper hand and win the war. Restricted access is lifted to give the reader a peek into the top secret operations of the daring men and women who fought the war under a cloak of secrecy.<\/p>\n

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\nPRIVATE PENS<\/strong>
\nRoald Dahl, British spy? Yep? That is correct. Before Dahl became the award-winning children’s author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> and Matilda<\/em>, he was a British secret agent. His mission? To hobnob with the American president, vice president, and other American dignitaries to get them to commit to entering the war. <\/p>\n

\"Nonfiction<\/p>\n

It’s Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spies, Lies, and Disguise: The Daring Tricks and Deeds that Won World War II by Jennifer Swanson (Author) amd Kevin O’Malley (Illustrator) Booktalk: In the late 1930s, times were desperate. The world found itself at war again, less than twenty years after the first World War had ended. No one could quite believe it. And … <\/p>\n

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