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World War II

May 9, 2016 - Kathleen Telling

Listening closely to the Ezra Pound radio controversy

Filed Under: Research + Teaching Tagged With: 2016-2017 fellowships, authorship, Ezra Pound, Fellowships, France, Louis-Ferdinand Celine, Norway, postwar, radio controversy, treason, treason trials, Tristan Tzara, U.K., U.S., World War II

February 3, 2015 - Richard Oram

World War II-era Armed Services Editions boosted troop morale and fostered a new generation of readers

Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts Tagged With: Albatross Verlag, Alfred A. Knopf, Armed Services Editions, Ballantine, Bantam, Council of Books in Wartime, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James M. Cain, Knopf Inc., Molly Guptill Manning, paperback, Penguin Books, Publishing, Raymond Chandler, Sigrid Undset, The Great Gatsby, Thomas Mann, Vintage Books, When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II, World War II

The book, When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning, celebrates the importance of the Armed Services Editions. Published between 1943 and 1947, these inexpensive paperback editions were given to servicemen on the frontlines. As Manning points out, not only did… read more

October 29, 2014 - Roy Flukinger

Veterans Day conversation with photojournalist (and Marine) David Douglas Duncan

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: David Douglas Duncan, Korean War, Marine, Photography, veterans, Veterans Day, Vietnam, war photography, World War II

The Ransom Center holds the archive of American photojournalist and author David Douglas Duncan, including his images of World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. In honor of Veterans Day, Ransom Center Research Curator of Photography Roy Flukinger asked Duncan about photography, being a Marine, his experiences as… read more

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