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Author:

Hench, John B.

Title:

Books as weapons : propaganda, publishing, and the battle for global markets in the era of World War II / John B. Hench.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xviii, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Propaganda, American--Europe--History--20th century.
Propaganda, American--Japan--History--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--United States--History--20th century.
Book industries and trade--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0801448913 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801448911 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)467360818

LCCN:

2009048122

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)