Books as weapons
Subtitle: propaganda, publishing, and the battle for global markets in the era of World War II
By: John B. Hench.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780801448911
Subjects: 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.
Table of contents: title: Modernizing U.S. book publishing; title: War changes everything, even books; title: Publishers organize for war and plan for peace; title: "Books are the most enduring propaganda of all"; title: Seeking "an inside track to the world's bookshelves"; title: "Everyone but the janitor" selected the books; title: Books to pacify and reeducate the enemy; title: Making the "nice little books"; title: Liberating Europe with books; title: The rise and fall of the United States International Book Association; title: The empire strikes back; title: Books for occupied Germany and Japan; title: Epilogue : American books abroad after 1948.