Andrew Pettegree

Gebundenes Buch

The Book at War

How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading

Beschreibung

"In The Book at War, Pettegree explores the various roles that books have played in conflicts throughout the globe, from manuals on military strategy to political novels that helped push public opinion toward war, to the Nazis' use of book burnings. As Pettegree points out, the printed word has always been employed both as a weapon and as a force for peace. The Book at War explores this contradiction, accounting for the power-and the ambivalence-of words at war"--

Autor

Andrew Pettegree is a professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews. A leading expert on the history of book and media transformations, Pettegree is the award-winning author of several books on news and information culture, including The Library: A Fragile History (with Arthur der Weduwen). He lives in Scotland. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Basic Books
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 164mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781541604346
• ISBN-10: 1541604342
• Artikelnr.: 67787969