Explores the history and principles of camouflage, revealing how deception and disguise have shaped espionage from World War I to modern times. Published to accompany the Spy Museum’s new exhibition, this illustrated book presents four key principles of camouflage, and shows how deception and illusion underpin espionage. Paperback, 112 pages.

At a scant 112 pages, this is a short read on a rather large subject, which necessitates brevity in text and relies on images to do the heavy lifting. 

I admit, I struggled to finish this, the book never really grabbing my attention, not because I am a modeler with a limited attention span, but I found the book tries to cover a large subject in a very limited space. And yes, I could not relate the contents to my hobby, whether that is figure painting or finishing a vehicle.  I was most interested in 'Fooling the eye in the sky', p.54, and the example of disguising a tank in the desert, complete with images, p.60. 61. 

There is limited text here, with numerous images that are large and are sometimes one to a page, sometimes three. All are accompanied by a caption that gives the image context. 

The book is broken down into seven chapters covering introduction, disappear, distort, disguise, deceive (being the four principles of camouflage), conclusion, and acknowledgements. 

There isn't really that much more to say about the book, it is a brief read that may be of interest to some.


thank you, Casemate, for the review sample. 

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