BOOKS & MORE: All day sabotage

Blast from the past! World War is what it's called when an attempt is made to destroy everything. To make it work, clever manuals are also written. The person who does that does it secretly. That's why he's called a secret service. So, about 100 years later, it is made public. Then one can marvel, because this small US manual was supposed to inspire saboteurs in World War II to destroy things.

The tips, secret as they are, should definitely be broadcast into enemy territories via radio. It's about sabotaging lubrications and steam engines, fuel storage, and factories. Wherever possible. Certain things seem bizarre today, such as describing how telephone networks from the 1940s should be disrupted. Still relevant today: how to sabotage office life, for example by engaging in endless pointless discussions (we suspect we have already encountered quite a few saboteurs).

Speaking of sabotage, for those who don't need the German translation and historical commentary in the book: The original brochure is available directly from the CIA HERE for free viewing.

"The Little Sabotage Handbook of 1944: The Best Tricks of the American Secret Service in the Fight against Hitler", US Office of Strategic Services, Rowohlt Verlag, 2018, 112 pages, Euro 8,–