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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- The article should link to Operation Bodyguard and describe the operation in enough detail that a non-military reader knows what it is. I did not even know what war he was writing about at first and what front in the war afterwards.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- Sources describe battles the author went through to obtain data. This article does not really educate the reader about these struggles.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
This article seems to be short on a lot of detail that is easily googleable:
- The New York Times: Mr. Cave Brown’s best-known book, “Bodyguard of Lies” (1975), told how Churchill directly ordered elaborate schemes of deception to confuse the Germans about Allied plans, in particular the D-Day landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944. Tricks included deploying agents in the north of England to compose the daily wireless traffic for a nonexistent army that was training to invade Norway. The Germans monitored the traffic, and German double agents confirmed the news. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/02/arts/02brown.html--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- See the summary of the book in this article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- See this review
- This source says there are thoughts of a movie adaptation.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- What does his notable statement that General Patton is the greatest charade in history mean in the context of this book.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
In general, I think a substantive plot could be presented that would enable the reader to understand a little more about why this book is different than other books about WWII.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
I am Failing this article.