"How an illusionist changed the course of World War II"--Cover.
Summary:
When England entered WWII in 1939, legendary magician Jasper Maskelyne cajoled his way into the Camouflage Section and created a new type of warfare: applying the techniques of popular magic to the battlefield. This is the fact-based story of the illusion that won the war in the desert.
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