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John B. Hench
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
- Introduction: Books on the Normandy Beaches 1
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Part I: CULTIVATING NEW MARKETS
- 1. Modernizing U.S. Book Publishing 11
- 2. War Changes Everything—Even Books 19
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Part II: BOOKS AS “WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS”
- 3. Publishers Organize for War and Plan for Peace 43
- 4. “Books Are the Most Enduring Propaganda of All” 68
- 5. Seeking “an Inside Track to the World’s Bookshelves” 82
- 6. “Everyone but the Janitor” Selected the Books 94
- 7. Books to Pacify and Reeducate the Enemy 109
- 8. Making the “Nice Little Books” 131
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Part III: U.S. CULTURAL POWER ABROAD
- 9. Liberating Europe with Books 151
- 10. The Rise and Fall of the United States International Book Association 178
- 11. The Empire Strikes Back 198
- 12. Books for Occupied Germany and Japan 225
- Epilogue: American Books Abroad after 1948 257
- Appendix A. Overseas and Transatlantic Editions 269
- Appendix B. Titles in the Bücherreihe Neue Welt Series 275
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 313
- Index 321
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
- Introduction: Books on the Normandy Beaches 1
-
Part I: CULTIVATING NEW MARKETS
- 1. Modernizing U.S. Book Publishing 11
- 2. War Changes Everything—Even Books 19
-
Part II: BOOKS AS “WEAPONS IN THE WAR OF IDEAS”
- 3. Publishers Organize for War and Plan for Peace 43
- 4. “Books Are the Most Enduring Propaganda of All” 68
- 5. Seeking “an Inside Track to the World’s Bookshelves” 82
- 6. “Everyone but the Janitor” Selected the Books 94
- 7. Books to Pacify and Reeducate the Enemy 109
- 8. Making the “Nice Little Books” 131
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Part III: U.S. CULTURAL POWER ABROAD
- 9. Liberating Europe with Books 151
- 10. The Rise and Fall of the United States International Book Association 178
- 11. The Empire Strikes Back 198
- 12. Books for Occupied Germany and Japan 225
- Epilogue: American Books Abroad after 1948 257
- Appendix A. Overseas and Transatlantic Editions 269
- Appendix B. Titles in the Bücherreihe Neue Welt Series 275
- Notes 277
- Bibliography 313
- Index 321