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Molly Guptill Manning is the author of The Myth of Ephraim Tutt and has written several articles for the Columbia journal of Law and the Arts and other publications. She is an attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York City.
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The importance of books in World War II, Book talk (huhtikuu 2016)

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interesting read. Strange to say, it never occurred to me the impact the war would have had on something like the development of paperbacks or the democratization of higher education.
 
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cspiwak | 60 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 6, 2024 |
I was afraid this book would be dull, but I was quickly drawn into the story. I loved the idea that a group of librarians found a way to stand up against the censorship of the Nazi book burnings and that the publishers took it one step further to provide soldiers with books that were easy to carry with them into some pretty rough places. It was heartwarming to read the letters from grateful GIs and to learn that for some the books they were exposed to through the ASE program led to further education after the war. I knew nothing about this effort to provide books to the troops in WWII before reading this book, and I am pleased to learn that so many people worked hard to counteract the call to censorship and to provide books that enhanced the quality of life in difficult times. I'm appalled by the growing call to ban books from our schools and libraries in our present day. How can we ever be a discerning public if our children cannot read widely from diverse ideas and decide for themselves their value?

Speaking of librarians . . .before the war, 88% of librarians were men, after the war began, 88% were women. Charles P. Taft, a Cincinnatian, who worked for a government program that included the ASE program, said it would never work unless a layman--and he meant a MAN--headed it.
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NMBookClub | 60 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 18, 2024 |
Really interesting book. It's hard to imagine soldiers being able to immerse themselves in a book while they're hip deep in nasty foxholes but this book brings it back to life. Some of the letters from the GIs to the authors are so sweet and moving. And it gets better--an appendix with a complete list of the ASE titles! Because everybody needs more books on their to-read list, right?
 
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dhenn31 | 60 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 24, 2024 |
As a prose stylist, Ms. Manning tends occasionally to lapse into sterile textbookese. Nonetheless, she offers a well-researched and concise history of a fascinating moment in the literary life of United States that tells, in fact, several stories about the power of emotions and ideas in our common intellectual life.
 
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Mark_Feltskog | 60 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Dec 23, 2023 |

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