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The Book at War

The Book at War

Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

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'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman 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 vast conflicts of the modern age.

From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace.


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Autor Andrew Pettegree
Vydavateľ Profile Books
Jazyk anglický
VäzbaPaperback / softback
Počet strán480
Formát198 x 130
EAN9781800814943
Rok vydania2024
Edícia História

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Andrew Pettegree

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