''I have always been a voracious reader of what I call invisible literatures - scientific journals, technical manuals, pharmaceutical company brochures, think-tank internal documents, PR company position papers - part of that universe of published material to which most literate people have scarcely any access but which provides the most potent compost for the imagination'' J.G.Ballard
Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WW2. Show all posts
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
''No wonder they called it ''The Nazi Party''...''
''Pervitin, a stimulant commonly known as speed today, was the German army's -- the Wehrmacht's -- wonder drug.''
Hitler's Drugged Soldiers (Andreas Ulrich, Spiegel 2005)
http://www.spiegel.de/international/the-nazi-death-machine-hitler-s-drugged-soldiers-a-354606.html
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
''If he blows his cover he might blow the lid
So he stays in the shadows like he always did...''
Published January 17, 1944- "This information is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it...''
Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Office Of Strategic Services,1944)
https://archive.org/details/SimpleSabotageFieldManualStrategicServicesProvisional
Labels:
Cold War,
Intelligence,
Tactics,
Tradecraft,
WW2
Thursday, January 22, 2015
''A vegetarian, too.''
This document - created by the American O.S.S.in 1943- was the first attempt at the psychological ''profiling'' of political leaders as a tool for intelligence operations, a practice that has become widespread since.
Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler (1943)
https://archive.org/details/AnalysisOfThePersonalityOfAdolphHitler
Friday, January 16, 2015
''An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.''
The M3 was created during WW2 as a weapon for tank crews. It was still in use well into the 80s....
Grease Gun M3-M3A1 - FM 23-41 Service manual
https://archive.org/details/gunmanual_Grease_Gun_M3-M3A1_-_FM_23-41
Thursday, January 15, 2015
''Easy.They are the ones shooting back at us.''
For the G.I.'s - How to recognize a Nazi soldier...
1942-11 Intelligence Bulletin Vol 01 No 03
https://archive.org/details/1942-11IntelligenceBulletinVol01No03
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
''Sherlock Holmes smarter brother''
Vannevar Bush: Mycroft Holmes, for real.
Science, the endless frontier- Report on a program for postwar scientific research (1945)
https://archive.org/details/scienceendlessfr00unit
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