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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