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When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (December 2, 2014)
Language: English

ISBN-10: 0544535022
ISBN-13: 978-0544535022
Product Dimensions: 1 x 5 x 7 inches
The image of the Berlin book burning in May of 1933 is a common photo in history books. What’s less common is how books became a strategy to undermine the Nazi propaganda that had been proving surprisingly effective throughout Europe. While re-telling the history of the war, Manning threads through the impact that books had in fighting the Nazis, providing a narrative of their influence on the war that has previously been left out of most history books. Book lovers and history buffs should enjoy this new perspective. Read online When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II book now.

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I don’t usually read this kind of book, to be honest. My ideal reading is under a palm tree and something trashy with great characters and a world that draws me in. However, something about this subject caught my eye. Perhaps it was the fact that my father fought in WW II and I still remember his trunk in the attic, filled with clothes, canteens, and yes, books. And the photo on the cover of a soldier reading with rapt attention on top of a fox hole drew me in — what DID they do before iPhones and the internet to pass the time? This was an era where at the beginning of the war, according to the book, they didn’t even have proper uniforms and tents, much less books and magazines to read, something that today I’m guessing would be taken for granted.
“Book are weapons in the war of ideas” was the slogan of a council formed in March 1942 with the objective of “exploring how books could serve the nation during the war” and that is a fundamental theme of this book, from the first chapter which describes the Nazi book burnings in Germany (and the American response) to the final chapter that speaks of the importance of reading to the service men’s re-entry into society post-war and interest in furthering their education based in part on their love of reading acquired during the war. Also interesting was the way the program evolved from book donation drives for soldiers (which resulted in a lot of books on cooking and knitting going to the troops) to then a custom-printed campaign of books and magazines to provide exactly what the soldiers were wanting to read, not just what people were willing to donate. Get online When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II today.

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