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Books as weapons : propaganda, publishing, and the battle for global markets in the era of World War II
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- Creator
- John B. Hench
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0801448913, 9781501727276, 9780801448911, 1501727273
- OCLC
- ocn467360818, on1039939533
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : Books on the Normandy beaches -- Modernizing U.S. book publishing -- War changes everything, even books -- Publishers organize for war and plan for peace -- "Books are the most enduring propaganda of all" -- Seeking "an inside track to the world's bookshelves" -- "Everyone but the janitor" selected the books -- Books to pacify and reeducate the enemy -- Making the "nice little books" -- Liberating Europe with books -- The rise and fall of the United States International Book Association -- The empire strikes back -- Books for occupied Germany and Japan -- Epilogue : American books abroad after 1948