Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010
- Locale
- Europe
Japan
United States - Contents
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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. - Notes
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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.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780801448911
0801448913 - Physical Description
- xviii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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