Talk:Bodyguard of Lies/GA1

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Reviewer: TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
- Done Hmm, it's fairly clear from the synopsis prose. But reworked. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
- Done Fair point. Expanded. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
- A tiny part of the book, that he gets fairly well wrong anyway. I decided not to use more of the obituaries for this reason. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See the summary of the book in this article.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Again; trivial mention of one small part of the book. Also, wrong. (as described in the article; the book is not very accurate) --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See this review
- Done included. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This source says there are thoughts of a movie adaptation.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:26, 19 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- ✗ Not done trivial; lets wait till something serious is presented. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
- He's referring to FUSAG not Patton. He also gets most of that material wrong - and he makes all sorts of claims and statements about "greatest" and "best". I included this one.. ( Done) but it's not especially relevant. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

I am Failing this article.

Thanks for the review.. very useful. Will you be able to take another look or do I have to go and renominate it. --Errant ^(chat!) 13:43, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]