Search Results: black boomerang an autobiography volume two by sefton delmer

London: Secker & Warburg. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670170917 . "[Presents] the story of [Sefton Delmer's] secret 'Black Radio' operation in World War 2 - and how it has boomeranged today. In this, the second volume of his autobiography, he explains the use to which his unique knowledge of the German people was put. The task of his special section of the Political Warfare Executive was to launch broadcast propaganda which purported to come from a German station. Much of what was broadcast was the truth - gleaned often from the tapped conversations of German prisoners - much of it had a ring of truth, sometimes it even deceived our American allies, always it purported to come from patriotic Germans eager to expose the weaknesses and corruption which were impeding the noble Fuhrer's efforts. Provides fascinating examples of actual broadasts, of deceptions practised, of lies disseminated, of new techniques whereby he and the merry… Read More