The Book at War
How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading

A book in search of a subject. The subject really isn't clearly defined. I spent much of my time wondering what, exactly, the point of this book was, and who it was aimed at. The title is ‘The Book at War’, and the subtitle ‘Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict’. So this is going to be about b......more

No soporto que un historiador explique hechos históricos con cucharadas de su opinión personal una y otra vez, sesgo que no solo es personal sino también cultural porque se le nota lo británico desde lejos y afecta en el rigor de algunas aseveraciones. Ni se habla solo de libros ni se centra solo en......more

Given that I really like reading, I was fascinated to see how reading, books, libraries and information would all be discussed under the overarching umbrella of war. This book did not disappointment. While most of the emphasis focused on the World Wars, primarily World War II, it was still enlighten......more

This is an excellent history of the roles books and libraries play in wartime--especially WWI and WWII. It also enlightens us on the importance libraries play in war and how aggressive nations set out to destroy cultures by first destroying their libraries. A cautionary tale.......more

Lots of interesting information and a spur to my memory of a box of books arriving to my unit in Vietnam. The historical overview of books read, stolen, victimized by bombs is stunning. I recall the hand-written Viet Cong training manual I had to assess for intelligence value. It was a book. And, I......more