The Book at War - Libraries and Readers in an Age of Conflict

Informationen zum Autor Andrew Pettegree Klappentext A Sunday Times Best Book of 2023 'Magisterial' Kathryn Hughes, The Sunday Times (A Sunday Times Book of the Week) 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kynaston 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 readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace. Vorwort Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime Zusammenfassung Propaganda, pulp fiction, spies and censorship: the fascinating and action-packed story of books in wartime

About the author

Andrew Pettegree, FBA, is one of the leading experts on Europe during the Reformation. He currently holds a professorship at St Andrews University where he is the director of the Universal Short Title Catalogue Project. He is the author of The Invention of News: How the World Came to Know About Itself (winner of the Goldsmith Prize) and Brand Luther: 1517, Printing and the making of the Reformation, among other publications.

Product details

• Authors: ANDREW PETTEGREE, Andrew Pettegree
• Publisher: Profile Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9781800814936
• ISBN: 978-1-80081-493-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 240 mm x 46 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Military / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, military history, General & world history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, General and world history, Modern warfare, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: from c 2000, Library, Archive & Information Management