Books As Weapons – Propaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in…

Books As WeaponsPropaganda, Publishing, and the Battle for Global Markets in the Era of World War II\nAuthor(s): John B. Hench\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501705656, 978-1501705656\nSynopsis\nOnly weeks after the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, a surprising cargocrates of booksjoined 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 Expeditionary Force, under General Eisenhower's command.\n\n Books As Weapons tells the little-known story of the vital partnership .