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

Author: Hench, John B.

Imprint:Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2010.

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

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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