Only weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargo crates of books joined the flood of troop reinforcements, weapons and ammunition, food, and medicine onto Normandy beaches. The books were destined for French bookshops, to be followed by millions more American books (in translation but also in English) ultimately distributed throughout Europe and the rest of the world. The British were doing similar work, which was uneasily coordinated with that of the Americans within the Psychological Warfare Division of General Eisenhower's Supreme Headquarters, Allied...
Only weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargo crates of books joined the flood of troop reinforcements, weapons and ammun...
Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership between American book publishers and the U.S. government to put carefully selected recent books highlighting American history and values into the hands of civilians liberated from Axis forces after the D-Day...
Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership between American book publishers and the U.S. government to put carefully selec...
