OSS Operation Black Mail: One Woman's Covert War Against the Imperial Japanese Army

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-68247-150-0
Verlag: U S NAVAL INST PR

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

OSS Operation Black Mail is the story of a remarkable woman who fought World War II on the front lines of psychological warfare. Elizabeth P. McIntosh spent eighteen life-changing months serving in the Office of Strategic Services in what has been called the “forgotten theater,” China-Burma-India, where she met and worked with people as diverse as Allen Dulles, Julia Child, and Ho Chi Minh. Her craft was black propaganda, and her mission was to demoralize the enemy through prevarica-tion and deceit, and ultimately, convince him to surrender. Betty’s effectiveness stemmed from her ability to target not merely the Japanese soldier, but the man with-in: the husband, the son, the father. Her black propaganda was boldly experimental and ground-breaking; destined to play a key role in the Cold War.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Todd, Ann

Über Autor(innen)

Ann Todd has been a contributing author and consultant for the National Geographic Society, given presentations on OSS operations in the National Parks, and worked as a historian for the National Museum of the Marine Corps. She served in the United States Coast Guard, and now lives in Dripping Springs, Texas.