《当图书进入战争》【内容简介】
二战期间，希特勒领导的纳粹在欧洲大肆焚书，义愤填膺的美国图书管理员闻讯，组织了“胜利图书运动”，募集了2000万本精装书，送往国内外军事机构。然而，图书数量、种类远远不能满足士兵的需求，而笨重的精装书也难以在战场上携带。
为此，美国图书协会与美军展开了一个非比寻常的“军供版图书”项目：为参战美军提供小巧、轻便的特制平装书。至二战结束，1200种不同主题，覆盖各个阅读领域，共计1.2亿本军供版图书为士兵带来弥足珍贵的精神食粮与绝无仅有的阅读体验。在诺曼底登陆的等待过程中、在太平洋地狱般的战壕里、在医院、在飞行着的轰炸机上……士兵们都在读军供版图书，并给作家寄去洋洋洒洒的读后感，而很多作家都会认真回复每一封来信。
《了不起的盖茨比》火了起来，《布鲁克林有棵树》的作者贝蒂•史密斯成了全民偶像……军供版图书不但帮助美国赢得了战争，让一批作者成了畅销书作家，而且推动了出版行业平装书革命，使阅读习惯从知识分子扩展至整个民族，创造了新一代民主的读者，帮助欧洲出版业浴火重生。本书为历史爱好者与爱书之人讲述了一段激动人心的二战奇闻。
作者简介
［美］莫里•古皮提尔•曼宁（MollyGuptillManning），身兼作者、律师双职，著述颇丰，著有《以法莲市场的神话》（TheMythofEphraimTutt）等，作品多见于《哥伦比亚法律和艺术》（TheColumbiaJournalofLawandtheArts）等诸多高端刊物之中。
When Books Go to War 【 Content Introduction 】
When Adolf Hitler's Nazis burned books in Europe during World War II, outraged American librarians organized the "Victory Books Campaign," which collected 20 million hardcover books and sent them to military institutions at home and abroad. However, the number and variety of books were far from enough to meet the needs of soldiers, and the heavy hardcover books were difficult to carry on the battlefield.
To this end, the American Book Association and the U.S. Army launched an unusual "military edition book" project: to provide small, lightweight special paperback books for U.S. troops in the war. By the end of the Second World War, 1,200 different topics, covering all reading fields, a total of 120 million military books for soldiers to bring valuable spiritual food and a unique reading experience. During the wait for D-Day, in the hellish trenches of the Pacific, in the hospital, in the flying bomber... Soldiers read the Army supply books and sent generous comments to writers, many of whom answered every letter.
The Great Gatsby became a hit, and Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, became a national icon... Military books not only helped the United States win the war and turned a group of authors into bestsellers, they also helped spur the paperback revolution in publishing, spreading reading habits from intellectuals to entire nations, creating a new generation of democratic readers and helping to revive the European publishing industry. For history buffs and book lovers, this book is an exciting story about World War II.
About the author
Murray Guptillmanning, author, lawyer and author of TheMythofEphraimTutt (TheMythofEphraim's Market), Work mostly in the Columbia law and art (TheColumbiaJournalofLawandtheArts), and many other high-end publication.
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