''Playing With the Enemy'' by Gary W. Moore is a book about Gene Moore, the author's father, whose professional baseball career with the
Brooklyn Dodgers
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was interrupted by World War II. The title comes from the elder Moore's time as a guard in a top-secret prisoner of war camp that was holding the crew of a
''U-boat 505'', a captured German submarine. The book was the winner of the 2006
Military Writers Society of America The Military Writers Society of America, also known as the MWSA, is non-profit, 501(c)3 association of authors, poets, and artists, many of whom are U.S. military veterans or family members of veterans. Membership is open to anyone with an interest ...
Book of the Year.
Author
Gary Moore was an American speaker, award-winning author, business leader and musician. Moore was married to Arlene Moore (for 46 years), with their three children Toby, Tara Beth and Travis.
Gary has been featured in publications such as ''Entrepreneur'' Magazine, ''Selling Power'' Magazine, ''Sales and Marketing Management'' Magazine, ''Impromptu'' Magazine and Southwest Airlines' ''Spirit'' Magazine, and was named the 1995 Chamber of Commerce Businessperson of the Year. In 1996, he was awarded the honorable Sam Walton Leadership Award and has appeared on
CNN,
ABC,
CBS,
NBC and
Fox
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PlayingWithTheEnemy.com
TobyMoore.com
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American non-fiction books
History books about World War II
2006 books