000			01369 a2200157 4500
020			_a9781800814936
082			_a002.00 _bPET
100			_aPettegree, Andrew _991086
245			_aBook at war : libraries and readers in a time of conflict
260			_aLondon _bProfile Books _c2023
300			_avi,474p.
505			_aContents Introduction : Books as Weapons in the war of Ideas 1 Part I Building the Fighting Nation 1. A Call to Arms 13 2. The Art of War 15 3. From Uncle Tom's Cabin to Stalingrad : Why Men Fight 56 Part II The Mobilisation of Knowledge 81 4. The Battle of Science 83 5. The Spooks of Academe 102 6. Lines on a Map 124 Part III The Home Front 147 7. Print for Victory 149 8. Reading in Wartime 170 9. Blacklists 198 Part IV Books for the Boys 219 10. Troops 221 11. The Author at War 249 12. The Great Escape 274 Part V The Bomber Will Always Get Through 293 13. Sanctuary 295 14. Plunder 309 15. Pulp and Ashes 326 Part VI 1945-89 War as Peace 345 16. Cleansing 347 17. Restitution 362 18. Hearts and Minds 379 Coda : The End of History and the Continuation of War 409 Acknowledgements 421 Notes 423 List of Illustrations 456 Index 460
890			_aUK
891			_aGeneral
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650			_aCreative ability _aPolitical History _aReligiour History _aSocial aspects History
650			_aArchitecture
650			_aEgypt
650			_aIslamic decoration and ornament