Show Notes

This week, we recap, review, and analyze Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (機動戦士Ζガンダム) episode 28 - The Jupitris Infiltration (ジュピトリス潜入), discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on physical deception and women spies.

We are joined by guest-voice Adam Black, who asked us to link to One Earth Sanga, and organization he works with that "expresses a Buddhist response to ecological crises."

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- Wikipedia page for Operation Bodyguard, comprised of Operations Fortitude and Quicksilver.

- Wikipedia page for the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops (aka the "Ghost Army"), American deception specialists operating in Europe after D-Day.

- A collection of historical materials about the 23rd Headquarters.

- The 23rd Headquarter's most famous alumnus, fashion designer extraordinaire Bill Blass.

- An overview on dummy tanks.

- New York Times article about modern Russian inflatable dummies:

Andrew E. Kramer, A New Weapon in Russia’s Arsenal, and It’s Inflatable. New York Times article, Oct. 12, 2016. Available at https://nyti.ms/2dWBU8A

- Some modern inflatable dummy manufacturers, so you can see pictures of just how real they look (and in case you want your own).

- Books about the Second Battle of El Alamein:

John Latimer, Alamein. Harvard UP (2002).

James Lucas, War in the Desert: the Eighth Army at El Alamein. Beaufort (New York 1982).

- Wikipedia page for Operation Bertram.

- Articles and books on Operation Bertram:

Rickard, J (21 April 2017), Operation Bertram, http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/operation_bertram.html

Peter Forbes, Dazzled and Deceived: Mimicry and Camouflage. Yale UP (2011).

Rick Stroud, The Phantom Army of Alamein: The Men Who Hoodwinked Rommel. A&C Black (2013)

- US Naval War College page on women in espionage, with lots of great links to books, articles, and websites with additional information.

- Wikipedia category page for “female wartime spies.”

- Wikipedia page for “sexpionage” with definition and famous examples.

- Article from The Washington Post about sexpionage in the Cold War:

Dobbs, Michael. “SEXPIONAGE WHY WE CAN'T RESIST THOSE KGB SIRENS.” The Washington Post, 12 Apr. 1987.

- Journal article:

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