The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict
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- Synopsis
- Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline.In The Book at War, acclaimed historian Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readershave gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781800818101
- Publisher:
- Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Date of Addition:
- 10/05/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Andrew Pettegree
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Narrated By:
- Sean Barrett
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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